Going Further From Inside

I have a few students like this: they have been practicing faithfully for months if not years. They have the expected pattern of the stroke seemingly memorized. At first glance one might say, ‘Yeah, your stroke looks great!’. But these swimmers tell me they can sense that something is not quite right, they feel they go slower than they should be. I notice that they are indeed going slower than the amount of power they apply suggests they should be going. The pieces of the stroke are there, but assembled with what I would call a rigid, mechanical connection. They move through the stroke cycle, but it is more like a machine than a fluid wave of motion that creates ease and acceleration on each stroke.

When I see this ‘mechanically-correct’ stroke it reveals the need that swimmer has to go inward and find what is holding her back from more.

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