Hello fellow-swimmers!
Could you please check out videos of my breaststroke. So far 50m *** is my best distance. But for the last two years I haven’t been able to break 36+ seconds limit (SC).
That’s a snippet of 50m at race speed:
www.youtube.com/watch
I have more videos, but so far the forum allows me to add only one.
Mistakes, drills to fix them, stretching exercises?
I’m total amateur, 35 years old, it’s my 6th year of competitive swimming.
Thanks!
OK, as an update. I manage to improve my BR a little bit. I swam LC 50m at national masters championship (Russia) for 36.40 (before that I had SC for 36.10). That's the video: https://youtu.be/V59a3dOEK6c (me at lane 7, the closest one to you).
What I don't like here is a lot of undulations (reminds me Spitz's fly), especially with my head. Bad start, - I just fell into water and it looks this was where a lost to the leaders, doing really short underwater part.
I couldn't see the start well enough to offer a suggestion. Your stroke looks very good,except,you are making too much effort to recover your hands above the water.You are shooting your hands a little up instead of straight forward. This is causing your torso to be angled up and increasing your drag.This adds to the non-propulsive part of your undulations.
OK, as an update. I manage to improve my BR a little bit. I swam LC 50m at national masters championship (Russia) for 36.40 (before that I had SC for 36.10). That's the video: https://youtu.be/V59a3dOEK6c (me at lane 7, the closest one to you).
What I don't like here is a lot of undulations (reminds me Spitz's fly), especially with my head. Bad start, - I just fell into water and it looks this was where a lost to the leaders, doing really short underwater part.
I couldn't see the start well enough to offer a suggestion. Your stroke looks very good,except,you are making too much effort to recover your hands above the water.You are shooting your hands a little up instead of straight forward. This is causing your torso to be angled up and increasing your drag.This adds to the non-propulsive part of your undulations.
