Hello,
I've been swimming with a Master's team, but I feel like my stroke deficiency (in all of the strokes) is not allowing me to improve. I can barely swim 50yards, and then have to stop. I know it's a breathing problem on freestyle, but again, lots of corrections need to be made on all my strokes. Watching youtube videos can only get me so far...
I tried looking for a private coach, but it seems most places here only do private adult swimming classes for people who don't know how to swim at all. The USMS clinics sound perfect, but there are none around me right now.
I looked at fitterandfaster.com - do adults usually go to those, or are they mostly for kids in swim teams?
Any help and/or suggestion would be really appreciated :)
It takes time to fix a stroke, and feedback.. it is doing it correctly with lots of repetition that fixes stroke issues.
You're right; however, there is a problem with the last part of that statement ("...doing it correctly with lots of repetition") If you don't have a coach giving you feedback, how do you know if you are "doing it correctly"? "Lots of repetition" of the wrong technique results in ingrained bad habits. I know, because I am a solo swimmer who has done just that. I thought I was doing things correctly; however, I couldn't see myself to know for sure. When I asked my husband to watch, I was shocked by what he had to report.
My solution? Getting a waterproof camera, having him record me underwater and topside from different angles, and then doing what Allen Stark suggested: Posting them here on the Forums for feedback. I picked up my camera for about $150 at Costco, found an inexpensive camera mount online, and then attached both to a pvc pipe.
In addition to soliciting feedback here on the Forums, I have a free subscription to GoSwim.TV and watch their videos daily. Over time, I have learned how to watch my own videos and pick up on things I am doing incorrectly. I work on my flaws, and then have my husband shoot more video for feedback.
If you don't have somebody to shoot video of you, rig up your camera so you can shoot video of yourself.
Here is my set-up:
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It takes time to fix a stroke, and feedback.. it is doing it correctly with lots of repetition that fixes stroke issues.
You're right; however, there is a problem with the last part of that statement ("...doing it correctly with lots of repetition") If you don't have a coach giving you feedback, how do you know if you are "doing it correctly"? "Lots of repetition" of the wrong technique results in ingrained bad habits. I know, because I am a solo swimmer who has done just that. I thought I was doing things correctly; however, I couldn't see myself to know for sure. When I asked my husband to watch, I was shocked by what he had to report.
My solution? Getting a waterproof camera, having him record me underwater and topside from different angles, and then doing what Allen Stark suggested: Posting them here on the Forums for feedback. I picked up my camera for about $150 at Costco, found an inexpensive camera mount online, and then attached both to a pvc pipe.
In addition to soliciting feedback here on the Forums, I have a free subscription to GoSwim.TV and watch their videos daily. Over time, I have learned how to watch my own videos and pick up on things I am doing incorrectly. I work on my flaws, and then have my husband shoot more video for feedback.
If you don't have somebody to shoot video of you, rig up your camera so you can shoot video of yourself.
Here is my set-up:
1162611627
