Swimming - How to develop an Effective Catch שחייה

[doomkizar]

lol is he drowning or something .. i've never heard to point my finger to the bottom .. i think i should point it infront of me to swim more smoothly ..

[Meowws]

lol breaking the wrist, u put a hand paddle on this guy and u know he wont be moving an inch at all!

[cebuboy]

they should take lessons from ti japan ... lots of wasted movement ..looks like there dragging in the water

[1cleandude]

Coach Gadi: If i spear my right hand directly from my shoulder (wide tracks) what is the path of that hand when i begin my pull? should it go out to the side of me or where??? The TI video doesn't seem to elaborate on the catch or pull path. Can you or someone help me understand??

Thanks!

[TotalImmersionIsrael]

@1cleandude Hi,

we have another video (browse through our playlists) that elaborate the catch and especially how to stroke with a high elbow catch.

Best, Gadi

[shemseven]

It's my understanding, and I think you can see the body drag resistance in this video, that the arm pull is meant to be coordinated with the hip and leg thrust on the same side. So left arm pull, left hip and leg thrust and kick. Whereas here, he's doing opposite sides, and it's clear the body is not streamline because of this.

[1cleandude]

@1cleandude sorry people, i've got it backwards!!! If i pull with my left hand I will kick with my left foot and spear with my right hand. I don't know what i was thinking, my apologies.

[19990SAND]

@shemseven Hand enters and opposite leg kicks in two beat kick

[davidwparker]

beautiful

[YouAlreadyKnow2]

this is a bad example..hes not even kicking his feet properly..hes being lazy..alot of the speed comes from the kicking.

[swimpal1]

in non-sprinting freestyle any thing more

than 10% of total energy spent on kicking

is a waste....

this is exactly how much the kicking should be

.. i dont know why there so much misconception of kicking which leads to

overkicking in reality and end result is quick exhaustion...

cordinating arms and hips along with this nice smooth low energy catch is the lesson of this video !

thanks gadi, beautiful video...

[nickster699]

yes thanks... thats my model.... economy of energy... dont overkick... strong body coordinated with arms /hips... I love it!!!

[Sammy75633]

tthank you so much!