I'm lucky I took the time to get this done. Don't hold your breath for underwater video, no pun intended. If there is anything obvious I am doing wrong, please tell me, especially the free.
I know the breastroke was too shallow and I should have been DQ'd.
Nice race... You WON by a lot there...
Any chance you could get some under-water video work done? That would be much more constructive...
I did notice some things, but it would really help to see what was going on under-water before trying to make any corrective suggestions...
Again, well done, and keep up the good work!
I would recommend that you work on your dolphin kicks, judging by the undulations that I saw in your feet that were not present in your hips, you are kicking from your knees too much.
And as was suggested earlier, really work on nailing your turns. Remember the start and the turns are free speed. It's a shame to waste it.
Paul
I would recommend that you work on your dolphin kicks, judging by the undulations that I saw in your feet that were not present in your hips, you are kicking from your knees too much.
Paul,
Thanks, I need to work on the kicking. I don't do enough of it during workouts. I find it frustrating to do alot in practice due to aggravating my lower back.
Okay... You're fly kick could be better timed with your arm cycles, you need to also try and keep it tighter and not such a large down beat... (Higher frequency, lower amplitude..) I find doing skipping and jumping jacks simultaneously is one way to train the butterfly tempo..
Your under-water back kick needs some work... see this link
forums.usms.org/showpost.php
The kick during backstroke could be tighter and faster tempo (closer to the surface)..
Back to *** turn... Try and do a backwards flip, or back-side flip (way faster)
I'm not an expert on breastroke, but it seems your kick could be better... don't spread knees so far, instead bring heels straight up to your butt and then point out toes while keeping knees together and fast like!! hold glide longer, focus on forward motion.. A good tool to train this is Distance per stroke... see the math details on TI, they know their stuff...
Freestyle, you have a pause in your tempo.. I'd try this drill for a few months, 6x50 with fins, head up freestyle with dolphin kick, just as a drill to train the tempo... 3xweek focus to not pausing during arm cycle...
I could probably find more after you start working on these areas.
Jonathan,
Thanks, all good stuff and I printed it out so I can keep reading over and over. I will need to work on that transition turn. That was way funny!!! I'll have to really study how it should be done.
I think almost three years now. First year freestyle, then I started mixing in some *** and back during my swims to try to get through some shoulder issues. I did some fly workouts here and there but it seemed to bother my back so I rarely do it. I am hoping if I could learn to kick and fly correctly and maybe it would be OK on my back, but the trick is to get to that point without screwing it up.
I get some help from the guys I swim with but we don't have deck coaches watching and correcting me, so I am hoping to get alot of things to work on from this video.
I'm lucky I took the time to get this done. Don't hold your breath for underwater video, no pun intended. If there is anything obvious I am doing wrong, please tell me, especially the free.
I know the breastroke was too shallow and I should have been DQ'd.
Okay... You're fly kick could be better timed with your arm cycles, you need to also try and keep it tighter and not such a large down beat... (Higher frequency, lower amplitude..) I find doing skipping and jumping jacks simultaneously is one way to train the butterfly tempo..
Your under-water back kick needs some work... see this link
forums.usms.org/showpost.php
The kick during backstroke could be tighter and faster tempo (closer to the surface)..
Back to *** turn... Try and do a backwards flip, or back-side flip (way faster)
I'm not an expert on breastroke, but it seems your kick could be better... don't spread knees so far, instead bring heels straight up to your butt and then point out toes while keeping knees together and fast like!! hold glide longer, focus on forward motion.. A good tool to train this is Distance per stroke... see the math details on TI, they know their stuff...
Freestyle, you have a pause in your tempo.. I'd try this drill for a few months, 6x50 with fins, head up freestyle with dolphin kick, just as a drill to train the tempo... 3xweek focus on not pausing during arm cycle...
I could probably find more after you start working on these areas.
Oh, and by the way, you have talent... good proportions, etc...
How long have you been swimming?
Cheers,
I could probably find more after you start working on these areas.
Oh, and by the way, you have talent... good proportions, etc...
How long have you been swimming?
