With the proliferation of video cameras and the ease of uploading stuff to YouTube and from there to the U.S.M.S. forums, it occurred to me that it might make for a nice section of these forums to have a one-stop place were swimmers could post videos of everthing from starts and turns to the various strokes, and that others (like Ande, Chris, Leslie, Patrick, etc.) could lend their considerable expertise and advice.
I know that people have been posting their stroke videos hither and yon throughout these forums, but it might be nice if there were a single dedicated spot where you could do this and get feedback.
As an example of this, I am going to post a video taken at Colony Zones Sprint Classic this past fall. The two swimmers in here are Dave Varner, who leads the entire race, and me, who comes in second. The video was shot by a friend of Dave's, and there are times when I am so far behind him that I no longer appear in the view finder. Somehow, I managed to close at the end. I think he beat me by only a half second.
Anyhow, I personally would love any suggestions on my stroke. I suspect Dave would appreciate this too, but I am not positive. I am the one in the lighter blue FS I with the very langorous (almost lazy) looking stroke. Despite appearances, this was my fastest 200 in several years at 1:57.44. It felt at the time like I was trying hard, but it does not look like it.
My turns look particularly inept. Any suggestions?
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Paul, thanks for the tip. I will try it as soon as my sinuses allow me to submerge by more than a centimeter without an exaggeration of the excruciating pressure effects I am currently suffering, and have documented in a revoltingly intimate new vlog just posted, i.e., Soul MRSA, or something worse?
It just seems to me that Dave consistently gained so much on me in the turns that it wasn't really fair.
If I can't improve my turns, I think we should make Dave wear some kind of back "wing-like apparatus" to slow him down a little, like making the thin jockeys carry some extra weight.
Paul, thanks for the tip. I will try it as soon as my sinuses allow me to submerge by more than a centimeter without an exaggeration of the excruciating pressure effects I am currently suffering, and have documented in a revoltingly intimate new vlog just posted, i.e., Soul MRSA, or something worse?
It just seems to me that Dave consistently gained so much on me in the turns that it wasn't really fair.
If I can't improve my turns, I think we should make Dave wear some kind of back "wing-like apparatus" to slow him down a little, like making the thin jockeys carry some extra weight.
