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!
Couldn’t see anything from front view and thought the stroke looked too good for the times reported, then I looked at the side view. It shows that the hips are too low. Try to get a little less arch in lower back (or maybe not), try to get the behind breaking the surface.
the breathing also looks darn good for intermediate. Once you remove that low hip and knee drag, your times should quickly improve
Couldn’t see anything from front view and thought the stroke looked too good for the times reported, then I looked at the side view. It shows that the hips are too low. Try to get a little less arch in lower back (or maybe not), try to get the behind breaking the surface.
the breathing also looks darn good for intermediate. Once you remove that low hip and knee drag, your times should quickly improve
