I went to an underwater video clinic on 8/5/07. Filming credit goes to Emerald City Multisport which put on the clinic at Samena Pool in Bellevue, WA. They did me a favor and recorded both free and fly instead of just free.
I've uploaded some excerpts to google video, and I'm interested in any critiques. One thing they said is I seem to be creating a lot of bubbles on entry on free.
free, side view, underwater
video.google.com/videoplay
free, front view, underwater
video.google.com/videoplay
free, surface view
video.google.com/videoplay
fly, side view, underwater
video.google.com/videoplay
fly, front view, underwater
video.google.com/videoplay
fly, surface view
video.google.com/videoplay
Thanks,
Dave
Dave -
You've received a lot of good critiques here. I suggest you pick one thing to work on at a time. Maybe one per day. The thing I noticed is right at the end of your freestyle underwater video. Maybe you weren't concentrating on the turn... but if you look at your arms, you are just letting them flop around. You should flip the hands over, using them as a big catch, and throw them up and over your head. This helps get the hips over faster. It, too, will feel weird at first but within a few weeks you say, "how did I ever do a turn the other way?"
Dave -
You've received a lot of good critiques here. I suggest you pick one thing to work on at a time. Maybe one per day. The thing I noticed is right at the end of your freestyle underwater video. Maybe you weren't concentrating on the turn... but if you look at your arms, you are just letting them flop around. You should flip the hands over, using them as a big catch, and throw them up and over your head. This helps get the hips over faster. It, too, will feel weird at first but within a few weeks you say, "how did I ever do a turn the other way?"
