Video - Have you seen you swim?

Thank you Leslie, Ian and Bill, I really appreciate your taking the time to comment! Although my workout last night was cut short I did spend some time working on coming out of the turns deeper, squeezing my ears with my arms and getting in a few dolphin kicks, that gets me significantly further before my breakout and I was still staying even with the guy one lane over. I must say that the extra time under water doesn't make it any easier to resist breathing on the first stroke! :D I will continue working on this stuff in hopes of it becoming automatic and actually happening in races. I think it will take a while to process how to change my pull. A big problem is that going from the "almost extension" you see in the video to a real arm straight out (extending the shoulder) extension takes some effort, the same as with the streamline. I am getting serious (again) about stretching my lats. Lately I have concentrated on the "plant your arm and roll past it" part of the stroke (and keeping my forearm perp. to the water), which has improved my speed and lowered perceived effort, but I guess I have been neglecting the front part of the stroke. Thanks again, Lindsay P.S. I have the old blue TI "The Guide to Fishlike Swimming" from my short stint as a triathlete/fitness swimmer in the mid-nineties, and the somewhat newer "Swimming Made Easy", which I think I acquired during a brief stint in Bloomington Indiana. Also the ***/butterfly video (not the new one with butterfrog). I don't think my problem is so much not knowing what to do as poor kinesthetic awareness about what I am actually doing, combined with an extreme lack of flexibility. Unfortunately for those of us who are less talented, learning from a book is not ideal, when I started swimming again a few years ago and got my first coaching there was a lot of correction needed and I progressed quite well for a while. Is there a particular TI drill? Or the whole progression? P.P.S. Bill: what is your avatar a picture of?

Thank you Leslie, Ian and Bill, I really appreciate your taking the time to comment! Although my workout last night was cut short I did spend some time working on coming out of the turns deeper, squeezing my ears with my arms and getting in a few dolphin kicks, that gets me significantly further before my breakout and I was still staying even with the guy one lane over. I must say that the extra time under water doesn't make it any easier to resist breathing on the first stroke! :D I will continue working on this stuff in hopes of it becoming automatic and actually happening in races. I think it will take a while to process how to change my pull. A big problem is that going from the "almost extension" you see in the video to a real arm straight out (extending the shoulder) extension takes some effort, the same as with the streamline. I am getting serious (again) about stretching my lats. Lately I have concentrated on the "plant your arm and roll past it" part of the stroke (and keeping my forearm perp. to the water), which has improved my speed and lowered perceived effort, but I guess I have been neglecting the front part of the stroke. Thanks again, Lindsay P.S. I have the old blue TI "The Guide to Fishlike Swimming" from my short stint as a triathlete/fitness swimmer in the mid-nineties, and the somewhat newer "Swimming Made Easy", which I think I acquired during a brief stint in Bloomington Indiana. Also the ***/butterfly video (not the new one with butterfrog). I don't think my problem is so much not knowing what to do as poor kinesthetic awareness about what I am actually doing, combined with an extreme lack of flexibility. Unfortunately for those of us who are less talented, learning from a book is not ideal, when I started swimming again a few years ago and got my first coaching there was a lot of correction needed and I progressed quite well for a while. Is there a particular TI drill? Or the whole progression? P.P.S. Bill: what is your avatar a picture of?