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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To me, my upper body seems OK but my feet are too deep.
Your feet are deep because of your body position. You can fix your feet by kicking harder or fixing your body position. One takes thought, the other energy.
Elongate your neck, it should be flat. This will leave you looking even more down than you are now and feel wrong. Do it anyway, and don't swim in lanes without marking on the bottom. Your glute cheeks should be at the waters surface (I think butt is censored).
Work on maintaining your body alignment during breathing. You body is a twisted mess on that breath in the video. The problem starts with your head, which causes you back to twist and your hips to drop. You start looking down at the bottom of the pool, do not look forward, do not raise your head, do not do anything with your neck muscles. Let the rotation of your body bring your mouth to the surface initially. Once you have mastered keeping your neck straight so your body position does not fall apart through the breath, just use your neck to end the breath sooner, but until then just let body rotation dictate breath duration.
I think you are rotating late, but it might be the breath is the best cycle on the video, but just fixing your breathing should make a big difference in your swimming.
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To me, my upper body seems OK but my feet are too deep.
Your feet are deep because of your body position. You can fix your feet by kicking harder or fixing your body position. One takes thought, the other energy.
Elongate your neck, it should be flat. This will leave you looking even more down than you are now and feel wrong. Do it anyway, and don't swim in lanes without marking on the bottom. Your glute cheeks should be at the waters surface (I think butt is censored).
Work on maintaining your body alignment during breathing. You body is a twisted mess on that breath in the video. The problem starts with your head, which causes you back to twist and your hips to drop. You start looking down at the bottom of the pool, do not look forward, do not raise your head, do not do anything with your neck muscles. Let the rotation of your body bring your mouth to the surface initially. Once you have mastered keeping your neck straight so your body position does not fall apart through the breath, just use your neck to end the breath sooner, but until then just let body rotation dictate breath duration.
I think you are rotating late, but it might be the breath is the best cycle on the video, but just fixing your breathing should make a big difference in your swimming.
