The SwimFast Sinking Legs Series #11
You Should Push Water Back, Not Down!
How To Fix Your Hips Dropping
Learn how pushing water downward instead of backward creates a seesaw effect that lifts your head and drops your hips in this 7-page guide. Discover why a lack of confidence and poor flexibility turn your arms into support beams instead of propellers, plus specific drills and dry land work help you stabilize your body in the water.
From the Guide:
When you lack confidence in your breathing or have poor flexibility through your chest, shoulders and lats, you can easily fall into the trap of depending on your extended arm to stabilize your body as you rotate. But, in an efficient freestyle stroke, the arms should be used to move you forward, not to support you as you rotate.
Sound Familiar?
- Your legs sink no matter how hard you kick
- You pray every race will be wetsuit legal
- You rely on a pull buoy just to feel balanced
What You'll Learn:
- Understand the seesaw effect: how pushing water down lifts your head and drops your hips
- Recognize the gap between ear and bicep as a sign you're pushing downward, not backward
- Learn how breathing confidence impacts how you use your arms for support instead of propulsion
- Address flexibility limitations in chest, shoulders, and lats that prevent proper catch position
- Master the Superman drill to build rotation confidence without depending on lead arm support
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