Originally Posted by Heathpack

Sure. I don't move my arms continuously. In a very slight way. Say I'm breathing on my right, my left arm is extended forward. I take my breath and then bring the right arm forward. Then for a brief moment, I keep both the arms extended fully before sweeping my left arm back to take that stroke. I have no idea why I do this. Its not a dramatically pronounced thing, I think untrained eyes probably wouldn't notice it. But it is one thing that masters swim coach focused on right away. That's the only "problem" that I can explain that she found. I'm pretty sure there were other problems, but that's all I really understood.

Swimming does not cause me any pain anywhere. And I'm ok with swimming slowly. So I've never really been motivated to fix my stroke. I can swim a really long time, though, maybe because I have that little pause in my stroke, conserving energy?

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