www.youtube.com/watch
Well, I finally have a video of me swimming, unfortunately for me, its a video of me losing...but...maybe you all can tell me a thing or two about my swimming.
I am in lane three in the video--with a black cap.
Sorry for the quality and distance of the video it was my mom's first time haha, you can hear her yelling at me too.
Thanks!
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Good race!
You out swam your competition, and that's impressive. Many have said to work on your turns, but specificly how should you do that?
I recommend first to keep doing what you're doing well. Swimming strong, not giving up, these are good qualities.
It was also good to hear the chearing in the stands from the video, the emotion was there, for sure.
So the turns... This takes more practice... A good turn isn't too tight to the wall, ultimately covering a farther distance. You want to be flipped and in a nearly-full extension in the other direction before your feet touch the wall. So the actual turn happens a little sooner and the forward motion keeps your body moving to the wall. One trick to do this is initiating the turn a little deeper with your head and torso, this gives you more leverage to flip your legs over, and allows your body to cover more distance. The other part is to land on the wall with your legs a little more extended, think about a basketball shot, you don't bend your knees all the way before jumping, does that make sense? At maximum a 90 degree bend, but a little more extended is okay, that way you cut the distance of the pool.
Happy swimming,
Good race!
You out swam your competition, and that's impressive. Many have said to work on your turns, but specificly how should you do that?
I recommend first to keep doing what you're doing well. Swimming strong, not giving up, these are good qualities.
It was also good to hear the chearing in the stands from the video, the emotion was there, for sure.
So the turns... This takes more practice... A good turn isn't too tight to the wall, ultimately covering a farther distance. You want to be flipped and in a nearly-full extension in the other direction before your feet touch the wall. So the actual turn happens a little sooner and the forward motion keeps your body moving to the wall. One trick to do this is initiating the turn a little deeper with your head and torso, this gives you more leverage to flip your legs over, and allows your body to cover more distance. The other part is to land on the wall with your legs a little more extended, think about a basketball shot, you don't bend your knees all the way before jumping, does that make sense? At maximum a 90 degree bend, but a little more extended is okay, that way you cut the distance of the pool.
Happy swimming,
