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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OK, if you look at Ivanov's wind up, his shins and toes move to the outside. This makes a W from toe to knee to groin to knee to toe. If you look at Mark's wind up, his shins are in line with his thighs.
If you look at Ivanov's re-entry, he hunches his shoulders in preparation of an actual dive back into the water. If you look at Mark's, you can see that he's just tucking his head and stretching his arms out.
--Sean
Thanks! I understand the W now, I was a bit fuzzy on that before.
VB: I'm afraid I'm confused, I've attached an image from the outsweep where his thumbs appear to be down, is that not what you are recommending?
OK, if you look at Ivanov's wind up, his shins and toes move to the outside. This makes a W from toe to knee to groin to knee to toe. If you look at Mark's wind up, his shins are in line with his thighs.
If you look at Ivanov's re-entry, he hunches his shoulders in preparation of an actual dive back into the water. If you look at Mark's, you can see that he's just tucking his head and stretching his arms out.
--Sean
Thanks! I understand the W now, I was a bit fuzzy on that before.
VB: I'm afraid I'm confused, I've attached an image from the outsweep where his thumbs appear to be down, is that not what you are recommending?
