| Rating Scale: 1=beginner, 2=needs attention,
3=fair, 4=strong, 5=excellent |
| Skill & Clips |
Rating |
Observations |
|
Posture
|
2 |
2.464, 9.179
Your head position looks good but your chest-hip connection needs
to be stronger so that you rotate your chest and hips as a unit. |
Breathing
|
3 |
3.429, 13.143
The actual breathing looks pretty good, but while you breathe your
spine gets out of alignment, your hips drop and your legs splay apart
- all of this slows you down. |
Rotation
|
3 |
2.5, 3.286
Your core is not rotating as a unit. You are getting about enough
rotation with your hips to each side, but your shoulders are not rotating
with your hips - rather they seem to be twisting after your hips,
which may be the result of entering and extending your hands too near
to the surface. |
Arms
|
2 |
Extension: 1.429
Good extension but the hands are too close to the surface. This angles
your body uphill and means you will have to press down on the water
for a longer time to get a catch. Try to extend your arms at shoulder
depth. |
| Catch: 1.464
Your hand very close to the surface a full extension, so you have
to press down on the water for a long time to get your catch. This
is a breaking action. In addition you are pulling back on your elbow
before you have your catch, and that shortens your pull. |
| Pull: 1.893
Your elbow is deep and your hand-forearm paddle is under your body
- it will slip sideways and vertically as you complete your stroke. |
| Recovery: 11.607
Your recovery looks pretty good except that your right hand seems
to cut in front of your head instead of driving straight ahead. |
Kick
|
3 |
2-Beat: Not
evaluated. If you will be doing longer than sprint distance triathlons
you should develop a 2-beat kick. |
| 6-Beat: 2.786
Kick is compact but the knees are bending on recovery. Rather than
recover your foot towards the surface with your hamstrings, use your
glutes. That will keep your leg straight and allow you to kick with
a long lever (hips-to-toes) instead of a short one (shins- to-toes). |
Other
|
0 |
not evaluated |
