All SWIMMERS!!!!!!?

Question

k i always thouhgt i was a great swimmer.....ive been in a club for the last 2 yrs and in silver........(umm 50 free is 22.4 sec) if thats any help.....but i was told im a flat swimmer (freestyle) wat does that mean!!!!!!! and how do i fix it.........Thanx....

Answer 1

Thats one I have never heard....but just to hazard a guess....in freestyle we were taught that we needed to cup our hands and curve our arms when then entered the water.  Not to come down flat with our arms, like a belly flop with the arms.  It made it easier to push the water back with our hands.  Well, hope this helps in some way.  Have fun swimming.

Answer 2

rottatee your body when you swim.

search it on youtube they probably have a video.

Answer 3

It means you are not rotating your hips enough. you can get even faster if you fix it because their will be less water resistance. you can fix it by reaching your arms more in front of you.

Answer 4

As far as I know, it means you don't roll when you swim.  Try doing drill work on your sides.

Answer 5

Maybe you don't get enough side-to-side rotation while you swim.  That's really what powers freestyle, so if you get that down, you will be faster.

Answer 6

Ok, someone (or instructor?) might have told that your style is "flat"; but it doesn't show any kind of faulty movement in body motion while having crawling (or free style). Flat represents a state of the body in water where the swimmer (sometimes) forgets to paddle his/her feet while in crawling. It, therefore, results in lagging behind in speed. Yours is an admirable speed and if you concentrate in straight movement of your arms while in rotation, you will find your feets too move in rapid motion and there would be no question of worrying as far as that stinging "flat" is concerned. Cheer up and enjoy.

Have a Gold in next meet.

Answer 7

being a flat swimmer is when you odnt rotate your hips enough. when you rotate your hips your arms get deeper and you get more power.

Answer 8

Flat proboly means you only do one event/stroke ex. the 50 free. YOu know how to fix it.