Asking for feedback on my breaststroke arm technique
Former Member
Hey,
I've been trying to perfect my breaststroke arm techique. I shot this video of me swimming at moderate speed a few days ago and was wondering what you guys think of my progress so far:
Breaststroke arm technique, July 2010 on Vimeo
and a higher quality version available for download (file is 6,7MB):
localhostr.com/.../brst.mp4
I was not in my best shape at the time, but I don't think my usual stroke is very different from the one in the video.
Thanks!
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Former Member
Thanks guys! In particular to Zulu, for such an insightful post. I'm definitely going to try to shoot that side-view video soon.
Hard to tell much from the front over water...
Your head looks very still and not too much wasted motion with the neck and shoulders.
I can't see much of how your head is following your shoulders or vice versa. What I sense is that you are relying too much on your pull and not your hips/legs...which is why you don't have much of a glide to use the power from your undulation/kick.
Your undulation should be very much the same as butterfly. The pressing of your shoulders down and forward and your hips following will create a wave that will really make a difference.
Your hands look a bit loose too. I see many breaststrokers now concentrating so much on the recovery, that they forget that this is just to get their hands/forearms back into position to catch.
What does your coach say? I think that even without watching my breaststroke from a proper angle your critique was spot-on. I have always felt that when I finish my pull I pretty much stop moving and kill my glide. In other words, I don't really "project" my body to the water: I just fall into it.
I will definitely look into involving the shoulders and hips more to fix this. Regarding the hands: what you are basically saying is that I should have a faster recovery, right?
Currently training without a coach ;)
Thank you very much once again.
Cheers :chug:
Thanks guys! In particular to Zulu, for such an insightful post. I'm definitely going to try to shoot that side-view video soon.
Hard to tell much from the front over water...
Your head looks very still and not too much wasted motion with the neck and shoulders.
I can't see much of how your head is following your shoulders or vice versa. What I sense is that you are relying too much on your pull and not your hips/legs...which is why you don't have much of a glide to use the power from your undulation/kick.
Your undulation should be very much the same as butterfly. The pressing of your shoulders down and forward and your hips following will create a wave that will really make a difference.
Your hands look a bit loose too. I see many breaststrokers now concentrating so much on the recovery, that they forget that this is just to get their hands/forearms back into position to catch.
What does your coach say? I think that even without watching my breaststroke from a proper angle your critique was spot-on. I have always felt that when I finish my pull I pretty much stop moving and kill my glide. In other words, I don't really "project" my body to the water: I just fall into it.
I will definitely look into involving the shoulders and hips more to fix this. Regarding the hands: what you are basically saying is that I should have a faster recovery, right?
Currently training without a coach ;)
Thank you very much once again.
Cheers :chug:
