Post your swim video

Just found this video re Pan Pacific's 2006 a little of everything. www.youtube.com/watch

www.youtube.com/watch Practice today, 23.4 from a push. Very nice. That's really not too far from your masters PB, right? Didn't look like you were out of control, and you would get another second at least from a dive. But it was curious that the top of the list of "related videos" was "Mr Bean goes to the swimming pool." :rofl: At least a Popov technique video was next...

www.youtube.com/watch Practice today, 23.4 from a push. Hey Brian! That was a good swim... It's good to see you're still improving. Well done.

Thanks for the comments, guys. Fort, the pool is shallow at that end. I'll practice some deep-end turns today and see if there's anything I can do better. Chris, my best time is 21.5, from Nationals last year. I went 22.2 at a meet in January. Considering that, I'm happy to be hitting 23 from a push consistently. As for Mr. Bean, I was lazy and only added one keyword to my video, "swimming."

I already posted these last summer but maybe some folks haven't seen them. Hopefully I've improved since then, but haven't had much underwater filming done recently video.google.com/videoplay video.google.com/videoplay

While saying up front that his fly is better than mine, I wonder if the timing you are referring to might be that his hands enter the water and then his chest goes down? I agree. Your head should enter the water before the hands, and obviously this will force your chest down too. David's head and hands go in at very close to the same time. I have a feeling I do the same thing.

David, Your underwater swimming looks pretty neat. That water is a cool color, aqua-green, or is that just the video? From what I could see you've got a firm grasp on swimming... It seems that your freestyle is a bit better than the butterfly... The timing in the fly appeared a little "off"... Not sure though, I'd have to study it more. Your freestyle appears to be very fluid... Good work.

David on both the fly and the crawl I see a little elbow dropping. I prefer the hand and forearm preceeding the elbow. The forearm and hand grip the water. On the fly and free your butt also is very low in the water. I love to see a butt at the surface. I also noticed a very slight elbow dropping as your hand extends on free.

The timing in the fly appeared a little "off"... Not sure though, I'd have to study it more. While saying up front that his fly is better than mine, I wonder if the timing you are referring to might be that his hands enter the water and then his chest goes down? Looking at Crocker or Phelps the chest goes down before the hands enter the water. Then again, they do the two-kick style of butterfly so maybe it is different than with David's one-kick style.

David on both the fly and the crawl I see a little elbow dropping. I prefer the hand and forearm preceeding the elbow. The forearm and hand grip the water. On the fly and free your butt also is very low in the water. I love to see a butt at the surface. I also noticed a very slight elbow dropping as your hand extends on free. I saw these things, too. David, my favorite drill for high-elbow catch is a front scull, kind of like doggie paddle. Alternate dropping your forearms into the catch position from the extended position, without pulling. The first thing to move should be your wrist. Point your hand slightly downward, and let the flow of water push your hand and then your entire forearm down until it's vertical. This is fun to do with fins, to get a really strong flow. If I haven't described it well, let me know and I'll try to explain it better. Does anyone else do this drill? As for keeping your butt up, the TI-style body position and rotation drills may be useful.