Horizontal alignment in swimming. A visual 🧵.
It’s all about swimming straight and level.
1. ‘The line’ is key for speed in breaststroke.
Breaststrokers don’t want to leave it, and they want to get back there FAST.
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2. Backstrokers have to find a way to stay level while still positioning the arms and the legs to create propulsion.
They almost have to ‘sit’ in the water while keeping the head in the water.
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They almost have to ‘sit’ in the water while keeping the head in the water.
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3. Butterflyers have to rise up to recover the arms and get air.
What goes up, comes down.
Great alignment in butterfly is all about optimizing the up and down motion.
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What goes up, comes down.
Great alignment in butterfly is all about optimizing the up and down motion.
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4. Where the head goes, the body follows.
When it’s up in freestyle, whether breathing or not, swimmers are going to be in trouble.
Keeping the body level on the surface of the water is key.
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When it’s up in freestyle, whether breathing or not, swimmers are going to be in trouble.
Keeping the body level on the surface of the water is key.
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