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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Portland was pretty hot, sorry about your ill effects....I was lucky and swam in the earlier parts of the day, but on my last day there I swam the 100 free about 5:30 and don't know how folks stayed through the day with that heat. The reaction pads on the blocks were burning hot. We went on vacation after that, heading up through Yakima back to the Sound for another week - was even hotter until we got into the mountains.
Yes, I need more distance off the turns. I seem to have lost lung capacity and need to regain the discipline to work on that part, it is definitely not part of my routine. Maybe that's why I prefer LCM and open water!
DV
Portland was pretty hot, sorry about your ill effects....I was lucky and swam in the earlier parts of the day, but on my last day there I swam the 100 free about 5:30 and don't know how folks stayed through the day with that heat. The reaction pads on the blocks were burning hot. We went on vacation after that, heading up through Yakima back to the Sound for another week - was even hotter until we got into the mountains.
Yes, I need more distance off the turns. I seem to have lost lung capacity and need to regain the discipline to work on that part, it is definitely not part of my routine. Maybe that's why I prefer LCM and open water!
DV
