Wednesday I had another swimming lesson with Laurie. It was a really good lesson. I finally feel like my balance in the water is much better. I don't feel like I am pushing down in the water when I breathe and that my stroke is projecting me forwards instead of upwards.
Laurie had me work on switching my hand position. She wants me to think about taking my hand out of my pocket at my hip and then thrusting it forward into the water as if I'm going to shake hands. Once my hand is entered and the other hand is getting ready to enter tilt my hand inwards, pop the elbow and then anchor in the water pulling my body over my hand.
We did some drills I have never done before. Most of these were swimming without breathing to really work on body position. First we had fins on and we literally swam free underwater. This really makes you aware of your body position. Eventually we gradually brought more and more of the recovery out of the water. So one drill was with the whole recovery submerged and then the entire hand.
I'm not sure why it made such a difference but it did. So who am I to question.
Yesterday during swim practice I really concentrated on keeping this same feeling and I think I did a pretty good job. I could feel when I would break my flow but for the most part I felt kind of like I was flying because my hips were high and I felt like I was on top of the water instead of pushing through the water.
I want to keep working on this. I don't know that I am any faster yet but I certainly see the potential once I get it.
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