Foreward: My 50 was a good time for me, my 200 time I have actually beat in practice from a push. Criticism on my 50, starts and turns would probably be most beneficial to me, but I am interested to get feedback on some race pace video. These videos are from the DAM SCM meet yesterday.
My times are annotated in the video, but here they are for reference.
50: 27.71
200: 33.48/36.18/36.78/33.77 1:09.66/1:10.55 2:20.21
YouTube- Mike 50 free DAM SCM 2009
YouTube- Mike 200 free DAM SCM 2009
Re: your 50,I have to disagree about your distance off the start and turns.You are up before the guy next to you on the start and it didn't look like you got past the flags on the turn.I think you would do better going deeper and kicking harder(SDK maybe?)Your breakout wasn't smooth especially on the start.Did you take a breath at the first stroke?It was unclear to me,but if you did that's a no no.You breathed way too much.It's a 50 and 3 breaths is plenty and 2 maybe better,especially as your recovery slowed slightly with your breathing.You also seemed to build your pace a little in that your turn over seemed faster the second 25,maybe you could have started with a little faster turn over.
Re: your 50,I have to disagree about your distance off the start and turns.You are up before the guy next to you on the start and it didn't look like you got past the flags on the turn.I think you would do better going deeper and kicking harder(SDK maybe?)Your breakout wasn't smooth especially on the start.Did you take a breath at the first stroke?It was unclear to me,but if you did that's a no no.You breathed way too much.It's a 50 and 3 breaths is plenty and 2 maybe better,especially as your recovery slowed slightly with your breathing.You also seemed to build your pace a little in that your turn over seemed faster the second 25,maybe you could have started with a little faster turn over.
