Per my reference in the "Mystery of Breaststroke" forum (forums.usms.org/showpost.php,
Who has seen themselves swim? Who regularly uses a videocamera? Do you use for meets or practice or both? Who critiques - yourself, coach, teammates, no-one?:groovy:
Great job on dropping so much time in your 200! 4 seconds is a lot.
I agree with the comments above. You look very strong, and you should be using that strong core. More rotation definitely. You're actually getting some propulsion from your kick, though it isn't steady, but not much propulsion from your pull. Probably the underwater stuff and some drag. More of a straight I pull would be good with some earlier EVF and more rotation/roll. That would give you more bang for your buck each stroke. Your hand might be entering just a tad too close to the head? It looked like you were going to do a thumb first entry, but then you straightened the hand out. Definitely more streamlining too, as was already said. I realize that was a 200, but for your shorter events, which I know you're focusing on, your SR should be much higher. Kudos for posting the videos! I hope you keep improving so much!
Also, Paul Smith posted some great kick sets on the muscular endurance thread that do not involve kickboards. You might give those a whirl. Kickboards hurt my shoulders too.
I myself have seen some stills of myself. No underwater videos. I'm sure it would be quite frightening, but immensely beneficial. Doesn't seem like it's going to happen unless I go to a stroke clinic.
Great job on dropping so much time in your 200! 4 seconds is a lot.
I agree with the comments above. You look very strong, and you should be using that strong core. More rotation definitely. You're actually getting some propulsion from your kick, though it isn't steady, but not much propulsion from your pull. Probably the underwater stuff and some drag. More of a straight I pull would be good with some earlier EVF and more rotation/roll. That would give you more bang for your buck each stroke. Your hand might be entering just a tad too close to the head? It looked like you were going to do a thumb first entry, but then you straightened the hand out. Definitely more streamlining too, as was already said. I realize that was a 200, but for your shorter events, which I know you're focusing on, your SR should be much higher. Kudos for posting the videos! I hope you keep improving so much!
Also, Paul Smith posted some great kick sets on the muscular endurance thread that do not involve kickboards. You might give those a whirl. Kickboards hurt my shoulders too.
I myself have seen some stills of myself. No underwater videos. I'm sure it would be quite frightening, but immensely beneficial. Doesn't seem like it's going to happen unless I go to a stroke clinic.
