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.
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I agree. I swim about 25 strokes in 25 yards. 10 strokes means someone either has serious kicking power or extremely long arms.
It does depend a bunch on height of course... even more so on armspan as you pointed out, and to me in that video the OP looks reasonable tall... 6 footish maybe a hair more.
Let me clarify some things though... I didn't say "you HAVE to cut it in half" I said TRY to cut it in half. Practice it, see if you can do it. Merely training and trying this will help in the battle to achieve more distance with each stroke.
In practice, when I kick 3-4 dolphins off my turns (which is important to practice too, and i pointed that out), I'm taking 11-12 in a SCM pool and I'm 6'2". Shrug. When I try for DPS drills I'm getting 10 in SCM with a pull bouy. Seems reasonable it could be cut to 10 in SCY for "long stroke swimming" in practice for someone else. I guarantee I could do 10 easily in SCY so its not impossible, and I am not a prime specimen by any means.
FTR count goes up when i sprint. my 100 free stroke count last year was 11,13,13,14 for SCY100... and 11,13,14,14,14,14,15,16 for my SCM200 (piano dropped, lol). .
Sure does seem plausible to shoot for 10 in SCY to me, depite all those jaws on the bottom of the pool to swim around :)
I guess if the OP is 5'10" then try for 11? :angel:
I agree. I swim about 25 strokes in 25 yards. 10 strokes means someone either has serious kicking power or extremely long arms.
It does depend a bunch on height of course... even more so on armspan as you pointed out, and to me in that video the OP looks reasonable tall... 6 footish maybe a hair more.
Let me clarify some things though... I didn't say "you HAVE to cut it in half" I said TRY to cut it in half. Practice it, see if you can do it. Merely training and trying this will help in the battle to achieve more distance with each stroke.
In practice, when I kick 3-4 dolphins off my turns (which is important to practice too, and i pointed that out), I'm taking 11-12 in a SCM pool and I'm 6'2". Shrug. When I try for DPS drills I'm getting 10 in SCM with a pull bouy. Seems reasonable it could be cut to 10 in SCY for "long stroke swimming" in practice for someone else. I guarantee I could do 10 easily in SCY so its not impossible, and I am not a prime specimen by any means.
FTR count goes up when i sprint. my 100 free stroke count last year was 11,13,13,14 for SCY100... and 11,13,14,14,14,14,15,16 for my SCM200 (piano dropped, lol). .
Sure does seem plausible to shoot for 10 in SCY to me, depite all those jaws on the bottom of the pool to swim around :)
I guess if the OP is 5'10" then try for 11? :angel:
