Total Immersion: More EVF Practice and Discussion

[@lloyddinma9944]

Dave you have a gift: Very good at ascending the Cameron, Takeuchi etc. mountain tops and bring down these valuable TI tenets in tablets of explanations so that beginners can imbibe quickly. You are what Malcolm Gladwell calls a connector. Thanks for this video. BTW the garmin watch was fine, it was the current of my pool that kept throwing it off.

[@TheFriarduc]

Thanks David. This was very helpful.

[@afilocca]

Thank you David, Great follow-up Video. It would be good to see this in the swimming pool, side view and front view. So can we say that when the recovery/spearing arm is fully extended, the other arm is in the EVF position.... and immediately after the PUSH starts ? Almost feels like Catch-Up ?

[@stevemenez9122]

Brilliant. Really useful, thanks a lot.

[@albertfus4730]

I try it and it's more easy to do like this to get the elbow high almost automatically. On the video you push the arm back when you are entirely rotate on side. Is it only for the video demonstration or in practice you push back you arm with the body rotation?

[@dshentube]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but after I do the switch and my forearm is vertical while spearing, I need to continue the stroke back with the lead arm as I finish rotation and continue to drive the spearing arm forward. Does that answer your question?

[@albertfus4730]

David Shen yes thanks, i am searching for the exact timing when you push back your stroke arm after you set the catch and hold the water. After lookibg at some videos from ti coaches it seems that they spear their leading arm, set the catch and push their body past the grip without pushing back the stroke arm until the body is almost flat and then they push back the stroke arm along the body rotation to the other side. Of course the movement of the stroke arm is continuous so it"s quite difficult to see how long they hold the water before pushing back the stroke arm, timing with the body rotation.

[@dshentube]

A cue we often use is, to set the catch as the switch/spear happens, and don't worry about it anymore; instead launch the spear over the set, catch-ed hand. You can imagine your hand placed on the other side of a wall and then you launch the spear over the wall. Remember that cues are only a perception of reality and don't necessarily reflect actual reality. We offer these cues to help you and your body develop the correct timing of swim movements. So what actually happens in the above cue may not be what happens in reality, but often results in the correct timing!

[@albertfus4730]

David Shen yeah thanks, i think this cue will help alot to keep the catched hand more patient before pushing back. I will try to only focus on the spearing hand and just anchor the forearm like holding a wall and forget it. I think it can work to get the body with the correct timing because the leading arm pushing forward will naturally counterbalance with the opposite arm backward, all naturally synchronized.

[@albertfus4730]

David Shen just to let you know that this cue and the catch after rotation are working well. I can reach further too by focussing to launch the spearing arm as far as possible. With these combinations i can feel my lats are engaged to get more propulsion. Thank you very much for your video and help.