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.
Yes Studdley.
Poolrat Is it OK for me to download these and put them into my DartSwim and analyse your swims. I don't have time now but will give a reply later. The major thing I see about the fly is your slamming the water hard on the entry.
Go ahead.
Just a little info on the head position. There is a swim garu who uses an endless pool when he teaches. The head must be buried very low in order to keep the legs up when you swim in an endless pool. This is caused by the flow in that pool.
Yes Studdley.
Two of my swims at SCY Nationals last May.
50 Free youtube.com/watch
50 Fly youtube.com/watch
Poolrat Is it OK for me to download these and put them into my DartSwim and analyse your swims. I don't have time now but will give a reply later. The major thing I see about the fly is your slamming the water hard on the entry.
Floyd,on your fly,I thought your start was shallow and you could use some SDK work. You also have relatively little body undulation and I think increasing that would speed you up.Lastly,it looked like you breathed a lot more on your fly than on your free. It also looked like a couple of those breaths you raised your head too much and that slowed you down.Good swims though:banana::banana:
Two of my swims at SCY Nationals last May.
50 Free youtube.com/watch
50 Fly youtube.com/watch
One thing that I noticed in both videos is that on your starts you are not exploding off the block with your legs. It almost appears that you are falling forward. I would recommend that you work on using your legs to drive you off the block. Also, it looks like your start started with your legs straightening, instead of your arms pulling you forward. Think of your self using the tension in your shoulders and arms to PULL your body forward, THEN you drive your legs straight off the block.
Then again, anyone that does 100 fly is OK in my book as 200 Fly used to be (heavy emphasis on USED to) one of my favorite events.
Paul 'Why oh why, did I wait 18 years to get back in the pool' Wolf
Paul and Allen - Thanks for your comments. If you read my comments today on the "Total Immersion and New Swimmer" thread you'll know that my swimming is a work in progress. I'm still learning things at age 55 that most age group swimmers know by the time they're 12 or so. Any and all advice is welcome.
Well, I for one like your position in the water; your head is not underwater like many of those I am swimming with right now. Good, high elbows, do you hip rotate? I couldn't see that very well. And I didn't see any air bubbles from your hands :cheerleader:.
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I do not rotate the hips as much as some. I am a six beat kicker and when I swam marathons a very light six beat kicker.
Head position is my preference I like it there, the slightly higher head actually lifts the legs contrary to others belief. I also like to finish very low on the thigh with the hand. This low hand finish also lifts the legs.
I am a great believer in the fulcrum theory. The arms and head are above the fulcrum (the lungs) and the hips and legs are below. Even when the hands are at your thigh the fulcrum theory says they are above the shoulders.
