Great if you could comment on my swim:
www.youtube.com/...amp;feature=youtu.be
These are previous videos for comparison if it has any interest
June 24 2012: www.youtube.com/...amp;feature=youtu.be
January 2012: MVI_5451.AVI - YouTube
July 2011: Swim july 13 2011 - YouTube
100m repeats I can do on 1:37ish leaving on 1:55 or 2:00 so I am not fast. Did an all out 200m a few weeks ago on 3:11.
My speed has improved a few seconds since last video on June 24 2012 but I still seem to have some of the same flaws (hopefully to a lesser extent...) that ST detected back then and also, I think I spot some stuff I can improve. In summary:
I push out in my pull, not all the way back. I think when I am fresh and well-rested, I do this less but it is clearly a flaw. It is happening on all videos so it is a bad habit
My right hand seems to come too close to the center line and the pull with the right hand also seems to happen too much with a straight arm
My arms, especially the left, stays slightly bent after entry and I start the pull prematurely. Think I need to let reach more forward and for sure let is sit there. This would also allow for more body rotation
My kick seems to be tighther and less of a scissor than previously, but it has no rythm what so ever, it seems to be living its own life separate from the rest of the body
Thoughts on flaws and how to fix? Thanks a lot in advance, highly appreciated.
What kind of effort was this swim on your part? 50% 80% 100% ? By this i mean, was it race pace, or cooldown pace, etc?
My reply assumes this was nearly 90% effort on your part.
You should work on stroke efficiency. ~20 strokes in a 25 is just too many on a long stroke swim imo. It seems to start out ok the first few strokes but by the end of each length it looks like you are swimming against current Work on some DPS drills to get the stroke count down, then incorporate those drills into normal swimming. You seem reasonably tall. I would try to cut that count in half for normal long stroke swimming (if this is yards). Finish each stroke. You seem to be pulling your hand out right near the waist.
Some streamline work will help also because you'll be further before you need to take a stroke. Your streamlines are not helping you to preserve the speed you're making on the pushoff. Tighten up the streamline, and add some underwater kicks. This will save your arms a little more too by taking a few strokes off each length. If you push off with a tight streamline, you should easily be able to get out to the flags with nearly zero effort applied. With some kicks you should be able to surface with your feet past the flags. (with some practice of course). Right now your turns and streamlines hold a lot of time you can drop off your swims.
Also on your recovery, seemingly at random you're swingin that hand way above the elbow... don't do that
:eek: 10 strokes per 25 yards?
What kind of effort was this swim on your part? 50% 80% 100% ? By this i mean, was it race pace, or cooldown pace, etc?
My reply assumes this was nearly 90% effort on your part.
You should work on stroke efficiency. ~20 strokes in a 25 is just too many on a long stroke swim imo. It seems to start out ok the first few strokes but by the end of each length it looks like you are swimming against current Work on some DPS drills to get the stroke count down, then incorporate those drills into normal swimming. You seem reasonably tall. I would try to cut that count in half for normal long stroke swimming (if this is yards). Finish each stroke. You seem to be pulling your hand out right near the waist.
Some streamline work will help also because you'll be further before you need to take a stroke. Your streamlines are not helping you to preserve the speed you're making on the pushoff. Tighten up the streamline, and add some underwater kicks. This will save your arms a little more too by taking a few strokes off each length. If you push off with a tight streamline, you should easily be able to get out to the flags with nearly zero effort applied. With some kicks you should be able to surface with your feet past the flags. (with some practice of course). Right now your turns and streamlines hold a lot of time you can drop off your swims.
Also on your recovery, seemingly at random you're swingin that hand way above the elbow... don't do that
:eek: 10 strokes per 25 yards?
