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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I'm not seeing an S-pattern on the arms.
It's still paddle-wheel.
Once you get a catch, which should involve some outward movement of the hand/forearm, you should be increasing the angle at the elbow and curving your hand inward and upward toward your body as you pull. Then as you transition to a push, pivoting outward again toward the exit alongside your thigh.
You might want to try using a hand paddle with only the middle-finger strap attached.
That will keep your hand oriented correctly toward the greatest resistance against the water. If you do otherwise, you'll find the paddle slips off of your hand.
The underwater portion of your front crawl stroke, ideally, can be summarized as:
* Hand slicing into the water, with forearm and elbow following in the same slot, shoulder extending to maximum reach. (If you hear a "plop", correct your stroke.)
* Hand moving downward toward still water, thumb down.
* Hand moving outward slightly to the "corner", elbow up. Hand now oriented toward back of pool.
* Elbow bends as hand moves toward solar plexus, body rotates along long axis so that navel is facing bottom of pool.
* At about crux of sternum, hand is at closest position to body, hand still facing back wall of pool.
* Stroke transitions from pull to push, major power phase, thumb sweeping from sternum to hip.
* Hand ends past hip, pinkie down, hand toward side of pool.
* Recovery initiated from elbow, hand and forearm passive, like drawing a gun from a holster.
I'm not seeing an S-pattern on the arms.
It's still paddle-wheel.
Once you get a catch, which should involve some outward movement of the hand/forearm, you should be increasing the angle at the elbow and curving your hand inward and upward toward your body as you pull. Then as you transition to a push, pivoting outward again toward the exit alongside your thigh.
You might want to try using a hand paddle with only the middle-finger strap attached.
That will keep your hand oriented correctly toward the greatest resistance against the water. If you do otherwise, you'll find the paddle slips off of your hand.
The underwater portion of your front crawl stroke, ideally, can be summarized as:
* Hand slicing into the water, with forearm and elbow following in the same slot, shoulder extending to maximum reach. (If you hear a "plop", correct your stroke.)
* Hand moving downward toward still water, thumb down.
* Hand moving outward slightly to the "corner", elbow up. Hand now oriented toward back of pool.
* Elbow bends as hand moves toward solar plexus, body rotates along long axis so that navel is facing bottom of pool.
* At about crux of sternum, hand is at closest position to body, hand still facing back wall of pool.
* Stroke transitions from pull to push, major power phase, thumb sweeping from sternum to hip.
* Hand ends past hip, pinkie down, hand toward side of pool.
* Recovery initiated from elbow, hand and forearm passive, like drawing a gun from a holster.
