I thought I was doing alright until I watched this video. Please provide some direction. Thanks. Front crawl 8/21/12 - YouTube
Generating more propulsion from each arm pull is priority number 1.
Overall technique looks good but you need to get more out if.
What I see is that you are avoiding that resistance as an effort to avoid getting 'tired' faster and are most likely not even thinking about it. You need to change your focus and really focus on generating resistance against the palm of your hand (and forearm but start with the palm for now) and keep that feeling of resistance all the way thru the pull. The movement that initiates the start of the pull is the fingers dropping towards the pool bottom while keeping the wrist firm and the elbow near the surface of the water.
I see swimmers who start to pull the elbow back before they drop their fingers but I don't see that a whole lot with you, a little here and there but not a huge issue. But what I do see is your hands turning to the side to 'release' the pressure of the water against your hand. It's this pressure that give propulsion so you need to focus on maintaining that pressure thru each pull.
I thought I was doing alright until I watched this video. Please provide some direction. Thanks. Front crawl 8/21/12 - YouTube
Generating more propulsion from each arm pull is priority number 1.
Overall technique looks good but you need to get more out if.
What I see is that you are avoiding that resistance as an effort to avoid getting 'tired' faster and are most likely not even thinking about it. You need to change your focus and really focus on generating resistance against the palm of your hand (and forearm but start with the palm for now) and keep that feeling of resistance all the way thru the pull. The movement that initiates the start of the pull is the fingers dropping towards the pool bottom while keeping the wrist firm and the elbow near the surface of the water.
I see swimmers who start to pull the elbow back before they drop their fingers but I don't see that a whole lot with you, a little here and there but not a huge issue. But what I do see is your hands turning to the side to 'release' the pressure of the water against your hand. It's this pressure that give propulsion so you need to focus on maintaining that pressure thru each pull.
