Needing Breaststroke Feedback on Video

I think you know how to do it, but you just need more practise. your technique is actually pretty good but your body didn´t get it yet, Im sure if you practise enough, trying to get a faster pull, stronger kick, and more rhythm you will be faster.

You seem to have the right idea.I think your feet seemed too close together on the recovery because your knees were too far apart.I think if you focus on the knees the feet will take care of themselves until you rotate them out at the top of the kick.

All the feedback is exactly what I needed. I think I understand most of it. I can see it when I watch myself. I'm still struggling to reconcile some of feedback on my kick. If I understand rightly, my kick itself needs to start wider, but on the recovery I need to bend with my knees (not hips) and bring my knees closer and bring my feet up narrower (hiding behind my body with less drag). Wider out - narrower back. If someone can confirm or clarify this I'd appreciate it greatly! I'm loving the stroke, and will bring another video back after several months of trying to apply all of this - thanks everyone!

All the feedback is exactly what I needed. I think I understand most of it. I can see it when I watch myself. I'm still struggling to reconcile some of feedback on my kick. If I understand rightly, my kick itself needs to start wider, but on the recovery I need to bend with my knees (not hips) and bring my knees closer and bring my feet up narrower (hiding behind my body with less drag). Wider out - narrower back. If someone can confirm or clarify this I'd appreciate it greatly! I'm loving the stroke, and will bring another video back after several months of trying to apply all of this - thanks everyone! For your breastroke kick, I'd give you the same advice as I gave to Superfly... "Fix the ankle flexibility (out to side, there are a few dry-land stretches that could help with this) You could keep your knees closer together and tilt feet outward more right when they are close to your gluts... Something that has worked for me is bringing the feet to the gluts very fast, while keeping the knees together... this action really helps to set up the next phase of pointing ankles/feet out, and it even feels like momentarily loading a spring..." Your ankles could point out more, but DON'T kick wider with your knees... Good video though, keep swimming...

Lightning, Nice time drops there. Guess I get to look at your heels if we're ever in the same heat. Good job and keep up the effort. Paul

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 just wanted to post an update, as I swam a meet this past weekend. My 50 BR dropped from a 35.45 (November '07) to a 32.87 ( over 2 1/2 seconds, but unfortunately I'm still .61 seconds away from a NQT) Still, I was pleased! My 100BR dropped from a 115.82 to a 113.28 (over 2 1/2 seconds), I would have thought this would drop more, but the meet didn't have a warm up pool and I essentially sat for an hour after warm up before swimming this event -then hit a wall on the second 50. Does anyone else have this problem and what do you do? I considered entering an earlier event, simply to swim it warm up speed but thought this might not be acceptable? I also swam the 200 BR (first time), for kicks, to get an initial time. I ended up with 254.13 and a better feel for pacing and how to attack it the next time. I guess it's clear from all 3 times that I need to work on my endurance and pacing. I also need to work on my turns. My son counted my strokes for me, and I'm averaging 9-10 per length when I'm sprinting. I also got some feedback that my stroke-cycle was too fast; so I'm thinking I need to work on reducing my strokes per length and then try to maintain the low stroke count but increase my speed - comments welcome! I wanted to thank everyone for posting your feedback on my video - I made some major stroke overhauls from your suggestions. Not only does my stroke feel better, but as many of you like to say, "the clock doesn't lie!" Thanks!

Lightning great improvement on the 50. For the hundred and the warmups it is my favorite thing to do - warmup in a shower and wrap up.

Great job.I always do a dry warmup right up until I get on the blocks.About 30 min before the race I start walking around and stretching then I start bouncing and swinging my arms with increasing vigor until called to the blocks. As to increasing DPL,make sure you REALLY stretch your arms forward on the recovery.The more you can narrow your shoulders the less the drag and the further you can"ride the glide." Try to see how few strokes you can take and keep any form at all.Pull,kick,glide,glide,glide.Then add just a little tempo.Really work the pull kick and glide and see how fast you can swim a 50 with 6 strokes.Then keep trying to lower the time without increasing the stroke count.Practice,practice,practice.(My best practice set was 10x50 *** on the minute keeping the time under 40 and the stroke count at 5 after the pullout.)