I'm 38 years old and started swimming for fitness about 3 months ago. I learned basic breaststroke in my late 20s but haven't practiced much back then.
Here is a video of my breaststroke swim.
www.dropbox.com/.../breaststroke 2.MOV
If I sprint, it takes me about 33 seconds for 25m and 2:27 for 100m. I can maintain 2:40 per 100m when I swim long distances like 1000m, without getting tired.
I have two modest goals - Swim 25m in 25 seconds and 100m in 2min. How do I quickly reach these goals? Is my problem my poor technique or lack of strength (I'm skinny)?
Thanks in advance.
I tried Allen's suggestion and saw an immediate improvement. I could swim 25m in 29 sec (originally 33sec) and 100m in 2:14. I stopped bringing my hands behind my shoulder during the pull. I also tried to widen my pull and keep the elbows high but I won't know how well I did that until I shoot another video.
Thanks so much Allen, Sojerz and Swimspire for the suggestions. I'm going to try the drills later this week.
The "coaches" at my pool are just friendly kids who can swim. They're not very technical. They tell me I'm doing just fine when I ask for their feedback. Their breaststroke technique is worse than mine. In India we don't have a big sports culture. If you can jump into water and not drown, you're already a genius. It is the kingdom of the blind here, and I hope to be the one eyed man, LOL.
I'm just going to video tape my swims and post them here for feedback.
I tried Allen's suggestion and saw an immediate improvement. I could swim 25m in 29 sec (originally 33sec) and 100m in 2:14. I stopped bringing my hands behind my shoulder during the pull. I also tried to widen my pull and keep the elbows high but I won't know how well I did that until I shoot another video.
Thanks so much Allen, Sojerz and Swimspire for the suggestions. I'm going to try the drills later this week.
The "coaches" at my pool are just friendly kids who can swim. They're not very technical. They tell me I'm doing just fine when I ask for their feedback. Their breaststroke technique is worse than mine. In India we don't have a big sports culture. If you can jump into water and not drown, you're already a genius. It is the kingdom of the blind here, and I hope to be the one eyed man, LOL.
I'm just going to video tape my swims and post them here for feedback.
