In this video:
www.youtube.com/watch
Dave Scott talks about four common faults:
head position
overreaching
overextension
dropped elbow
In this video:
www.youtube.com/watch
the videographer analyzes Ian Thorpe's stroke, and while I disagree with much of his analysis it is great slow motion video of Thorpe.
BUT, Thorpe enters his right arm fully extended with the elbow and forearm actually entering the water just before the hand does, see attached video frames. This is exactly what Dave Scott describes as overextension.
I am wondering whether it actually makes any difference how you enter the arm if you are fully extending the arm before starting the catch?
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Here's him doing a 200 M race (Australian trials). Shows him from different views. Your point about the overextended arm (prior to water entry) being a sign of fatigue might be valid.
www.youtube.com/watch
Check out the slow motion of the breakout and following few strokes around the 5:30 mark in the video, his right arm is very near to full extension when the hand enters. Nothing like the earlier video where he was entering with his arm at a much steeper angle.
That said, one has to remember that even for a single swimmer the stroke will vary with the distance being swum, his 100m or 200m stroke isn't identical to how he swims in the 800m.
Here's him doing a 200 M race (Australian trials). Shows him from different views. Your point about the overextended arm (prior to water entry) being a sign of fatigue might be valid.
www.youtube.com/watch
Check out the slow motion of the breakout and following few strokes around the 5:30 mark in the video, his right arm is very near to full extension when the hand enters. Nothing like the earlier video where he was entering with his arm at a much steeper angle.
That said, one has to remember that even for a single swimmer the stroke will vary with the distance being swum, his 100m or 200m stroke isn't identical to how he swims in the 800m.
