Swim Video Clip

Video Session

andy 21 -feb-11

Notes

Click here for instructions on how to use the video player. Use the Turn Comments On or Off buttons for voice-over comments. Note that you can play the clips one frame at a time or in slow motion using the player control buttons. Play the clips with and without comments, and then see the Drill Clips and Stills pages (above) for suggestions on how to deal with the issues mentioned.

25-feb-11 added comments on breathing and kicking (plus general) Also added some comments for breaststroke below.

For breaststroke I have a couple of focus points that people like to use to address the issues I mention:

Head position:

Eyes down under (to stay more streamlined during stroke)
Eyes down over (to avoid coming too high out of the water when breathing)

Arms:

Forward, forward, forward (to avoid getting them too deep)

Timing: Find a phrase or thought that delays the kick until you are streamlined. Timing is very hard to change.
Most people need to swim very slow laps separating the phases of the stroke: pull, streamline, kick;
and then try to keep that separation (for just an instant) between streamline and kick.

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