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The Technique Secret Most Don't Understand! ✋🖐️ Unveiling the Finger Spacing Mystery to Up Your Swim
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
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🏊♂️ Dive into the fascinating world of swim biomechanics with Paul Newsome at Swim Smooth! 🌊 Ever wondered if you should swim with your fingers open, apart, or somewhere in between? Today, Paul brings you a unique perspective, blending old English traditions, wet fish, and a simple visualization that guarantees improvement in your swimming technique.
In this video, Paul delves into the groundbreaking research from a 2012 Journal of Theoretical Biology article, exploring the optimal finger spacing for increased water force and speed. However, the question remains: is this the golden rule for everyone?
Join Paul as he analyzes the strokes of swimming legends like Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, and Rebecca Adlington. While scientific findings provide insights, Paul challenges the notion that one-size-fits-all, emphasizing the importance of personal experimentation.
Discover a practical exercise from Swim Smooth's Catch Masterclass DVD that goes beyond finger spacing, addressing major stroke issues that might be holding you back. Paul demonstrates a unique hands-on test, showcasing the delicate balance between closed and open fingertips and its impact on propulsion.
Finally, learn the connection between an old English tradition, a wet fish, and effective swimming propulsion. Paul incorporates the concept of a "firm gentleman's handshake" to teach the right amount of hand tone, crucial for efficient swimming.
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I will call this "Hand shake" swimming from now on 😂- It was the perfect way to explain, how much tension to have in your hand - So from now on, I will start all swim sessions with hand shaking all my swim buddies 🤝🏊♂🤩
Great idea!!!! Keep us posted
My point is if your fingers are slightly apart they are loose. Therefore loose hands means you are relaxed while swimming until you grip the water, then there is a certain amount of tension within the hands when in the pull/push phase of stroke...the more you can relax the more energy you save
Hope that helps
Thanks David. Just be sure to not carry too much of that looseness into the catch itself and all is good - glad you enjoyed!
Though my latest improvement was leading the arm recovery with my elbow. It felt unusual but pleasant. Because the underarm and the hand just *dangle* loosely. It feels so funny, not to lead with the hand above the water, but the elbow. And than the hand very smoothly without any effort *slips* back into the water like nothing happened 😊.
Thank You for Your wonderful advice. I will play around with *when* to really *stiffen the paddle* to conserve energy for unnecessary muscle tension. 😊
Great! Please keep us posted Hugo!@@hugoapresname
Thanks. It seems straight forward that we would swim the same way we scull. No study needed!
Too true!
I do sculling regularly to get a feeling for how to press water and to train *catching* water.
The exercise in itself is great, but I discovered the downside that through the exercise I would overly focus on pressing *down* instead of back. I believe especially we beginners need more separation exercises where the hands are in several actual *stroke* positions to actually get anywhere (e.g. forward 😂).
I already saw an exercise like paddling and so on. We need more easy exercises of those for beginners pleeeeease 🙏😘🙏
excellent explanation on a topic I have wondered about for a long time!
Glad it was helpful!
I have played around with this a lot. Mostly when driving my car down the freeway and sticking my arm out the window. This works best at about 70 mph, but I could notice things at 40 or so. No clue as to what that is in kmh. What I found is that I get the most drag with fingers slightly spread, maybe about a finger width in between the fingers at the tips. I also found that in what I considered my optimal hand position, my palm was slightly out of ideal line, with the thumb slightly forward and my pinky finger slightly back. One other point I notices was that if I cupped my hand slightly, similar to the oars on the racing row boats, that created more drag. Best way I can think of testing this and getting actual numbers would be in one of those endless pools. You can get a steady current. You will need a hand model, and I think I saw one for a ring maker, but maybe artists would have some thing. You would want to be able to move the fingers apart and closed, and rotate palm position, and ability to slightly cup the hand. All of this would be hooked up to a meter of some sort for a read out of pounds of force. Just submerging the hand should work. You could also test for best position for head, how much moving your head side to side adds to drag. I would check for how much knee/hip flex drag is for freestyle flutter kick, as well as for back stroke flutter kick. You could also test for drag amounts for breast stroke whip kick too.
