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
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I've had problems with the back arch thing sometimes.What helped me was to concentrate on tightening my glutes during the streamline.Stand in front of a mirror and see if it makes a difference.
I played with this this morning. Normally I streamline with my shoulders in my ears, but today I dropped my head and streamlined with my shoulders behind my head. By tucking my head, my back flattened. Not sure if this is a great idea at this point, but it made a couple yards difference off the walls today.
For the last two weeks, I have been trying to roll my hips forward to flatten my back as you describe, but I was so bad at it I just felt like I was wiggling around off every wall and not making any additional distance.
Technically, I think the hip roll solution is more streamlined, but if I am too uncoordinated to master it...
I've had problems with the back arch thing sometimes.What helped me was to concentrate on tightening my glutes during the streamline.Stand in front of a mirror and see if it makes a difference.
I played with this this morning. Normally I streamline with my shoulders in my ears, but today I dropped my head and streamlined with my shoulders behind my head. By tucking my head, my back flattened. Not sure if this is a great idea at this point, but it made a couple yards difference off the walls today.
For the last two weeks, I have been trying to roll my hips forward to flatten my back as you describe, but I was so bad at it I just felt like I was wiggling around off every wall and not making any additional distance.
Technically, I think the hip roll solution is more streamlined, but if I am too uncoordinated to master it...
