Hello all. For an intro- I am a middle age fitness swimmer with no competitive experience. Hope to eventually find a masters team but on my own at the moment.
My ultimate goal is to be able to swim at 1:30 pace for 1000y+. That is far off for me at this point as I clock in between 1:55-2:00 right now. Max is 1:36s (all according to my swim watch, no pace clock where I swim).
I’d love to get some feedback on my technique. I watch a few YouTube swim channels but I’m not sure what would be best for me to work on next to improve. Hoping someone here could help!
I do know I definitely need to work on general cardiovascular endurance. I generally breath every stroke if swimming greater than 200y, but switch sides each lap. I tired to catch a little of both sides in this DIY video but didn’t plan it out that well.
https://youtu.be/xUOkLwwyc1k
Thanks!
Bubble -- I'm not the best at judging stroke technique. But in my opinion, I think your stroke looks pretty good. The only comment I'd make is that, to me, your hips seem to be just a bit too low (too far under the surface), as do your feet/kick. if you look at other videos, or swimmers with good technique...usually their butts are closer to, and in many cases breaking the surface of the water. Same with your kick. In your case it's a few inches below the water. Usually, that is caused by the swimmer's head being up too far...i.e. looking ahead instead of more at the bottom of the pool. But again...you don't seem to be doing that. The feet/legs can pull the hip down. So, I don't exactly know what the answer is...if that in fact is a problem. I will say that for me...to keep my hips/legs/feet up (i.e. better body alignment), I think about trying to feel the surface of the water as I kick. If I'm not feeling it, that tells me my feet and legs are too low. Hope that helps.
Dan
Bubble -- I'm not the best at judging stroke technique. But in my opinion, I think your stroke looks pretty good. The only comment I'd make is that, to me, your hips seem to be just a bit too low (too far under the surface), as do your feet/kick. if you look at other videos, or swimmers with good technique...usually their butts are closer to, and in many cases breaking the surface of the water. Same with your kick. In your case it's a few inches below the water. Usually, that is caused by the swimmer's head being up too far...i.e. looking ahead instead of more at the bottom of the pool. But again...you don't seem to be doing that. The feet/legs can pull the hip down. So, I don't exactly know what the answer is...if that in fact is a problem. I will say that for me...to keep my hips/legs/feet up (i.e. better body alignment), I think about trying to feel the surface of the water as I kick. If I'm not feeling it, that tells me my feet and legs are too low. Hope that helps.
Dan