I like the car driving analogy - thanks for sharing!
Great video. We were chatting about this today.
Oh cool!
Excellent-- thank u so much!
Glad it helped Emmy!
Great video. For me and I would imagine for most swimmers, the key point comes around the 9m30 mark where the video points out there are much more important things to focus on.
Thanks - glad it helped!
Great video. I also think if splayed apart were better, then every oar / paddle for rowing, canoeing, SUP, etc would be made like a rake.
Great point!
An oar is easy to make wider, your hand, not so much...
great video! many thanks Paul!🤩
Glad you liked it!
Hello from France, and thanks for the advice. I'll try it this afternoon 🙂
Let us know how you get on?
Well, I always learned that the fingers had to remain closed. So I tested this technique with slightly open fingers, and I admit that it is a strange and pleasant sensation. I feel much less tension in my arms, and this feeling of lightness extends from my fingers to almost the rest of my body. In fact, I swim with more pleasure and less stress and I have the feeling that I can concentrate better on the right actions to do in general. I don't know if I gain in speed, but I certainly gain in swimming pleasure
@@keepcool3153 love it!
Very interesting
Glad you think so!
Recently I have tried to experiment with finger apart or closed in my freestyle... I find it is too hard to keep fingers only slightly open. I also have a hard time feeling whether or not my fingers are completely together. I might have seen a solution on the image of Thorpe vs Phelps. Upon entry their thumbs and index finger are together, then they close for the pull. I will try It in the pool, but I think the index finger/ thumb positioning will serve as a guide for my remaining fingers the catch develops and the pull begins...
This is a very valid point - thanks for sharing!
I took the thumb/ index finger positioning to the pool and voila I had my fastest 1500 yd swim ever. I'm 58. also, I took the Aussie swimmers technique of slicing hand into the water. I found this gave me more power on the back-end of the stroke! thank you for the video!@@swimsmooth
@@the_sheetgreat to hear it! Well done!
6’4” 14 year old son, good kid.😊
He’s a monster - don’t know where he gets it from!!! DNA test? 😂
Thumbs out or in?
I’d say this is very much individual preference. Personally I prefer in for flat water but might go out for turbulent open water to aid stabilisation
The sculling demonstration is irrelevant and misleading. Propulsion in sculling is created by lift forces where you use your hand like a wing. Of course a broken/split wing is going to fail to create lift. For years lift forces were thought to be important in swimming but this was emphatically disproven by Brent Rushall. Hands and arms create propulsion through drag forces so, as you stated, increasing the effective area will increase propulsion. Good video, just lose the sculling bit.
1. Ask the soft water if you can come in.
2. When inside, feel how gentle it is, relax, feel the wonderful 3-dimensional space it provides and enjoy it.
3. As you enjoy its friendliness you can find out that it can also provide support to hold you.
4. Try pulling or pushing yourself in any direction.
5. The more you really *rely* and trust on its carrying support, the easier you can maneuver around.
6. You can take air *anytime* you want to. Never force yourself to hold your breath longer than you feel absolutely comfortable.
7. It can’t hurt to inform You that actually water is your natural
habitat. Not land. No sore feet, no knee pain, back pain because of natural gentle 3-dimensional movement. Forget all the drills, all the shouting at you: do this or do that!
If it’s a wise mentor he will show You Your new home with happiness and much joy. Don’t let somebody whip beat you from ‘land’ to ‘land’
IF you do dolphin 🐬 dances 🔁 and show everybody your finest dance, then it’s because *You* want it, and it’s because *You* want to show everybody how greatly funny water 💦 is.
💙🏊♂️💙
Who cares about the fingers . TELL ME what you are feeding that kid. I'm 5'6" and I need that Aussie grow-tall tucker !🤣
I know, right? He’s into lacrosse, basketball and golf (not swimming…yet!) haha!