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Pic of the Week - November 18, 2005

Posted by Glenn Mills on Nov 18, 2005 04:58AM (5,208 views)
Our Pic of the Week is of Kaitlin Sandeno's freestyle. Tell us what you think.

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Responded Nov 18, 2005 09:53AM

Good early elbow to finger tip arm rotation allowing her to grab water in front for maximum length pull; if you could see her legs you would see her doing a down kick with her right leg at this point; her kick after next at the end of her push phase of her arm stroke is also a right leg down kick as she completes her rotation to her left side; also good, her head is in line with her body and looking at the bottom of the pool; body position is good, namely horizontal, as you can see by looking at the lane line, head and hips in same horizontal line
Responded Nov 18, 2005 10:00AM

Great catch.
Which do you think is more effective (speed wise) -- stronger pull on the first part of the stroke, or stronger push and follow through on the latter half?
Responded Nov 18, 2005 11:14AM

If you don't get your catch right then you're just wasting energy.
Responded Nov 18, 2005 11:14AM

Where abouts is her recovery arm in relation to this phase of her stroke?
Responded Nov 18, 2005 01:01PM

Well...it is very challenging to comment on Kaitlin Sandeno's freestyle. I only have 2 sources of information, the first one is a clip of the final 400IM in Athens that I downloaded from "beuhlerbluemarlins.net" and the other one is her Go Swim DVD.
There are 2 striking features of Kaitlin's freesyle...the first one is her kick, not only for her near to perfect timing but also for her extremely flexible ankles and "floppy" feet she has...the second one is her powerful rotation to both sides and of course she maintains a very "tall" posture in the water.
One can tell several differences from her race in Athens with respect to her DVD:
1.In Athens she breathes only to one side ( in the first 50s to the left, in the second 50s to the right) unfortunately she swam breathing to the side were she could not see Klochova.
2.In Athens she does not rotate as much as she does now, especially to the side that she is not breathing. I think they call this "kayaking".
3.This is the more striking difference.
In Athens while she pulls, she keeps her elbows very high, almost at surface level and this is a very energy demanding pull. Now she pulls with her elbows considerably lower.
My conclusion is that she has improved her freesyle stroke and I wish her great success in the near future.
To BillySwims: Kaitlin allways has one arm pulling. Her recovery arm has just passed the midpoint (of the recovery) when she starts her pull.

Tomás

Responded Nov 18, 2005 05:15PM

To Rick S.
I don't think you will ever settle this issue. Coach Richard Quik will tell you that the important thing is to get an armful of water NO TO PULL but to "vault" your body to the other side and use the power of your core to generate speed.
On the other hand coach David Marsh will tell you that hand acceleraation (Auburn's trademark) is the import thing and he will favor the final push.
Finally coach Eddie Reese will tell you that the important thing for speed is a fast recovery, the less time your hand is out of the water the better.
I happen to believe that the important thing is the whole stroke regardless of were you put the emphasis and that it is a mistake to consider "more important parts" within the stroke.

Tomás
Responded Nov 19, 2005 11:27AM

Come on...join the discussion, Kaitlin is one of the best all around swimmers ever!!!!
This is not a negative comment, but yes there is something that I don't like about Kaitlin's stroke and that is her hand entry.
Her hand enters the water with her fingers opened and with her wrist bent downward (I really think this has to slow her down) and that is the way she starts her pull. Only after is that she closes her fingers and straightens up her forearm/wrist/hand.
On the other hand, although that is not a classy thing to do, it may well be on purpose, to prevent her from pushing water down.

Tomás
Responded Nov 30, 2005 11:58AM

I have yet to see the full video, but in my opinion, nothing propulsive takes place in the stroke prior to the point where she is in this photo. Thus, if her hand is bent and loose fingered, I don't think it will harm a thing. In fact, I would say that it may be that she is keeping it relaxed.

From what I can see here, this is about as perfect a high-elbow catch as one could want. Thanks for the shot Glenn, this is awesome.
Responded Nov 30, 2005 12:58PM

Hi Soulswimmer
Well, I understand your point. But prior to her high elbow catch, she maintains her propulsiveness with her kick and that propulsivness is what I think is reduced by her hand entry and slight bent of her wrist.

Tomas

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