Lekker zwemmen

Blijkbaar zwem ik als een vis, tenminste dat vertelt iedereen mij in de triatlon wereld. Ik zou niet weten wat het is om een gevecht te leveren met het water. Ik hoef me niet af te vragen aan welke kant adem te halen, of zorgen te maken dat ik niet vooruit ga als ik beenslag zwem. Ik maak me ook niet druk over een wedstrijd met of zonder wetsuit. Ik ben toch wel bij de eerste het water uit (niet slecht voor iemand van mijn leeftijd).

Iedere keer als ik ademhaal is er lucht, in het zwembad of in het open water. Als er water is dan wacht ik tot er wel lucht is, hoe kan het zo zijn dat je dit verschil niet voelt? Ik hoef niet te ontspannen in het water ik ben altijd ontspannen. Het water is voor mij niet vloeibaar, maar en vaste substantie. Ik trek mijzelf voort aan mijn handen, zoals een klimmer dat doet als hij een rost op klimt. If I put my hand in the water it will remain in the same spot, while I push my body over the hand forward. There is no resistance or at least very little. When my hands go in the water, there are no air bubbles. I ask myself sometimes wonder why other people have to make as many bubbles. The less you disturb the water, the harder you yourself can drop off.

I keep my feet behind my legs and my legs behind my trunk. My rear shoulder is hidden behind my head, while my other shoulder disruption of surface water undo, by standing very close to my chin. My head head is completely silent, except when I just breathe. At the moment I stretch out my arm, this hiding behind my flat hand and the palm stands behind my outstretched fingers. Me hand remains as even as possible as it passes through the water, whereby there is little frontal surface and is no resistance. If I use my legs I go forward. When I have a bad leg knock the arise then I can remain silent, and with a lot of effort and energy I can go backwards. But why would anyone choose this?

If my arm all the way forward is stretched my fingers go immediately and automatically to the bottom of the pool, in a simultaneous movement goes my elbow making my forearm is vertical. This allows me the deep back muscles are addressed. I feel the force with which they draw. Those muscles are such nice effort; they are designed to do this work. My legs would not do this work, mainly because they use almost all the oxygen in my body.

With outstretched arms push down from my shoulders with the palm of my hand towards the bottom of the pool, just never happens. Only the prospect of taking physiotherapy stop me thereof. My hand then makes an S-shaped blow, First out (catch) and then inwardly (strikethrough) under my body, no large S but a small. About two tiles wide, Similar to the black stripe on the bottom of the pool. I see that my hand propels backward in the direction of my feet, finger tips pointing toward the bottom of the swimming pool. At the same time my hand makes a subtle “scull”, small enough to ensure that most of the strength remains directed towards the rear, large enough to ensure that the water slips through my hands. For me, the water feels like a handle, I love it and push myself over it. Sometimes I make the S-shaped blow oversize, beyond the shoulder line, and all the way to the opposite hip. I feel immediately how to react my hips and my legs go outside to keep the balance, which of course gives rise to unnecessary direct frontal resistance. In this way, swim let me go in any direction, except forward, the side where I want to go as fast as possible.

Sometimes I forget to catch breath because I feel so comfortable in the water. It's my laziness, why should I lift my head. Normally it's my breathing pattern that makes me only halfway through the pool again breathe. The head is just hard…., it would be much easier to not breathe. Actually I only need oxygen if I have water resistance. Actually oxygen fuel inefficiency. Immediately I hold back my streamlined position to consume minimal oxygen. I count my leg stroke 2, 4 of 6 beats per arm cycle, they fit in any combination in my scope. The moment I have big toes to his rhythm rotate my feet automatically create a little inward as more thrusting plane, what pushes me back harder forward. If I wanted I could easily count the tiles to slip under me, but actually I just want to sing, this is also the only time I can sing.

My arms are relaxed when they leave the water. Pressure is present only during the threading phase, the movement is from slow to fast. If you get through too hard or accelerate too early, then slide the water (alweer) along your hands. When the water leaves my hand at waist level is too early, I know I can continue strike. I try to reach my knees, in order to ensure that I gives by far enough. The moment my hand leaves the water, My elbow is leading. I can relax and take the pressure off my muscles. I once tried to be guided my hand and with an outstretched arm to do the overhaal, but it was far too heavy. From the elbow to my fingertips my arm is completely relaxed. I see this if a start / stop system in an energy-efficient car or as one in which the battery is charged during braking. If my hand is too high or too far exits, I should compensate by doing a leg out, to prevent omrol and I must continue on my back. With momentum from such a coax helps me a lot and cross my hand on the wrong side of my head into the water. In that case, my left hand at the height of my right shoulder back into the water go. Which in turn leads to a larger frontal area and consequently more resistance. I do not understand why other people do not feel.

My left leg is lifted up in a straight line to the surface. No propulsion but more importantly, there is no resistance. The more economic muscle of the hip and buttocks do, not your hamstrings. Which only bends but your knee making your legs go straight down. It is naturally, but if my knee bends with the downward stroke which my foot and shin the water backwards and pushes my swimming supported. However, it is not the propulsion, but it sets the necessary rotation of the body in. If the legs and trunk deployment rotation, it is not necessary that you have to push the arms down to lift your head and turn your body. Thus, the rotation is to control better. If I do not breathe I still rotate. The shoulders are lifted slightly above water from the inside; there is no blockage and limited rotation causes my rear shoulder stays low, but should you decide to breathe.

Fast or slow, my stroke length remains the same 13 maybe 14 success depends on how hard I of the marketing side and the butterfly legs use. Aerodynamically sound from the side ensures that I will end on a third of the job. Deposited as a starfish and swim like a starfish, it is not for nothing that kayaks are designed so that nothing protrudes. The stroke length is a little shorter at the end of the training after bathing 60 x50m get there 1 of 2 succeed in the 25 meter. I adjust the distance between my fingers, so I try to take what the advantage; During the warming up and recovery times I try to find the optimal distance between my fingers. The fingers slightly apart and I do a battle again less 25 meter, interesting. I feel the disruption of the water as I close my predecessor swimming. I wait a beat and grab my catch-phase again, knowing that I can hold the water back and can pull myself forward again.

If after reading the above think that this over me (Erik Nieuwenhuis) goes, then you are wrong. I wish I could swim so. No it is a free translation of an article in “Triathlete Europe”, written by Dan Bullock an experienced triathlete and coach. Take it to your advantage when you get back in the water, Try to visualize this. If you still want to learn then take a look here. http://www.virtual-swim.com/3d_mv/top_btn/free/2000wc_1500/2000wc_1500_s.html. Good luck and may ask.

Erik Nieuwenhuis