Please critique my freestyle and help improve my stroke.
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Been couple of years or so since I posted a video here, or for that matter, looked at a video of my freestyle. Didn't realize this before, and was horribly surprised! Here is what I noticed.
1. The stretched out arm (that is, the non-breathing side arm) cross over the mid-line. It is almost like the non-breathing side stretches out over the mid-line, to help in the breathing. Terrible! I thought I had fixed this! To my untrained eye I am thinking at least the other side is OK?
2. My legs are all screwy! Used to have a horrible case of scissor legs, even while that seems to be gotten better, however, the legs currently are terribly ungainly and lacks any sense of rhythm. Why is this?
3. Do I roll OK. Am I rolling too much, and consequently, having the wacky leg movement?
4. Please do help identify anything else that ailing my stroke.
Please critique my stroke and suggest some drills I could do to help get over the nasty, inelegant stroke on display. (The last time I had suggestions of learning bilateral breathing for better balance from this forum, and at least I have gotten to do that comfortably)
Thanks for your patience and help.
Venkatesh
That's awesome Elaine!
I'm thinking balance may also very important when swimming.
Yes, I agree, but it's important in a different way. You don't have to worry about falling when you're swimming!
I have Meniere's, an inner ear disorder, so balance on land is an issue in certain situations. If you would have been at UGA this past Saturday, you would have seen what I mean. I have to be very careful when I get up on the block and bend over at the command, "Swimmers, take your mark," so I step up and bend over very slowly. (That's why I don't do flip turns; they make me dizzy to the point of getting seasick after repetitive turns. :eek:
That's awesome Elaine!
I'm thinking balance may also very important when swimming.
Yes, I agree, but it's important in a different way. You don't have to worry about falling when you're swimming!
I have Meniere's, an inner ear disorder, so balance on land is an issue in certain situations. If you would have been at UGA this past Saturday, you would have seen what I mean. I have to be very careful when I get up on the block and bend over at the command, "Swimmers, take your mark," so I step up and bend over very slowly. (That's why I don't do flip turns; they make me dizzy to the point of getting seasick after repetitive turns. :eek:
