| Rating Scale: 1=beginner, 2=needs attention,
3=fair, 4=strong, 5=excellent |
| Skill |
Rating |
Observations and Video Clips |
| Posture |
4 |
posture4
10-04-19. Your head position is good, but it appears that your
hips and chest are not as strongly connected. |
| Breathing |
4 |
breathing4
10-04-19. Good breathing - your legs seem to get a little deeper
on your breathing cycle. |
| Rotation |
3 |
rotation3
10-04-19. You could get a little more rotation, which would produce
a longer stroke. Correcting you kick may improve your rotation (see
below). |
| Arms |
3 |
Extension: arms3
10-04-19. Pretty good extension, though hand gets high in the
water on some strokes. |
| Front Quadrant Timing: Could
use a little more glide before beginning the catch. |
Catch: shaena
fs uf 2010-04-12 and shaena
2010-04-05
Your hand darts up toward the surface and then sculls outward to get
your catch. This motion out to the side can give you a wobble and
delays the catch. |
| Pull: A
nice pull once you have your catch - although your hand and forearm
are not vertical, you do get some good propulsion early in your stroke
(this is more like a sprinter than an endurance swimmer). |
| Recovery: Excessive
hand motion out of the water maybe causes hands to move too much during
catch phase |
| Kick |
3 |
2-Beat: You
should learn the 2-beat kick. |
| 6-Beat: kicking3
10-04-19.This kick is effective in terms of its timing, but because
it is deep in the water it creates almost as much drag as propulsion.
Try to recover more with your glutes and less by bending your knee. |
| Sighting |
0 |
not evaluated |
| Drafting |
0 |
not evaluated |
| T1 |
0 |
not evaluated |
| Other |
0 |
not evaluated |
