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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Seems to me that you are pulling more straight down than under. you need to catch the faster moving water immediately surrounding your body, while at the same time keeping your body occupying the smallest amount of surface area. thus, the way i normally advise is to keep your hand only about a hand's length away from your body during the pull, with your thumbnail tracing along the vertical mid-line of your body.
also, in the thumbnails i've attached, you can see some of the effect of your two overarm recovery styles. your right arm enters the water way too early and crossing past the body's vertical mid-line. meanwhile, your left arm at the same point hasn't even touched the water let alone entered it. this is because you neglect your right arm overarm recovery and over-exaggerate your left arm overarm recovery to facilitate breathing.
--Sean
Seems to me that you are pulling more straight down than under. you need to catch the faster moving water immediately surrounding your body, while at the same time keeping your body occupying the smallest amount of surface area. thus, the way i normally advise is to keep your hand only about a hand's length away from your body during the pull, with your thumbnail tracing along the vertical mid-line of your body.
also, in the thumbnails i've attached, you can see some of the effect of your two overarm recovery styles. your right arm enters the water way too early and crossing past the body's vertical mid-line. meanwhile, your left arm at the same point hasn't even touched the water let alone entered it. this is because you neglect your right arm overarm recovery and over-exaggerate your left arm overarm recovery to facilitate breathing.
--Sean
