"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:I swim with a very small body rotation. In the website
you mention in another article, I see that the swimmer
lies in the water with the Y
axis
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:perpendicular to the water surface during the pause
stage. I don't. I
lie
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:with with the Y access almost parallel to the water
surface, with a very small body rotation during catch
and start of push. In this position
(which
Quoted message said:I am too old to want to change), how should the position
of each hand be
to avoid internal rotation? <snip>
Quoted message said:Thanks, haim
Haim, I used to swim like you (as far as lack of much
rotation) until I
hurt
Quoted message said:my neck in February of 2003. My doctor told me to start
breathing bilaterally instead of my usual 'just on the
left side'. Not only did
that
Quoted message said:strengthen my neck muscles, but it also made my body
rotate more properly. After a few days of trying this, it
now seems natural as if I have been doing it this way all
my life. You can change and enjoy the change!
Pat in TX
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Thanks a lot, Pat. Your advice strengthens my own
conclusion. Since reading several good advices here, I
started using this body rotating technique. Not still 90
degrees to the water surface, but somewhere in between. This
makes it also easier to avoid internal rotation, which I've
been so adamantly advised again.
About breathing bilaterally it is an old habit of mine,
which I owe to my first coach, long time ago. I usually swim
one length breathing to the right, one to the left, and one
three strokes between breathings (which accounts for
bilateral breathing).
I still hope that somebody gives me advice on a good
technique for backstroke to avoid shoulder impingement. Here
I feel the worse pain during push, and since I suffer from
this shoulder pain, I cannot push with all my strength. I
swim by the book, but obviously I am doing something wrong.
thanks, haim
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