I learned how to swim freestyle two summers ago and I love it! I'd appreciate any swimming tips and feedback. I'd like to improve my form with the aim of swimming faster triathlon distances (1.5 - 4 km). The video below is grainy and watermarked but I'm hoping there's enough there to give a general gist of my current stroke.
http://youtu.be/H4_a263ytBw
Thanks!
I really appreciate the detailed feedback. It's very helpful and I'm excited to incorporate your suggestions. I read all of the responses several times and went out for a swim and at first was overwhelmed trying to do half a dozen new things. So then I tried to focus on one thing: fingertip drag with relaxation on the recovery. Here's what it looks like:
http://youtu.be/TX8XbbcesnA
I'm definitely seeing that I need to lengthen my stroke so I'll be working on reeeeeaching next.
"Rotate your body more so your upper arm never crosses the plane of your torso."
Can you explain this a bit more? Also, any specific drills you recommend to focus on rotation? It's something that's been recommended to me before in practice -- I attend a weekly master's style swim workout populated mostly with triathletes -- but I (obviously) haven't gotten it yet.
I really appreciate the detailed feedback. It's very helpful and I'm excited to incorporate your suggestions. I read all of the responses several times and went out for a swim and at first was overwhelmed trying to do half a dozen new things. So then I tried to focus on one thing: fingertip drag with relaxation on the recovery. Here's what it looks like:
http://youtu.be/TX8XbbcesnA
I'm definitely seeing that I need to lengthen my stroke so I'll be working on reeeeeaching next.
"Rotate your body more so your upper arm never crosses the plane of your torso."
Can you explain this a bit more? Also, any specific drills you recommend to focus on rotation? It's something that's been recommended to me before in practice -- I attend a weekly master's style swim workout populated mostly with triathletes -- but I (obviously) haven't gotten it yet.
