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taruky
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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  • Forgive me if I'm way off base, but it scares me a little that you've both taken and posted this much video of your 9 year old for stroke correction. I may have no reason to be frightened, but please remember that one of the MAJOR priorities when a swimmer is young (IMHO) is having fun. Speaking as one who has coached for 20 years, I don't know many kids who like their parents to constantly critique their strokes. That's what coaches are for. Your son has plenty of time to develop and refine all of his strokes--there's no rush to get it all right this summer! Again, not meaning to offend here. Just want to voice my concerns :)
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  • Forgive me if I'm way off base, but it scares me a little that you've both taken and posted this much video of your 9 year old for stroke correction. I may have no reason to be frightened, but please remember that one of the MAJOR priorities when a swimmer is young (IMHO) is having fun. Speaking as one who has coached for 20 years, I don't know many kids who like their parents to constantly critique their strokes. That's what coaches are for. Your son has plenty of time to develop and refine all of his strokes--there's no rush to get it all right this summer! Again, not meaning to offend here. Just want to voice my concerns :)
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