High Performance Technique & Mechanics for Your Swimming Goals on Instagram: "Phelps, Marchand, Milak All three utilize a near identical technique skeleton, but one particular aesthetic tells us 1) Instant chest press 2) Hip-pull connection 3) Hands aren’t sinking and will get complete pull 4) Arm swing momentum travels ONLY forward Arms/hands stay dry and the torso submerges. As the flat body sinks, the level hands should come down with the body. If the hands stay dry, the arms are reaching up