I took some video of a friend including this clip of his breaststroke. Unfortunately I don't swim it much myself and haven't studied it much or sought out good videos with model strokes. Could one of you breaststroke experts comment on his stroke?
www.youtube.com/watchwww.youtube.com/watch (same video slow motion)
Also, do you know of any good youtube videos that show good breaststroke relatively close up? Most of the race videos are taken from too great a distance to see a lot of detail.
Thanks!
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breaststroke.info is an excellent site. i highly recommend it.
however, for videos of the best doing their thing, you can't beat the Estonian's coverage:
swim.ee/.../example_breast.html
i have a few critiques:
1) his breaststroke incorporates the new technique of submerging the head into the old style. it's still flat. he needs to roll the shoulders as he dives in, like a butterfly rhythm.
2) i think his legs are doing a plie (www.youtube.com/watch. As breaststroke.info will tell you, the ideal kick is more of a W at the start. Feet should be far apart. based on what i saw from the recent olympics, i'm also starting to think that the W should not be very tightly wound at all.
3) he pulls only to the outside. he should be pulling downward and to the outside. his hands should not travel very far outside the shoulder range, but the elbows will. by pushing somewhat downward, he'll get the lift he needs to power his dive back in.
--Sean
breaststroke.info is an excellent site. i highly recommend it.
however, for videos of the best doing their thing, you can't beat the Estonian's coverage:
swim.ee/.../example_breast.html
i have a few critiques:
1) his breaststroke incorporates the new technique of submerging the head into the old style. it's still flat. he needs to roll the shoulders as he dives in, like a butterfly rhythm.
2) i think his legs are doing a plie (www.youtube.com/watch. As breaststroke.info will tell you, the ideal kick is more of a W at the start. Feet should be far apart. based on what i saw from the recent olympics, i'm also starting to think that the W should not be very tightly wound at all.
3) he pulls only to the outside. he should be pulling downward and to the outside. his hands should not travel very far outside the shoulder range, but the elbows will. by pushing somewhat downward, he'll get the lift he needs to power his dive back in.
--Sean
