Hi guys,
Can you take a look and say somethings to my 100m backstroke race (SCM).
I am on lane 3, under the yellow line with the german cap:
www.youtube.com/watch
Couple things. Your stroke is pretty smooth and there's nothing grossly wrong going on.
1. I think you're pushing off too deep on your walls. It's slowing you down on your breakouts a lot because your first pull is being used more to get yourself back to the surface than the start moving forward. You also need to transition from dolphin to flutter quicker. It would probably help to have a solid plan of how many dolphin kicks you're going to take off every wall - that seemed kind of ad hoc.
2. I suspect you are straight arming the start of your pull too much. I say this because you are a little bouncy and also your stroke rate is pretty slow for a sprint. You need to bend your arm and start pulling down toward your feet earlier.
Couple things. Your stroke is pretty smooth and there's nothing grossly wrong going on.
1. I think you're pushing off too deep on your walls. It's slowing you down on your breakouts a lot because your first pull is being used more to get yourself back to the surface than the start moving forward. You also need to transition from dolphin to flutter quicker. It would probably help to have a solid plan of how many dolphin kicks you're going to take off every wall - that seemed kind of ad hoc.
2. I suspect you are straight arming the start of your pull too much. I say this because you are a little bouncy and also your stroke rate is pretty slow for a sprint. You need to bend your arm and start pulling down toward your feet earlier.
