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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Did you mean on entry, or do you have a timestamp that shows it well?
Unfortunately, I don't have a timestamp and I'm not as skilled with video as Mr. Thorton. On entry your left hand crosses over then slashes left. If I were Mr. Thorton, I could show you a still picture with the hand at about shoulder level several inches outside your bodyline--like a whale with it's side fin extended (not that you remotely look like a whale or that any whale was harmed in the composition of this message:bliss:). From that outlier position your hand does come back nicely under your torso.
My point would be this: something is causing you to fishtail slightly. Again, if I were skilled, I could show you a picture from your video of how you torso curves, like an elongated "C" during sections of your stroke.
I do one arm drills to check my hand position and to feel how my shoulders should roll. I find it really hard to swim flat doing one arm drills. :2cents:
Did you mean on entry, or do you have a timestamp that shows it well?
Unfortunately, I don't have a timestamp and I'm not as skilled with video as Mr. Thorton. On entry your left hand crosses over then slashes left. If I were Mr. Thorton, I could show you a still picture with the hand at about shoulder level several inches outside your bodyline--like a whale with it's side fin extended (not that you remotely look like a whale or that any whale was harmed in the composition of this message:bliss:). From that outlier position your hand does come back nicely under your torso.
My point would be this: something is causing you to fishtail slightly. Again, if I were skilled, I could show you a picture from your video of how you torso curves, like an elongated "C" during sections of your stroke.
I do one arm drills to check my hand position and to feel how my shoulders should roll. I find it really hard to swim flat doing one arm drills. :2cents:
