My 50 BR video --Working Link

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Ok you can all view my video and laugh at my expense, or leave constructive feedback. Enjoy. Rich www.youtube.com/watch PS enjoy my daughter's post race analysis! I can't comment on your stroke, but your daughter is adorable.

One thing I noticed is you are way too shallow on your streamline. Don't be afraid to get down about three feet below the surface. You can start angling yourself up toward the surface when you take your kick. Jeez, I finally saw it. 35 is a pretty good time for what looked like a crappy pool. I agree with Kirk, you could go much deeper on the start and turn. Deeper water is faster. I think maybe the head could be tipped down a bit further? But what do I know? What a cute kid! At what age exactly do they stop wearing pink goggles? I hope Allen and the other breaststrokers can access it to give you some good tips! :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

Hey Rich. That's a good swim. Way to go! Since I'm not a breaststroker, I don't have any comments or advice to offer. :banana: :banana: :banana: ....At what age exactly do they stop wearing pink goggles?... Do they ever? My 16 yo has pink Vanquishers.

We should all be so lucky to have someone providing such positive post-race analysis after all our swims! Too cute! :D Looks like maybe you're bobbing your head up and down a bit... like nodding while swimming. Head and eyes should stay down... more like in a straight line with your spine. Why waste energy nodding the head around? Hard to tell, but maybe your feet/knees are coming a little wide? This is one of my chronic problems. The kick feels more powerful when it's nice and wide but in reality you're just generating more drag. Would be interested to see what some speedy breaststrokers say. That said, wish I could break 36 for a 50!!!!!!:applaud:

Finally saw it. It was hard to see much with the shakiness. I agree with the others, your pullout could go a little deeper. It could also be a little more even. You didn't wait until you rotated horizontal before starting your pull. Hard to see for sure because of the shaking, but if I'm not mistaken, I see a head bob. You end up looking forward too much when you gasp for air. Imagine yourself in a neck brace. Another thing that's hard to see for sure with the shaking - make sure your butt isn't sinking. It seems like you're keeping your feet up but make sure you don't drop your knees too much, which by itself creates drag but also makes your butt sink, putting you out of near streamline, making yet more drag. I also saw no glide. You don't want to glide too much in a 50 but you want just enough to get your body into a good position for your next stroke and take advantage of momentum. Watch the guy in the lane to the right of yours in the video, just a touch of glide. However, he's doing more of a wave style. Yours is much flatter, which is fine, but even flat styles need a bit of glide. But these are details. A 35 is pretty darn good. Keep it up!

Due to my supreme mastery of this stroke I feel inclined to comment ... ;) In all seriousness ... as many have pointed out your head position looks off. You should be looking down right in front of you and not moving your head at all above water. You can move your haed just a bit when it enters the water to help you get your undulation. You can definitely go deeper on the start and turn. Your pull looked a bit wide, too. If you narrow it in a bit you should be able to get higher in the water. Make sure you try and get your recovery up and think about getting over the wave. I wish I could get anywhere near your 36 for my 50 *** ... very nice! A good set for you that someone here posted once would be: 5 (or 10) x 100 25 *** focusing on one area of technique (like your head position) then 75 free. Repeat three more times with a different technique focus and on the last one do the 25 race pace. Do them on an interval that gives you plenty of rest - like 2:30. GOOD LUCK and thanks for sharing! Oh, and your daughter is adorable.

I should have my posting privileges revoked ... I apologize that Rich swam a 35, not a 36 ... I apologize for my error and will now go sit and the corner and think about it for the next hour ...

My daughter is a breastroker (uhhgg)...but she kicks butt. Right now she's about 38 for the 50...which is pretty good for an 11 year old. Her times dropped after she mastered the pull out. Yours will too. Wow, I got one of those too. Why do backstrokers have breaststroke kids? So odd. Poolraat: My 12 year old daughter wouldn't be caught dead in pink goggles. She does have a friend with a pink fastskin though ... That seems weird. Very glow in the pool ... Rich: If you went a 35 at a Y pool, you'll be real happy at Zones, especially when you put on a cap and we can make fun of you. After all, I've gone a 33 in the 50 *** there. I'm sorry, I should have my posting privileges revoked for that lie. I can't believe FlyQueen's going off quietly. That'll be a first for my baby sister the loud flyer. :rofl:

Finally saw it. Good job BUT ... First I agree with what everyone is saying about your head,but more so. It looked to me that your head was tipped up in streamline position on the stroke. That will really slow you down. You also need to REALLY streamline your shoulders as you kick.You are really losing time there. Same as what the others say but more so on the pullout. Even in a 50 you should get at least 30 ft. underwater. Pull and kick look strong. With a little work on streamlining you can go 32.