Sun Yang Freestyle

I was watching this nice YouTube video tonight from Yang's brilliant 14:34.14 at last summer's World Championships.

First things first, it's not always pretty but obviously Yang's swim is arguably the most impressive and important swim since the the banning of the shiny suits.  There's a lot of wonk in Yang's stroke, kick is uneven, fly kick off the wall is hardly there, but what should be pointed out above all else is how amazing Yang's hands are in his stroke. Yang's hands spend a lot of time in pulling position, activating at the top of stroke and right through the hips.

This is great stuff... watch the video... watch his hands...  try to emulate.