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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:D Check out this video, and you'll see that he does in fact get his hand into the water before full extension. This is one of my favorite Thorpe videos, the guy has an unbelievably smooth and relaxed stroke.
www.youtube.com/watch
This one as well (it's way too short a clip at 7") but it shows his hand first, elbow high entry then into extension. And when really accelerates and goes for it, he will get a bit of that bobbing motion (very noticeable in Phelps). His head will not be in a straight line with his body axis; he won't be looking down at the bottom of the pool but slightly ahead and his power is such that he's riding high (the small of his back would be dry if it weren't for his roll).
In all the "real" races Videos (as opposed to "demo" and "training" videos), he's always swimming with pure EVF although I'm under the impression that his right elbow EVFs just a bit more than his left. I've tried compensating for camera angles, but it's just my impression.
Moreover, Thorpe's longitudinal (long) axis is never a straight line
www.youtube.com/watch
and look where he's looking and where the water level is.
:D Check out this video, and you'll see that he does in fact get his hand into the water before full extension. This is one of my favorite Thorpe videos, the guy has an unbelievably smooth and relaxed stroke.
www.youtube.com/watch
This one as well (it's way too short a clip at 7") but it shows his hand first, elbow high entry then into extension. And when really accelerates and goes for it, he will get a bit of that bobbing motion (very noticeable in Phelps). His head will not be in a straight line with his body axis; he won't be looking down at the bottom of the pool but slightly ahead and his power is such that he's riding high (the small of his back would be dry if it weren't for his roll).
In all the "real" races Videos (as opposed to "demo" and "training" videos), he's always swimming with pure EVF although I'm under the impression that his right elbow EVFs just a bit more than his left. I've tried compensating for camera angles, but it's just my impression.
Moreover, Thorpe's longitudinal (long) axis is never a straight line
www.youtube.com/watch
and look where he's looking and where the water level is.
