Video analysis - 50 Free

Nice swim, you are very strong in the water. OK, some comments after seeing the video. Start: 1) Get your hips higher than your shoulders. This will help shift your center of gravity to the front. 2) Try to jump up just a little bit. You have a very flat entry which means your lower legs and feet slap the water. You want to trying and create a single hole in the water with your hands that everything else enters thru. I like your body line on entry getting a little more height on your start will really care a lot more speed into the water. Breathing: 1) Need to reduce the number of breaths you take 2) Work on sneaking your breath. You rotate your head a lot more than necessary to take a breath. Think about keeping your left eye in the water as you take a breath. 3) Late breathing. This is such a killer. I'm fighting this right now. You should be rotating to take a breath as your opposite hand enters the water and you should be rotating your head down as that arm initiates the catch. You are breathing a touch late but not nearly as late as I do. Arm Stroke 1) Right arm looks OK but left arm really looks like it's slapping the water. Try to think about piercing the water with your hand. 2) Your arms are very straight. I personally like a bent elbow recovery but in this one there's 2 schools of thought. Turn 1) Don't breath in or out. 2) Seperate your feet a little more on the turn. This will give you a more powerful push off the wall. 3) Bend your knees just a touch more to create a smaller, faster turning radius. Body position 1) Head is too high which causes your hips and legs to drop. I imagine you were taught to keep the water line across your forehead like I was. Look at the bottom of the pool, if you can see where you are going, your head's too high. Kick 1) Needs to be stronger and faster. Work on generating a monster kick. 2) Disappears when you breathe. Trust me I know what this is like. Once you correct the late breathing and over rotating your head to breathe, your kick will be constant. I bet that it feels like it stops when you breathe. So, want to reiterate. VERY nice swim. I know this seems that a lot but with the exception of the breathing, it's a series of very minor technique changes that will yield some serious speed.

Nice swim, you are very strong in the water. OK, some comments after seeing the video. Start: 1) Get your hips higher than your shoulders. This will help shift your center of gravity to the front. 2) Try to jump up just a little bit. You have a very flat entry which means your lower legs and feet slap the water. You want to trying and create a single hole in the water with your hands that everything else enters thru. I like your body line on entry getting a little more height on your start will really care a lot more speed into the water. Breathing: 1) Need to reduce the number of breaths you take 2) Work on sneaking your breath. You rotate your head a lot more than necessary to take a breath. Think about keeping your left eye in the water as you take a breath. 3) Late breathing. This is such a killer. I'm fighting this right now. You should be rotating to take a breath as your opposite hand enters the water and you should be rotating your head down as that arm initiates the catch. You are breathing a touch late but not nearly as late as I do. Arm Stroke 1) Right arm looks OK but left arm really looks like it's slapping the water. Try to think about piercing the water with your hand. 2) Your arms are very straight. I personally like a bent elbow recovery but in this one there's 2 schools of thought. Turn 1) Don't breath in or out. 2) Seperate your feet a little more on the turn. This will give you a more powerful push off the wall. 3) Bend your knees just a touch more to create a smaller, faster turning radius. Body position 1) Head is too high which causes your hips and legs to drop. I imagine you were taught to keep the water line across your forehead like I was. Look at the bottom of the pool, if you can see where you are going, your head's too high. Kick 1) Needs to be stronger and faster. Work on generating a monster kick. 2) Disappears when you breathe. Trust me I know what this is like. Once you correct the late breathing and over rotating your head to breathe, your kick will be constant. I bet that it feels like it stops when you breathe. So, want to reiterate. VERY nice swim. I know this seems that a lot but with the exception of the breathing, it's a series of very minor technique changes that will yield some serious speed.