How to correct this wooden leg (video)

thank you all! I think you have nailed it, and you cannot imagine how great it might be, because i had been a long time trying to figure it out and no clue so far. I will try to go swimming tomorrow and keep my neck straight while breathing and check whether it is the cause of the wooden leg. Karl, for you it was also the breathing what caused your funny leg? if so, did you upload the vid so i can have a look, it is nice not feeling alone in the wooden legs world. Did you do any special drill to sort it out? As for the videos i learnt how to do this stuff by my own and it was precisely to improve my swimming techinique, as you can see in my youtube channel all the videos are about me swimming. One of them is me swimming breaststroke, so, Gobears, you can judge by yourself if i am a natural breaststroker, tell you the truth i dont know exactly what that means. Thank you Elainek you like my video, you can check them all, i have 8, but this one is my masterpiece, haha. I invite you all to have a look and point out any other mistakes you can see, cause i really want to shift me swimming to a new level: 1'15" in 100m event and 25' in 1500m event. Beards, it is not difficult, i did it with a software named Camtasia, the most difficult thing for me was the english, but for you supposdly native speakers it is not a problem. Sorry for my english mistakes. And once again, thank you very much for your help, i think that you solved the mistery. Steve, i havent tried fins set yet, but if finaly the problem is the breathing issue do you think fins might help?

Elainek, i´ve read about your story, now i can understand why you are such a positive person, thanks for the encouragement. As for the breaststroke style i do it just to relax muscles. Once i master freestyle i will go for the rest. You havent said anything about my butterfly haha, i know it sucks. You're welcome. And, thank you! As for commenting on your butterfly, I'll leave that to the flyers, because my fly "sucks", too! :afraid: (For English being your second language, you have learned the lingo quite well!) So, acct, I see you are from Bejing. Is this your native country? If not, where are you from? Just curious... Good luck in your continued discovery. I have followed a similar path (posting questions and stroke videos) and have learned so much from our fellow Forumites! They are a great bunch!

i feel them like too heavy, is it normal? this is the first time i used fins. That is interesting acct, when I put on fins for first it did feet a little awkward (like a larger gear, but with traction). Minutes later the difference was like being turbocharged with boost. Nevertheless, glad you are on the right track of stroke correction with the balance/breathing issue, there are many drills to specifically work this area. I reviewed one of your uploads and despite the your current issue, you have an streamlined position in the water. The fins will eventually come in handy, especially when the shoulders aren't happy once you get used to them.

Confirmed: it was a balance issue caused by the breathe. Long time wasted, if only i had known it before. Steve, i got these fins: Finis Zoomer Gold Swim, but the chinese imitation by Yingfa, i feel them like too heavy, is it normal? this is the first time i used fins. Karl, i also have to doble check with a video, but i am sure i was not doing the wooden leg when i breathed properly. I dont know, but just out of curiosity, do you also have a long neck? it might be related. Elainek, i´ve read about your story, now i can understand why you are such a positive person, thanks for the encouragement. As for the breaststroke style i do it just to relax muscles. Once i master freestyle i will go for the rest. You havent said anything about my butterfly haha, i know it sucks. Thank you guys, you cannot imagine how important this discovery is.

just found it: www.youtube.com/watch cracks me up hahaha Please, if any of you master this part of the training let me know, i´d like to do it properly looking to the long term

Hi guys, thanks again for your former tips. They have been very useful for these last months in which i´ve been working on my technique and now i want to share with you the outcome. I´ve made some changes in my style, whether or not you can notice them i promisse i´ve done some :) However I know there are many errors to correct still, so if you have a minute, please, let me know your critique and possible ways to correct my errrors. Thanks a lot. Underwater shot: www.youtube.com/watch The system dont allow me to upload the shot over the water so i am trying to share it with you in the next comment.

And here goes the over the water shot: www.youtube.com/watch

acct - Like lots of others said, breathing every 3 might correct this problem since it’s a balance issue. Your leg comes out to compensate for breathing to one side. When I get tired or am being lazy, I notices a kick to the side as well. It gets worse in open water the longer I go so I have to force myself to breath left to over compensate to fix it. I can breathe both left and right, but I prefer right and I usually only breath right. If you don't want to breathe to the left, think about driving your right hip down after you breathe. If you notice in first few videos, your left side gets great rotation, almost 90 degrees, but on your right side, when you breathe, your leg is coming over to balance out your stroke and your hip stops at say 70 degrees or so, maybe more but you can see the difference. Try driving that hip down more, think about it just after you put your face back in after breathing, drive with the hip, push your right hand out in front of you more and your funny kick should go away. You could try leaving the right hand out in front for a short pause, swimming with a bit of a catch up and see if that gives you time to get your right hip down. Also noticed you are entering the water at the centerline of your body, this causing your hips to “wiggle” back and forth, try putting your hands in the water a bit wider, like shoulder width apart. This will help correct your wiggle and fix your balance as well. Two drills that might help, “Superman Catch-Up” – swim with your hands very wide, wider than your shoulders while doing a catch-up stroke. You really have to kick to make this work. The other would be swimming with a kick board out in front of you doing a catch up stroke as well. Put the kickboard out in front, put your head down in a stream line position with each hand holding the sides of the kickboard and swim a catch-up drill, one arm at a time. Fins will help with both these drills. There is a Go Swim video of the kickboard catch-up drill that also does the superman catch-up at the end. Hope that helps. I know others have this issue as well, the key is to think about the hips. Drive evenly to both sides and it will help you to stay balanced.