Got a camera in Guam last week to record some fish and stuff. Now that I'm back home I can put it to better use and try to improve my style. Here are several clips, two from yesterday and one from today.
My left hand crosses into my right side and my right hand goes way outside at mid-stroke. Not sure if this is a balance compensation but I havent been able to correct it yet
2009_1102i0007.flv video by C6C6CH3vo - Photobucket
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100SCY All out from push
1:06
Felt too spent on last 25, breathing every stroke
100 Y controlled
1:11
17, 17 18, 18 strokes
That is fine. You want to be conditioned enough and disciplined enough to take a couple strokes off the turn before breathing and then put your head down for the last couple strokes into the finish.
What is probably more important is for you to be able to breath without slowing down your turn over and without losing grip on the water. You have to breath, and you are going to breath a lot, so get good at it. That will have a much bigger benefit to your speed than taking 1 less breath on the last 25 of a 100.
Except for 50s, the last 25 of a race you will always question yourself why you are doing this, if you are going to die, why does it hurt so much, etc. When you don't you didn't go out hard enough.
50s hurt after the race, you don't have enough time during the race to worry about anything.
100SCY All out from push
1:06
Felt too spent on last 25, breathing every stroke
100 Y controlled
1:11
17, 17 18, 18 strokes
That is fine. You want to be conditioned enough and disciplined enough to take a couple strokes off the turn before breathing and then put your head down for the last couple strokes into the finish.
What is probably more important is for you to be able to breath without slowing down your turn over and without losing grip on the water. You have to breath, and you are going to breath a lot, so get good at it. That will have a much bigger benefit to your speed than taking 1 less breath on the last 25 of a 100.
Except for 50s, the last 25 of a race you will always question yourself why you are doing this, if you are going to die, why does it hurt so much, etc. When you don't you didn't go out hard enough.
50s hurt after the race, you don't have enough time during the race to worry about anything.
