30 now, I've mostly been rowing, running, and biking all my life. That changed quite a bit when I moved to South Korea from Canada, though(no place to row, crowded cities, and all). I luckily found a swimming pool in my neighborhood last July, and I have been swimming ever since, except for a few months in between.
Although I found my instructor in the beginning quite knowledgeable, the intermediate class I am in at the moment has a different instructor that unfortunately isn't very... thrilled to teach at the venue lol. Mostly gives us drills to do and nothing much else.
Yesterday, I got a discount ticket to a spa with a swimming pool and my friend and we filmed each other swimming, so, could anyone give me pointers on what to improve on and etc?
It's a shame the weather was pretty chilly, making my friend pretty reluctant to film... so the angle isn't very good, plus it was dark out. I intend to do this again with a more cooperative friend soon haha.
I uploaded the videos to Youtube so there wouldn't be any sketchy downloading work, so please check them out?
Thank you!
www.youtube.com/watch - Freestyle
www.youtube.com/watch - Butterfly
Lol at the unmotivated swim coach. It seems endemic in adult swimming.
Both of your strokes look pretty good but I’ll just suggest that for your freestyle, it looks like a lot of your propulsion is coming from kicking instead of your pull. Overkicking will drain your energy. Focus on achieving propulsion from your upper body.
This is video with Natalie Coughlin is awesome. m.youtube.com/watch
her statement on planting your arm in the water and swinging your body around totally changed my freestyle
with your butterfly I think your hips need to come more to the surface when your arms enter the water, like a see saw. You’ll get more undulation that way which will allow more of the propulsion to come from your hips instead of kicking at the knee.
Lol at the unmotivated swim coach. It seems endemic in adult swimming.
Both of your strokes look pretty good but I’ll just suggest that for your freestyle, it looks like a lot of your propulsion is coming from kicking instead of your pull. Overkicking will drain your energy. Focus on achieving propulsion from your upper body.
This is video with Natalie Coughlin is awesome. m.youtube.com/watch
her statement on planting your arm in the water and swinging your body around totally changed my freestyle
with your butterfly I think your hips need to come more to the surface when your arms enter the water, like a see saw. You’ll get more undulation that way which will allow more of the propulsion to come from your hips instead of kicking at the knee.
