The Secret to a Perfect Push and Glide

To execute an awesome push and glide, swimmers must understand how deep they should go. In order to give you a solid answer on that, we need to explain a little bit about Force Plates.

What is Normal 'Ready' Position?

Normal “ready” position is defined as: Swimmers' feet and knees are shoulder width apart, one hand should on the wall, and the other arm off the wall — pointing to where the swimmer wants to go.

Once this perfect “ready” position has been achieved, swimmers perform a traditional push-off by extending the legs and letting go of the wall with other arm, by bending its’ elbow behind the swimmers head (creating a shark fin).