Do any of you keep a swim video journal? If so, has it helped you work towards or achieve your goals in swimming? I am just beginning to record my swim events in the weeks leading up to meets so that I'm not just looking at or tracking times, but also, form and technique.
I've personally found videotaping makes weak and strong points in your swimming fairly obvious, whereas numeric or coaching feedback, while effective for other reasons, is not as strong at helping you visualize or correct form/technique. For those of you with experience of recording your swims, what do you recommend in terms of camera angles, how often you record or analyze your videos, how you store or organize your videos if you have a lot of them starting to accumulate, etc.
This thread is also a good place if anyone wants to talk about using video analysis (ex. training videos on YouTube, or videos of swimmers racing or performing proper technique) to improve your swims.
Agreed - video analysis is a great tool. It's probably the most useful tool for allowing both the coach - to review the swimmers' strokes and hone in on areas that need improvement - and the swimmer - to be able to see themselves swim and understand their stroke technique. We use video analysis with our swimmers at clinics or within the context of workouts. Video analysis is also very useful for coaching from a distance. The best part is that all you need is a phone to take great quality videos!
Agreed - video analysis is a great tool. It's probably the most useful tool for allowing both the coach - to review the swimmers' strokes and hone in on areas that need improvement - and the swimmer - to be able to see themselves swim and understand their stroke technique. We use video analysis with our swimmers at clinics or within the context of workouts. Video analysis is also very useful for coaching from a distance. The best part is that all you need is a phone to take great quality videos!
