Freediving Competition at Vertical Blue (Camila Jaber, Fatima Korok, Enchante Gallardo)

[@ookiemand]

I suspect the short FIM pulls of Fatima may have to do with squeeze when being very full of air and being very empty of air. Also, because the small pulls and the lack of 'glide' the movement is much more constant = more efficient then slowing down and speeding up in between pulls. With the same reasoning I have a continuous stroke when coming up from a CNF dive.

[@xristos1250]

You have increased frequency of pulls meaning her arm movement is overall faster given the fact that water resistance increase with the speed squared you would loose some efficiency because of this. I guess the overall efficiency is better with classic technique because the speed of the diver doesn't fluctuate too much if you dont glide. Maybe it has to do with efficiency of different muscle groups in different persons or efficiency-length? relation of muscle similar to force-length which is well studied in biomechanics. In practice if you feel better with some technique you go with it i guess.

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

I thought about this. But. If we split the pull in FIM in two parts, the pull from above the head till middle chest (main muscles used are lats) and the lower part of the pull, from middle chest till hips area (it is a tricep extension), the more dangerous is a first part, not the second. The part which she was skipping it's just a triceps extension, I don't think it contributes to the lung squeeze at all. So, probably she was doing it just to increase the frequency of the pulls

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

I agree with you, I have same thoughts

[@andrasgall9565]

Fatima broke one of the world records in this year's VB, and it came into my mind that her dive - especially her technique - was analysed here too. After having set a new world record there was an interview on a hungarian TV channel, and she gave the explanation to her technique: she had a shoulder injury, and since then she got accustomed to these short pulls. (Otherwise she did synchron swimming from a young age)

[@ookiemand]

@@andrasgall9565 Thanks!

[@StrageSrebreniy]

Отл! Thanks! 👋

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

You are welcome! :)

[@ilyagvozdev4674]

Camila Jaber from molchanovs team?

[@KAIZENFREEDIVING]

Probably 🤷‍♂️