Here is an old one of me swimming. It was taken just after a knee replacement and I was not able to push off the the wall. That pool is 75 feet wide at that point and it took 16 seconds to cross the pool. www.youtube.com/watch
I have posted this before. I am open to critique. I do not like the broken wrist recovery with the left hand.
Chuckie and I will be in Mexico in 3 weeks. Chuckie and I love Mexico.
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Hmm. I wonder if Paul's comment that the recover seems forced is related to excessive splash on arm entry and the narrower entry position that I want - the splash is mostly sideways as the water stops the arms, with a more relaxed recovery it might be easier to stop the arms for a wider quieter entry? I know that one part of it is limited range of motion in my shoulders - in a full streamline position my arms are a little to the front instead of completely aligned with the body.
I think the truth is when I try to go fast everything falls apart. I noticed that the kick timing is somewhat variable which I think accounts for the variance in undulation from one stroke to the next. Hopefully I just reverted to old form because I was out of the water for three weeks prior to this meet. I actually swam it a second time in the meet and concentrated more on form, but I was about .7 slower. Unfortunately I didn't get that one taped as my teammates were in the heats before and after me.
If you look closely you will see that I have an asymmetric recovery, my right arm recovers relatively straight while my left arm bends. I don't know why but my left arm seems to want to recover palm down instead of palm back unless I'm really concentrating on it.
Well, I've got three weeks before Canadian nationals to work on it... :eek:
Hmm. I wonder if Paul's comment that the recover seems forced is related to excessive splash on arm entry and the narrower entry position that I want - the splash is mostly sideways as the water stops the arms, with a more relaxed recovery it might be easier to stop the arms for a wider quieter entry? I know that one part of it is limited range of motion in my shoulders - in a full streamline position my arms are a little to the front instead of completely aligned with the body.
I think the truth is when I try to go fast everything falls apart. I noticed that the kick timing is somewhat variable which I think accounts for the variance in undulation from one stroke to the next. Hopefully I just reverted to old form because I was out of the water for three weeks prior to this meet. I actually swam it a second time in the meet and concentrated more on form, but I was about .7 slower. Unfortunately I didn't get that one taped as my teammates were in the heats before and after me.
If you look closely you will see that I have an asymmetric recovery, my right arm recovers relatively straight while my left arm bends. I don't know why but my left arm seems to want to recover palm down instead of palm back unless I'm really concentrating on it.
Well, I've got three weeks before Canadian nationals to work on it... :eek:
