A cross over at the front of the stroke tends to cause your elbow to drop, also damaging your catch and hurting your propulsion.

身前的划水过中线易于使你的肘部下沉，而且破坏你的抓水和损害你的动力。

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At full reach and without dropping your elbow, feel like you are tipping your finger-tips over the front of a barrel (again flexing at the wrist), which will start the catch.

在完全前够并且没有沉肘的时候，感觉好像你把你手指点到了一只枪管的前段（再收一点手腕），这就是抓水的开始。

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Ironically, dropping the wrist and elbow is one of the worst things you can do for your catch.

讽刺的是，沉腕和沉肘是抓水里最大的敌人。

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Left-hander Boone Logan, slowed by a tender elbow, expects to pay catch Thursday and throw off a mound this weekend.

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Gardner injured his elbow in April 17 making a diving catch in a game against the Minnesota Twins.

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He underwent corrective surgery on his left elbow in May 2005, but jarred the joint while attempting to take a catch during the third Test against Sri Lanka in August.

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