Video technique review

That's odd. Not supposed to be the case. There's something else you might have done that resulted in this pain, or something else has caused the pain in the same time you attempt to fix the cross-over issue. How are things when you swim slower? How are things when you focus on that arm alone (OAD)? SolarEnergy, you are totally forgetting that Steve has had multiple dislocations of that shoulder.

I watched your last video. Your left hand crosses the mid-line of your body and that causes the waggle of your hips. The amount of air behind your hand show me that your entry is either choppy or your hand is flat as you enter. You don't seem very streamlined (little roll and reach). I forgot if you told us your goals (something that will make you happy). So, tweak your pulling pattern, smooth out your entry (with a thumb and pointer-finger) and reach / roll> I think it'll feel better. Happy Holidays, Coach T.

SolarEnergy, you are totally forgetting that Steve has had multiple dislocations of that shoulder. Not at all. It's a constraint that needs to be taken into account, but still. I found that a little odd that a comment aimed at fixing an issue would be identify as a probable cause for keeping this pain alive. OAD does not bother it much, but my catch still seems very different than when I do this drill. Maybe I should do more OAD's. Yes. You should definitely use this drill as a means to perform your rehab. To a large extent, that means that you should try to increase the rate (and the level of pressure) on left arm through this drill first, making sure you got no pain, before attempting to swim fast full stroke. Here Steve. I updated my clip library after having recorded the full no-arm-to-full-stroke progression. It clearly shows this thing about gradually taking an immediate catch as opposed to maintaining a dead spot. YouTube- Free Style Drill : 0-Arm-to-Full-Stroke Progression Then, in an attempt to demonstrate the relation between pure speed and endurance based durations, I created these two clips. Both use the same technique. Immediate but progressive catch with the acceleration of the hand. Most of the power that gets you to move forward should be generated during the second half of the pulling path. First, a little 100m fast but controlled (pace of a 200/400) then a 100m easy warm up pace. This 100m was swam in 1:07, 14 strokes on the 1st 25 then 16 strokes all the way to the end, unloaded catch. YouTube- 100m Free fast but controled The purpose of all this was to demonstrate to some triathletes that pure speed development was a good way for increasing basic endurance pace. The relevance for you once again lies in this principle of unloading the catch. YouTube- Free style early warm up pace And finally, I don't know if I mentioned it already here on this forum, but I like to build pulling power working backward from final push up to front catch. First things first, this very simple and well known drill here, which I call pulling-pushes can be use after your main set to empty what's left in the tank. It should help you reprogram your pulling in a way that helps you engaging your triceps and lats whilst unloading the deltoids (given that you can unload this catch). On the 1st 25, I focus more on the final push (triceps) then on the way back, I extend the range to include more lats. YouTube- Free style Butterfly Pulling Pushes Conclusion, my feeling is that you're still asking too much from this left shoulder. That's because when you swim fast, you may be still geared in a way to generate too much power too early in the pulling pathway. This last drill should help. Abuse. Push real hard for prolonged periods of time. You have to replace front-quadrant driven pulling by rear-quadrant (so to speak) pulling power.

I really enjoyed the drills. Thanks! Coach T.

OAD 25M times are usually 1-3 seconds faster with my left too. Speaking of OAD, I get more benefit doing the drill with the snorkel.

My left shoulder is the bad one, but it naturally has more EVF. Probably because you breathe left. EVF is easier to achieve on the breathing side.

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Thank You Shoulders feel great, but I don't do hard workouts. I can confidently say my shoulders do dislike inproper form though. Probably because of efficiency. My left shoulder is the bad one, but it naturally has more EVF.

so much better I find. What do your shoulders think about all this?

Using a better vid server now slow YouTube- w1.WMV kinda fast (I'm not the noodler there:)) YouTube- w2.WMV I still need some critique. There's got to be some suggestions, I know because I'm still very slowww:). I notice my entire axis rotates on the same plane to the same extent looking at my feet orientation compared to shoulders. Should I twist at the waist in order to lessen lower (hip) rotation with respect to shoulder?