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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If you do want to try an S-pattern, a nice drill to accustom your elbow to the bend is to swim with your thumb drawing a line from your nose to your navel.
Then when you add the wider and deeper catch back in, and sweep your thumb to a position below the Y of your sternum, you should be doing a comfortable S.
qbrain, do you think it's possible to get as much power and speed from an I pattern as from an S pattern?
I know some sprinters now use a shortened straight-arm stroke, which is powerful but very energy-intensive. But this is the first time I've heard anyone actually recommend pulling straight back with a bent elbow. (But mind you, I've been out of the pool many years, and am new to swim forums.)
I don't see how that could be as powerful or streamlined as an S stroke. I'd think if you had 2 swimmers otherwise equally matched, the S stroke would win every time.
If you do want to try an S-pattern, a nice drill to accustom your elbow to the bend is to swim with your thumb drawing a line from your nose to your navel.
Then when you add the wider and deeper catch back in, and sweep your thumb to a position below the Y of your sternum, you should be doing a comfortable S.
qbrain, do you think it's possible to get as much power and speed from an I pattern as from an S pattern?
I know some sprinters now use a shortened straight-arm stroke, which is powerful but very energy-intensive. But this is the first time I've heard anyone actually recommend pulling straight back with a bent elbow. (But mind you, I've been out of the pool many years, and am new to swim forums.)
I don't see how that could be as powerful or streamlined as an S stroke. I'd think if you had 2 swimmers otherwise equally matched, the S stroke would win every time.
