A High Elbow vs. Elbow Led Recovery

If you asked 100 people what is important in an effective freestyle stroke, more than anything else they would say "high elbows", referring to a classical high elbow arm recovery over the water:

This style of arm recovery is used by many swimming greats such as Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe and Rebecca Adlington (shown above). But is it the only way to reco…