I finally got some video to post for feedback on my Breaststroke; (must be breaststroke video day today). Many of you have offered me breaststroke workouts advice to me on another thread, and I have also tried to follow all your related feedback to others and incorporate it. Here is my best shot:
www.youtube.com/.../NhsXEoPiuQg&rel=1
For background, I swim a 35 second 50SCY and a 1:15 100SCY, trying to make a 32 sec 50 and a 1:10 sec 100 to qualify for Nationals in 40-44 category.
Thanks for any and all help!!
I think you are too slow in recovering your arms forward. You are barely getting your arms recovered before your kick. So maybe there is a bit of a timing issue.
You are also pulling WAY to far back. It looks like your hands are down around your belly button. I don't think they should drop back beyond your nipples. I think during your pull you are dropping your elbows and not getting a strong pull with your forearms (you are tucking away your elbows too early). If you want to come out of the water that much, you need an over the surface recovery and it needs to be more ballistic to help engage your core.
If you swim a 35, perhaps you should have given us a more race tempo video. Maybe slowing down for clarity, you were messing yourself up a little.
It looks like you have the right stuff to be fast.
I think you are too slow in recovering your arms forward. You are barely getting your arms recovered before your kick. So maybe there is a bit of a timing issue.
You are also pulling WAY to far back. It looks like your hands are down around your belly button. I don't think they should drop back beyond your nipples. I think during your pull you are dropping your elbows and not getting a strong pull with your forearms (you are tucking away your elbows too early). If you want to come out of the water that much, you need an over the surface recovery and it needs to be more ballistic to help engage your core.
If you swim a 35, perhaps you should have given us a more race tempo video. Maybe slowing down for clarity, you were messing yourself up a little.
It looks like you have the right stuff to be fast.
