So I finally got some video of myself and my son up. This is the first time I'm seeing myself swim, and I'm horrified, lol.
My self-critique: Elbows not high enough, not extending arms very well, arms crossing midline a little on extension, and extending hand almost pushing water a little. Please feel free to add anything, and I'd appreciate advice on drills to address my specific weaknesses (and my son's).
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My son's critique: Elbows drop some, he tends to pull a little too much to the outside rather than down the middle, and his left arm tends to go left on extension. Believe it or not he's much faster than the last time I posted video, he's gotten his 25m time down to 26 sec from 45 when the season started. Please add anything.
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Thanks guys.
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If you look at your son's left arm extension and pull you will see that he moves his hand outward and then back inward again and then starts his catch moving his hand outward again. Notice that as he starts his catch his hand is in a thumb up orientation as shown in the attached image. The thumbs up position makes it very easy to drop the elbow, and you can see just a hint of a dropped elbow already. For a high elbow catch you want the thumb rotated toward a downward position.
To see the effect of this rotation just extend your arm above your head with the palm facing inward and bring your hand down to shoulder level without thinking about the elbow position and you will get a "dropped elbow" position. Do the same thing with your palm rotated to the outside (most of the way, maybe 45 degrees from facing directly outward) and your elbow will naturally move to a high elbow position as you lower your hand.
In the second image notice how wide his hand position is, it would be better if instead of moving the hand way out he pulled straight back along a straight line back under the shoulder.
Also, you both need to get some jammers, how can your learn to glide through the water wearing parachute-like shorts?
If you look at your son's left arm extension and pull you will see that he moves his hand outward and then back inward again and then starts his catch moving his hand outward again. Notice that as he starts his catch his hand is in a thumb up orientation as shown in the attached image. The thumbs up position makes it very easy to drop the elbow, and you can see just a hint of a dropped elbow already. For a high elbow catch you want the thumb rotated toward a downward position.
To see the effect of this rotation just extend your arm above your head with the palm facing inward and bring your hand down to shoulder level without thinking about the elbow position and you will get a "dropped elbow" position. Do the same thing with your palm rotated to the outside (most of the way, maybe 45 degrees from facing directly outward) and your elbow will naturally move to a high elbow position as you lower your hand.
In the second image notice how wide his hand position is, it would be better if instead of moving the hand way out he pulled straight back along a straight line back under the shoulder.
Also, you both need to get some jammers, how can your learn to glide through the water wearing parachute-like shorts?
