Hi fellas,
I used to swim quite a lot when I was a kid, but that stopped 10 years ago. Now, I've hit the pool once again and I feel that after 100m, I'm already exhausted. I'm good at everything else: I play lots of basketball, some tennis, I hit the gym regularly, etc, so stamina should not be an issue. Perhaps it takes a while for my body to get used to swimming, I don't know. In the meantime, I thought maybe it's a technique issue, so I've uploaded two videos:
Front crawl: P9090025 - YouTube
Butterfly: P9090026 - YouTube
The one I really care about right now is the front crawl. I'm trying to get my bronze medallion and bronze cross, and the requirement is 600m in 18 minutes. I can do that at an abysmal 16 minutes. I need to get it down to at least 10 minutes.
I'll appreciate every constructive criticism.
Thanks
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Thanks guys. I will now practice those points. A few things which I forgot to mention:
* the length of the pool is 23 meters.
* The water is murky and there are no lines at the bottom, hence why I'm looking up a bit so I don't hit the walls.
As a dryland drill, put one of your arms up to the ceiling and then rotate your body away from that arm. You are now ready to catch. Now keeping the elbow in the same place, have your forearm come down until it is parallel to the floor and at the same height as the elbow. Now bend it even more so it is actually a little below your elbow just to get a good feel. Practice that a lot to get a feel for what your shoulder and arm should feel like when actually pulling in the water.
Good luck.
I totally did not understand the drill!! What do you mean by "rotate away"? How do I rotate AWAY from my own arm? Is there a video of this drill anywhere? That would be very helpful.
Thanks.
Thanks guys. I will now practice those points. A few things which I forgot to mention:
* the length of the pool is 23 meters.
* The water is murky and there are no lines at the bottom, hence why I'm looking up a bit so I don't hit the walls.
As a dryland drill, put one of your arms up to the ceiling and then rotate your body away from that arm. You are now ready to catch. Now keeping the elbow in the same place, have your forearm come down until it is parallel to the floor and at the same height as the elbow. Now bend it even more so it is actually a little below your elbow just to get a good feel. Practice that a lot to get a feel for what your shoulder and arm should feel like when actually pulling in the water.
Good luck.
I totally did not understand the drill!! What do you mean by "rotate away"? How do I rotate AWAY from my own arm? Is there a video of this drill anywhere? That would be very helpful.
Thanks.
