Grant Hackett Swimming Technique

Hackett you are now mega rich; drive a Ferrari and have a grand home, all due to your very hard work in the pool and winning gold for Australia. Times have changed. Those like you in the past, great gold medal winners for Australia, like Shane Gould; Tracy Wickham, are not millionaires at all. Australians have made you rich. For you to support Nick DArcy who almost murdered another gold medal winner, is totally out of line.
You are now a wanker in my books. So go fuck off.

why are people discussing EFV and s-curve as if they are two different, mutually exclusive techniques? This very video shows Hackett utilizing the EFV and S-curve together. S-curve is certainly not a joke...go buy a book on swim theory and it will most likely have a discussion on why s-curve can increase efficiency. While a large s sweep isn't necessary, the slight s motion shown here by Hackett is used by many, if not most or all, of the top swimmers: Popov, Thorpe, Phelps...

the S-curve is not more effective then the EVF high elbow entry... S-curve means your only using your hand for propulsion. Meanwhile, the EVF allows you to pull using your whole forearm and hand. So, its debatable i guess between the "S" and the "EVF" but, most elite swimmers use "EVF".

Help me out...In the EVF how can you still use an inward sweep like Thorpe does? I just cant do it! Does it have to do with body rotation or maybe im pulling too far to the side or idk!

I'm still working on the EVF as well... I think its once your elbow is high and anchored, you pull your body past your arm feeling pressure against your forearm and palm/hand. I'm actually not too sure what inward sweep means cuz the hand doesn't go inward under your body but I really don't know. ONce again I need help on it too and I'm still learning how to do it

oops that comment by ctcsandiego is me... im in a library and i forgot to log out of some1's account... so
I'm still working on the EVF as well... I think its once your elbow is high and anchored, you pull your body past your arm feeling pressure against your forearm and palm/hand. I'm actually not too sure what inward sweep means cuz the hand doesn't go inward under your body but I really don't know. ONce again I need help on it too and I'm still learning how to do it

Hehe thanks for the quick reply. Here check this vvideo out: How to swim with a higgh elbow catch/EVF. Uploaded by totalimmersionisrael or something. Really helped me out=)Good luck!

I agree the S-curve is noob like. Seams like all the college coaches tell their swimmers to do the s-curve, but anyone that knows swimming will tell you that the s-curve is a joke.

well that elbow up is dificult, i get so tired with that style, but i swim faster

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