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!
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My 2 cents. When you breathe on the left side, it seems that the front (right) arm starts catching a little too early. As the left arm is finishing the pull, the body is travelling at the highest speed. Dropping forearm too early during this phase may decrease your streamlined profile. If your feet can be a little more flexing, it might help increase propulsion substantially. If you can lift the lower part of your body a little higher towards the water surface, so that the entire body is more horizontal, I believe that there will be some improvement in overall time. And I think the connection between hip rotation (driven by kick) can connect to shoulder and arm can be more strengthened. Probably help increase your stroke length.
My 2 cents. When you breathe on the left side, it seems that the front (right) arm starts catching a little too early. As the left arm is finishing the pull, the body is travelling at the highest speed. Dropping forearm too early during this phase may decrease your streamlined profile. If your feet can be a little more flexing, it might help increase propulsion substantially. If you can lift the lower part of your body a little higher towards the water surface, so that the entire body is more horizontal, I believe that there will be some improvement in overall time. And I think the connection between hip rotation (driven by kick) can connect to shoulder and arm can be more strengthened. Probably help increase your stroke length.
