Here is a great video of Grant Hackett swimming the 1500. Notice how high he keeps his elbow, meaning his elbow is pretty close to the top of the water. Keeping a bent elbow like this will help to make you more efficient.
The more straight your arm is the harder it will be for you to pull. Think of a 10 pound weight. Is it harder or easier to lift or hold it when you arm is straight in front of you?
Look at his hip rotation in the water. This is enabling the rest of body to slice through the water more efficiently. Enjoy!
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It’s almost like he kicks only on one arm pull and glides the legs on the other ?
Al.
Great video. But should triathletes try to mimic a pure swimmer’s technique? We’re training for the chaos and mayhem of swimming in the open water in a wetsuit.
However, hip rotation, and a bent-elbow recovery are important.
grant hackett has a great stroke … along with his high elbow catch and hip rotation, hackett is probably the best example of front quadrant swimming you can find – because swimming is such a technique oriented practice you triathletes probably have the most to gain by making up efficiencies in the water than any other event – any video on you tube of ian thorpe, laure manaudou and natalie coughlin will provide great lessons on technique – especially body rotation and sliding through the water, which is probably where we all would gain the most – thanks for a great post!
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