Underwater Finish for Faster Freestyle - 速く泳ぐための水中フィニッシュ

TI Coach Shinji Takeuchi describes underwater finish, which makes faster recovery for freestyle.

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• total
• immersion
• swimming
• freestyle
• 水泳
• クロール
• TIスイム
• underwater
• 水中
• 自由式
• Shinji
• Takeuchi

[metalbine]

In the video comment you talk about snapping the wrist and the elbow. In your reply to one question concerning this you said that you meant snapping your palm. What is correct now?

[tiswimjapan]

@metalbine,

It is more like dribble. You quickly extend your arm by pushing the water, then loosen your elbow so that your hand is bounced back by the water.

[itdarcan]

Thank you for posting this video, Coach Shinji Takeuchi is just about the best TI swimmer I've seen.

I'm a bit confused about the instructions of the underwater finish. 1) Are the comments about palm, elbow, wrist, etc. refering ONLY to the left arm in the video? 2) when you say snap, do you mean a quick snappy motion or to angle the palm or wrist? Thank you.

[tiswimjapan]

1) Yes, my comments are for my left arm.

2) I mean the palm.

[kobac]

on this clip you were talking about your right or your left arm?

[tiswimjapan]

I am talking about my left arm.

[SteelCityEndurance]

Shinji, just a few days ago while working with a group of Pittsburgh Triathletes, i was trying to think of a better way to describe the finish, and what came to mind is exactly what you wrote above nearly a year ago...it's more like dribbling a basketball. The palm & fingers gently finish and the arm immediately rebounds/recovers as if dribbling a ball.

[timnet88]

You are snaping with the palm facing straight backwards. Just before leaving the water and up into the air, the palm twists towards the body in an angle about 45*. I guess that it makes moving the arm farward easier. Is that correct?

thanks.

[swimust]

The snap must be done using both the elbow and the wrist. Just one of them is not enough and the recovery will not work, I tried...

This snap is a genious thing and its the key to swim the Japanese style.

I also started to move the forearm and the backarm(elbow to shoulder) in paralel while raising the elbow (very important). I swam a full 1km in Japanese style switching from the classic TI and felt great. Its a magical swim.

Million thanks Shinji :)

[swimpal1]

the level clarity of stroke entry happening through shoulder blade lift is something i will have to say I never seen before....kudos ....thanks a million

[swimpal1]

thank you Shinji,,, this is a beautiful video... 0 - 14 seconds strokes are very fluid and crisp... great work