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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yep. you definitely breathe only to the left side. that creates a certain unevenness in your stroke technique. you need to start breathing once every three strokes instead of once every two. right now, you do one stroke without breathing (your right) and one side with breathing (your left). that's a two stroke pattern. if you switch to an odd-numbered rhythm, like three strokes, then you would be forced to learn to breath on the other side every other set of three strokes. you would go right side without breathing, left side without breathing, right side with breathing, left side without breathing, right side without breathing, left side with breathing.
it will feel a lot like re-learning how to walk, and you will have to stick with it despite the obvious difficulty in relearning something you thought you had down. however, if you put yourself through the paces of relearning breathing to become an alternating breather, you will find that your stroke will naturally even out.
--Sean
yep. you definitely breathe only to the left side. that creates a certain unevenness in your stroke technique. you need to start breathing once every three strokes instead of once every two. right now, you do one stroke without breathing (your right) and one side with breathing (your left). that's a two stroke pattern. if you switch to an odd-numbered rhythm, like three strokes, then you would be forced to learn to breath on the other side every other set of three strokes. you would go right side without breathing, left side without breathing, right side with breathing, left side without breathing, right side without breathing, left side with breathing.
it will feel a lot like re-learning how to walk, and you will have to stick with it despite the obvious difficulty in relearning something you thought you had down. however, if you put yourself through the paces of relearning breathing to become an alternating breather, you will find that your stroke will naturally even out.
--Sean
