I have no expertise as I am not a swim coach of any sort, but I have had to do some drills to address this very thing. The one thing that helped me is that my coach explained this more a 'stretching out' your stroke, rather than thinking of it as a glide (not sure that makes sense). Sounds strange, but he told me to think about leaning over and picking something up behind a dresser/table/whatever, to get me thinking about the body rotation involved, and then really reaching/stretching. So you're not really gliding straight out, it's more reaching out and down before your pull. I wish I had some sort of visual on this, as it's a bit difficult to explain in words. But once he demonstrated this, a lightbulb went off for me.<br><br>
I think of that so often in my stroke now, and I really think it helped. I went from about a 22-23 stroke count to about 18-19 (20 if I'm starting to get lazy...) - still trying to get it down to a 16-17!
I think of that so often in my stroke now, and I really think it helped. I went from about a 22-23 stroke count to about 18-19 (20 if I'm starting to get lazy...) - still trying to get it down to a 16-17!
