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
RTODD and PWOLF66 thank you very much for the feedback.
Better starts
Swim harder on the 200
Get arms moving faster
From starts/turns, breakout better
Don't breath in/out of turns
Don't know when my next meet is but I'm planning on doing much better. Attached are the results
Did 27.74 scy 50f.
My dive needs serious fixing.
I need to learn how to do the whole thing without breathing.
Did fine at the turn, although the bulkhead didn't go to the bottom screwing up my depth preception.
YouTube- 50 F 27.7
Pretty good Steve.
Real generally, a 27 sec 50 should put you around 2:20 for the 200, so you were way to conservative. A 26 sec 50 should put you around 2:10 and a 25 sec 50 should put you at 2:05 and a 24 sec 50 should put you at 2:00.
You need to work on starts and turns. A 200 SCY is all about getting off the walls out past the flags. Don't breathe on the breakout stroke.
Your stroke count was not bad, your turnover was too slow.
Form is far better than it's never been.
Hopefully it's never been better
Q. How are your shoulders doing?
Fine. But I have to baby the left shoulder giving a terrible streamline position as seen pulling out from a turn. I'm thinking about seeing a Dr. about this now.
I think I saw little bit of a scissor kick during your 200. Not sure though. Have someone looking into it. Scissor kicking may slow you down (instead of favoring propulsion).You are absolutely correct, I scissored pulling out of each turn because I was 2-beat kicking for 150 yds. I will tighten it up, thanks!
Steve, your improvements are amazing. Form is far better than it's never been.
Q. How are your shoulders doing?
I think I saw little bit of a scissor kick during your 200. Not sure though. Have someone looking into it. Scissor kicking may slow you down (instead of favoring propulsion).
My hands tend to slap the water, you can hear it in the video (lane 1, near the wall). Does it waste energy?
Here is yesterday's lcm 50fr, it was 30. something. Died near the end
YouTube- DSCF0762.AVI
My hands tend to slap the water, you can hear it in the video (lane 1, near the wall). Does it waste energy?
Here is yesterday's lcm 50fr, it was 30. something. Died near the end
YouTube- DSCF0762.AVI
That is a perfect example that there actually is pacing in a 50.
Considering you could hear your entry over the sounds of the rest of the race, you could probably stand to work on you hand entry.
A hand entry that doesn't bring bubbles with it should be quiet. The preference of thumb first, pinky first or finger tips first is going to be something you need to figure out with your shoulders, but any should work. Sprinting will generate more bubbles than when you work on perfect entry, but once it is a habit, you splash will blend in with the background noise.
Thanks Q,
The faster swimmers also had better starts. I was moving along good until I took a breath at around 28m. I recall I had no success in getting any air so I had to take 2nd. These two breath attempts put me in dept so I had to take more. By then my arms/torso started locking up, felt like I was being shot with poison darts from the stands lol.
Sprint hand entry and LCM hypoxic work in order.:)
