I got a video of myself swimming today! woohoo!
I'd appreciate some comments. it was taken after a set so it wasn't the greatest lap but hey.. i'm not making excuses. i'd like some input. I've been swimming for 4 weeks now :woot:
www.youtube.com/watch
Oh, i'd recommend scaling down the vid's resolution to see it a bit clearer.
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Well, I think you are doing really well for only having been swimming four weeks, and the quality of the video makes it difficult to get a really good grasp on your technique, but there are two things I think you could work on. The first is body roll, you should try to roll as far on the non-breathing side as you do on the breathing side. The easiest way to work on that is to practice breathing on alternate sides. The other is that I get the impression that you are "dropping your elbows" which is resulting in a lot of "slip" and hence inefficiency and hence a higher number of strokes per length. If you simulate your freestyle arm motions while standing up vertically, you want your forearm and hand to form one long flat surface that is as horizontal as possible for as much of your stroke as possible. If your elbow drops below your wrist you won't have as much surface area to press against the water with and you won't get as much forward motion. Less importantly I notice that at the end of your left arm pull you throw a little water across your body as the hand exits the water, which indicates the timing of "releasing" the water and beginning the recovery is a little off. I hope that is helpful, good luck with continuing to improve, it's an endless process!
Well, I think you are doing really well for only having been swimming four weeks, and the quality of the video makes it difficult to get a really good grasp on your technique, but there are two things I think you could work on. The first is body roll, you should try to roll as far on the non-breathing side as you do on the breathing side. The easiest way to work on that is to practice breathing on alternate sides. The other is that I get the impression that you are "dropping your elbows" which is resulting in a lot of "slip" and hence inefficiency and hence a higher number of strokes per length. If you simulate your freestyle arm motions while standing up vertically, you want your forearm and hand to form one long flat surface that is as horizontal as possible for as much of your stroke as possible. If your elbow drops below your wrist you won't have as much surface area to press against the water with and you won't get as much forward motion. Less importantly I notice that at the end of your left arm pull you throw a little water across your body as the hand exits the water, which indicates the timing of "releasing" the water and beginning the recovery is a little off. I hope that is helpful, good luck with continuing to improve, it's an endless process!
