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.
www.youtube.com/watch
YouTube- IMGP0077.AVI
Steve,
This video more than any of others shows me the following:
1) Get your head down, you're looking forward so your head is not in alignment with your spine and is causing your hips to drop putting you in an 'uphill' position (look at how far your rear is under the surface)
2) You are swimming extremely flat. Very limited shoulder roll and what hip roll there is is lagging your shoulder roll.
I would suggest distance per stroke drills with fins where you focus on two things:
1) get your stroke as long as you can by reaching as far forward as you can.
2) 'riding the rails' - overexagerate your body roll so you are getting on your side at the end of each roll
You arm position and catch are good but you are not getting any real power from them since you are in such an uphill and flat position.
YouTube- IMGP0077.AVI
Steve,
This video more than any of others shows me the following:
1) Get your head down, you're looking forward so your head is not in alignment with your spine and is causing your hips to drop putting you in an 'uphill' position (look at how far your rear is under the surface)
2) You are swimming extremely flat. Very limited shoulder roll and what hip roll there is is lagging your shoulder roll.
I would suggest distance per stroke drills with fins where you focus on two things:
1) get your stroke as long as you can by reaching as far forward as you can.
2) 'riding the rails' - overexagerate your body roll so you are getting on your side at the end of each roll
You arm position and catch are good but you are not getting any real power from them since you are in such an uphill and flat position.
