1 00:00:03,330 --> 00:00:08,990 ‫How high should we lift the elbow while swimming freestyle Olympic swimmers. 2 00:00:08,990 --> 00:00:17,220 ‫Lift the elbow as high as possible in order to create a stronger pull in the water in West limited technique. 3 00:00:17,220 --> 00:00:24,690 ‫We tried to lift the elbow as high as possible but without stress it means if you will try to lift your 4 00:00:24,690 --> 00:00:29,070 ‫elbow as high as possible you will feel stress. 5 00:00:29,070 --> 00:00:36,990 ‫Well we are going to do is put it a bit lower in order to flow better and create less stress in the 6 00:00:36,990 --> 00:00:39,690 ‫neck shoulders and of course in the lower back. 7 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:48,350 ‫So if you are a in you're not flexible you should lift the elbow not so high above the water. 8 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:52,110 ‫If you are a b it's in medium level. 9 00:00:52,290 --> 00:00:58,620 ‫If you are c you can lift the elbow high but not like Olympic swimmers. 10 00:00:58,620 --> 00:01:05,760 ‫One of the most important things if your flexibility is not so high and you can't lift the elbow at 11 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:06,630 ‫all. 12 00:01:06,630 --> 00:01:09,820 ‫Swim with your hands straight in by depth. 13 00:01:09,930 --> 00:01:14,340 ‫Going to create less stress and you're going to float much better in the water.