Hey guys, last summer I posted some video of my novice son swimming and many of you were kind enough to give feedback and some ideas. Well, now 9 years-old, he has improved a ton (now he gets points for his team) but still has plenty of room for improvement. This fall he will start a DC area program called Curl-Burke (not sure if any of you are familiar with this and can give some insight), which hopefully will help his fitness and stroke. Swimming is really about the only exercise he gets because he doesn't enjoy other sports and is busy with piano. Anyhow, this summer I'm working with him (they don't do any stroke development on the summer neighborhood team), and I would appreciate your input.
A little background; in the 50M freestyle his time is about 46 sec with a very weak start and weak turns. I don't know his butterfly time (he DQ'd in time trials due to non-simultaneous touch). His *** stroke is by far his weakest, doing the 50 in 1:15. Here are some videos. Thanks.
Freestyle (medium pace):
YouTube - 004
YouTube - 005
YouTube - 007
YouTube - 008
***:
YouTube - 010
YouTube - 011
Butterfly:
YouTube - 013
YouTube - 015
Thanks.
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I hate to critique openly a childs stroke, in the second video I do not like the way the hand enters and seems to push the water in the opposite direction with the palm of the hand. It enters and the palm pushing forward and then forced upward by the water.
A good set of videos.
I hate to critique openly a childs stroke, in the second video I do not like the way the hand enters and seems to push the water in the opposite direction with the palm of the hand. It enters and the palm pushing forward and then forced upward by the water.
A good set of videos.
