Hello, Here is a short clip of me swimming. It was shot using a Pentax Optio M10 camera. The 10M mov file was then uploaded to Youtube. The quality doesn't seem to be very good.
So, any advice on whatever you can tell about the swim and/or advice on how to upload/shoot better videos is much appreciated and thanked in advance.
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A couple of points that I noticed:
- in the head on shot your hands are entering the water at or slightly inside your shoulders. You want them to be entering the water at or slightly outside your shoulders to better recruit the large muscles on your pull
- You are dropping your elbow on your pull. Concentrate instead on pointing your fingers towards the bottom of the pull at the start of your pull. The goal on your pull is not to have a completely straight arm as what little power you gain from that is off set by the increased drag and slower speed thru the water.
- You are not allowing your arm to get full extension after entering the water. Think about reaching for the opposite wall with your finger tips.
- Your kick is a little too large with a little more flex at the hips than it should have. This also maybe due to too much bend at the knee, I couldn't be 100% sure from the clips. But either way, this excess flex is dropping your legs down in the water throwing off your body position and creating more drag. Think a faster tighter kick, if you have a water proof camera, have someone film you from about a foot below the water surface while you swim head on at them, pay attention to how much of your legs are visible. You should only be able to see your feet and maybe the lower part of your leg you should not be able to see from your knees up.
You are definately improving, keep up the work!!!!!
A couple of points that I noticed:
- in the head on shot your hands are entering the water at or slightly inside your shoulders. You want them to be entering the water at or slightly outside your shoulders to better recruit the large muscles on your pull
- You are dropping your elbow on your pull. Concentrate instead on pointing your fingers towards the bottom of the pull at the start of your pull. The goal on your pull is not to have a completely straight arm as what little power you gain from that is off set by the increased drag and slower speed thru the water.
- You are not allowing your arm to get full extension after entering the water. Think about reaching for the opposite wall with your finger tips.
- Your kick is a little too large with a little more flex at the hips than it should have. This also maybe due to too much bend at the knee, I couldn't be 100% sure from the clips. But either way, this excess flex is dropping your legs down in the water throwing off your body position and creating more drag. Think a faster tighter kick, if you have a water proof camera, have someone film you from about a foot below the water surface while you swim head on at them, pay attention to how much of your legs are visible. You should only be able to see your feet and maybe the lower part of your leg you should not be able to see from your knees up.
You are definately improving, keep up the work!!!!!
