I thought I would post my video for some advice... Thanks
If you min. your screen the video looks better, very grannie full screen.
It's was just an easy swim, nothing fancy.
Intresting thought, I've never seen my self swim before.
Looks like I need to stretch out my arms farther, looks like I'm cutting the pull off to short.- yes???
Counting 18 strokes per 25yds. Can't tell the kick count.
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It's a little hard to tell from the video exactly what you are up to because the angle is funny.
It does seem like you are shortening up your stroke too much when you're coming in and out of the turn at the close wall. However, I'm not sure if it is consistent because it seems as though, from this angle, you are coming as close as possible pulling all the way through heading out.
I have a theory, and I wonder if some of the coaches on this board agree with me. I think you're shortening up your stroke coming into the walls because you don't quite have good timing down on when you should be starting your turn at the pace you are going. It seems like at the other end you actually pause, lift your head to view the wall, and then turn. I think we all do this to some extent and maybe it's just the easy pace exaggerating it. Perhaps someone else can suggest some drills other than stroke counts to help with this wall-phobia.
Another thing that I'm not sure if you are actually doing, or if it's just the video angle: it seems like you are crossing the center of your body at the top of your pull. For me, catch-up drill and fingertip drill helps with this problem. I hope someone more experienced can comment.
Otherwise, congratulations! :applaud: That's a nice pace for what you called an easy swim. And kudos for feeding your video to the piranas. :) (j/k) You should hopefully get some good, more experienced advice than my own.
It's a little hard to tell from the video exactly what you are up to because the angle is funny.
It does seem like you are shortening up your stroke too much when you're coming in and out of the turn at the close wall. However, I'm not sure if it is consistent because it seems as though, from this angle, you are coming as close as possible pulling all the way through heading out.
I have a theory, and I wonder if some of the coaches on this board agree with me. I think you're shortening up your stroke coming into the walls because you don't quite have good timing down on when you should be starting your turn at the pace you are going. It seems like at the other end you actually pause, lift your head to view the wall, and then turn. I think we all do this to some extent and maybe it's just the easy pace exaggerating it. Perhaps someone else can suggest some drills other than stroke counts to help with this wall-phobia.
Another thing that I'm not sure if you are actually doing, or if it's just the video angle: it seems like you are crossing the center of your body at the top of your pull. For me, catch-up drill and fingertip drill helps with this problem. I hope someone more experienced can comment.
Otherwise, congratulations! :applaud: That's a nice pace for what you called an easy swim. And kudos for feeding your video to the piranas. :) (j/k) You should hopefully get some good, more experienced advice than my own.
