 |
|||||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|||
 |
 |
|
|||||||||
 |
Languages: |
|
|||||||||
 | | ||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | |
SS
      
|
Quick Facts: Swinger - Competent swimmer
Personality Normally has a positive, happy go lucky outlook. May resist change to their stroke for fear of taking a step backwards. How To Spot One: - Often moving quickly swim type 5: The Swinger an experienced swimmer needing to fine tune a few things in their stroke Swinger Profile The Swinger nearly always has good swimming experience over a long period of time and feels confident in the water. The key characteristic of the swinger compared to the Smooth type is that they have less body roll, meaning their arms tend to swing round the side of the body rather than travel over the top. Over the years some bad habits may have crept in and their stroke is often in need of a tune up. Quickview Swingers:
Other Swinger examples (external links): Triathlon World Champion Jodie Swallow, Professional Ironman Triathlete Scott Neyedli Detailed View: Swinger Common Characteristics: • A very competent swimmer who normally has a background in competitive swimming. • Lots of rhythm and timing in the stroke - plenty of oomph. As a result they tend to race very well in open water. • A lack of body rotation causes arms to swing around the side at high speed. The momentum of these swinging arms often carries them across the centre line at the front of the stroke creating a cross-over. • Leg kick is normally minimal - ideal for conserving energy during distance swimming and triathlon events. • Surprisingly for such a competent swimmer level of swimmer, Swingers have a real tendency to hold their breath under the water. • Some degree of poor core control is often apparent with a pulsing action through the core as required by the butterfly stroke. • Head position often high, with eyes looking forwards, goggles close to the surface. • A hurried catch results in somewhat reduced feel for the water. • Swingers have often experienced a plateau in performance for several seasons no matter how much work they do in the pool. • A Swinger with an unrefined stroke often experiences shoulder injury. • Typical swimming speed is 1:50 to sub 1:00 per 100m.
Personality Traits • Often quite resistant to adapting their stroke technique for fear of taking a step backwards. Needs to consider the long term benefits of stroke changes. • Swingers are often very outgoing characters and enjoy the social side of squad training. Areas To Work On: • Accepting that by developing key elements of the stroke it is possible to improve their swimming speed significantly. • Develop better body rotation and symmetry in the stroke. elite tri swingers An elite triathlon field is full of swingers.• Maintain the rhythmical nature of the stroke whilst working to improve stroke length. • Improving the catch phase of the stroke to give a better hold on the water. • Taking slightly longer over the catch - and not hurrying it - is key to improving. • An improved fingertip first (not thumb first) hand entry is key to catch development. • Developing a two beat kick is often very effective for Swingers racing distance or triathlon events. Potential Swingers are nearly always competent swimmers already performing at a high level in the water. A radical overhaul of their stroke is not required. However it is important for them to be open minded about making some stroke refinements. Each refinement will chip away at their swim splits and have them swimming faster than ever. Shelley Taylor Smith Legendary open water swimmer Shelley Taylor Smith - a Swinger with a great catch and feel for the water combined with a two beat kick. An incredibly effective stroke in open water:
Stroke Correction Guides If you are a Swinger, our full guide to improving your swimming includes detailed advice on improving your stroke, specific drills for your style and four full training sessions to follow specific to your stroke type. You'll find the sessions challenging but great fun at the same time. We supply each guide as a digital download straight to your computer - it's easy to read and very pragmatic without any heavy theory. Download now, take a read and start improving your stroke in your next swim session! Find out more. Do You Know A Swinger? Swingers travel quickly through the water with a relentless fast rhythm to their stroke. Their stroke may be quite asymmetrical (lopsided) depending how unrefined they are. Normally from a swimming background, they swim quickly but could do with a bit of a tune up to their stroke. Our own stroke feels entirely normal to us, so it's often much easier to recognise traits in others than ourselves. Give your Swinger a quick prompt in this direction and let us get to work assisting them in tuning up a few aspects of their stroke. Find Out More Want to know more about Swim Types and how you can improve your swimming further? Join our email list here and receive updates, stories and statistics about the system straight to your inbox. Forum On the Swim Smooth Forum we've created a special area for Swim Types. Create a logon and post your experiences and questions about the Swim Type system. Go here! |
||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
