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
I was a life-long runner too. 40+ years, 40K miles. I never got serious about swimming until age 67 because arthritis put a stop to the running. The problem by then was that my ankles would not flex. They still won't, so my kick is completely ineffective. If your foot is at a 45 degree angle, the downward kick is pushing backwards against the water. I can take a kickboard and remain absolutely stationary in the water while kicking for all I'm worth. It's still necessary to work on the kick though since it maintains proper body position. No kick makes the legs sink and you are just dragging along dead weight.
I was a life-long runner too. 40+ years, 40K miles. I never got serious about swimming until age 67 because arthritis put a stop to the running. The problem by then was that my ankles would not flex. They still won't, so my kick is completely ineffective. If your foot is at a 45 degree angle, the downward kick is pushing backwards against the water. I can take a kickboard and remain absolutely stationary in the water while kicking for all I'm worth. It's still necessary to work on the kick though since it maintains proper body position. No kick makes the legs sink and you are just dragging along dead weight.
