AI Swim Coaching Tips: How to Get Power in the Pull

5 AI Swim Coaching Tips for a Stronger 'Pull' Phase of Your Stroke

The 'Pull' is the key to more efficiency, more speed and a better time.

Here are the top 5 ways to improve your pull:

1. Focus on the middle finger; you want your fingers not to be squeezed tigthly together. You want them slightly spaced apart. To prevent weak hands in the water, focus on pulling with your middle finger.

   
   

2. Pull your hand all the way back to your thigh; you haven't finished the pull until your thumb touches the top of your thigh. Many swimmers leave 20% of their pull on the table by bringing their hand out of the water early - over distance this adds up and slows you down.

   
   

3. Create a 'glide' moment; if you want to know how hard to pull, you can use the feeling of gliding. If after the pull you're gliding and not losing speed for a second or two, that's success. If after the stroke you slow down straight away, you don't have enough power.

   
   

4. Keep your hand facing behind you; the first movement of the pull is to point your fingers down, then bring your forearm down with your elbow pointing up (AKA high elbow), from this moment your hand should be facing directly behind you. Many swimmers will have the palm of their hand facing the floor by the middle of the stroke, and that's a catastrophe for generating power.

   
   

5. Use your rotation for power; as you turn slightly from one side to the other, you're generating momentum, use the tilt in combination with your arm movement to get 30%+ more power.

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