Subject: RE: swimming question: kicking and leg buoy Its a TI (Total Immersion method ) swimming term.
Basically it consists of actively pressing your chest deeper in the water (many say its feels like swimming downhill-not to me ) to raise your legs closer to the surface.
Your hips to your head should be a straightline and your head is also lower in the water, eyes looking down towards the bottom of the pool.
TI has some other components including an exaggerated roll side to side (less water resistance when you glide on your side during air intakes ) alway keeping one hand extended out in front of your body (lengthening your waterline ) and in general exists to fulfill the purpose of reducing drag on the swimmer.
With your legs up, you're swimmming through the top 1 foot of water, not through the top 3.5 feet.
I'm sure I missed a few key points there, but you get the idea. Author of book is Terry Laughlin- get it at your local library. |