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Print this entrySwimming Pic of the Week - May 14, 2009
A quick sample pic from our filming in Florida last week. Tell us what this image means to you.
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Is it just me or is her head a little high? I am still learning prorper stroke technic. So any suggestions would be great. More rotation of body too. but this is coming from an amature.
I think we hit spring here in Wyoming!!!! A big high of 68 yesterday. WOW!!
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Hi Lori. The hint is in the "tags" under the picture. ;) |
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It is interesting to me how she is just lifting her eyes (like and alligator), to sight. That explains why I'm so much slower.......I lift my entire head to get a breath! |
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Looks like she is managing to keep her body line very streamlined and in control while sighting. Not letting her hips drop or pop up too high. Really she looks top notch... imo. |
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Agree with Billy, she must have incredible flexibility to lift her head to sight without dropping her hips. I imagine that learning to sight this way also eliminates the process of sighting during a breath which usually makes my entire body fishtail as I lift, breathe and sight. It always takes me 2 or 3 strokes to get settled back into a level position and rhythm. |
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definitely a triathlete. Very good body position while lifting the head and high elbow. She must be a elite triathlete... |
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She's one of the best. :) |
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what's her name? |
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streamline to the teath.....power arm..!!! |
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Se esta acercando a la orilla para dar una vuelta o para ver su parcial al final de la serie. |
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I think Juan is saying "She is approaching a place where she has to turn around a buoy, or she's looking up a little to see the end of the series [race? chunk ?] of an outdoor swim." You posters have good eyes! I would have said, why is she swimming with her face at 90 degrees to the water surface? Now I see she is doing excellent sighting (not an open-water swimmer, me). |
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Filming in Florida? When is this DVD coming out? I have to see it. I have to have it.
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Sara's basically the best swimmer in triathlon. I don't believe that she's EVER been beaten in the swim leg. (And she's a heckuva nice person, too.) A key thing about sighting in open water - several folks mentioned breathing AND sighting at the same time - no way to do so without dropping your hips. Good technique is to sight on a NON-BREATHING stroke - you only need to get the top half of the goggles barely over the surface as Sara is doing. Yeah, still need good neck flexibility, but makes a huge difference. In terms of rhythm, try it with breathing every three strokes if you breathe bi-laterally - and think breathe-stroke-sight-breathe, fitting the sight between the two breaths. (Works with four-stroke breathing if you're stuck on one side, too - breathe-stroke-sight-stroke-breathe.) Like anything else, it takes practice, but once you get the hang of it, it works like a charm. I hope I didn't give away the DVD. |
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We should be OK Mike. :) Good input. Thanks. |
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