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Swimming mechanics and technique troubleshooting with David Pease, PhD | EP#123

That Triathlon Show

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The Difference Between Swimmers and Triathletes

Swimmers tend to be a lot more flexible, and especially in the shoulders. When you start looking at a triathlon population where that flexibility really isn't there, you can see people actually going trying to do these quite elite swimming motions that they're just not built for. So we really try to modulate that a bit. It is it's very rare that I would see a triathlete that can get into a really enormous really big high elbow with it where the elbows significantly above that line which we do see in more of the elite swimmers. And then also looking at the use of the kick I don't know if you want to do that now or we can talk about that

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