First, you naturally breath to the left, which is fine. Breathing every stroke on the same side is fine – plenty of Olympic distance swimmers do that.
Your right arm looks a little ‘lazy’ coming out of the water. Speed comes from what you do under the water, so after the ‘glide’ stops, pull the water back fast. Try using a ‘pull bouy’ between your legs to isolate the arms. It would be worth practising in a longer pool every now and then 😉
Re the video quality, you could try another hosting site like dailymotion.com if you like, but I still think youtube is fine for this type of thing.
Girl is not a swimmer but someday she might be if she wanted to quit running; unfortunately she has a date with destiny to the 26.2st degree on October 12 which is some 70 days away. I am worried about that ankle and the aerobic.
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The fundamental thing that is missing in your stroke is that you do not pull arms out of the water. Start the recovery by pulling your arm out of the water with your elbow up. Keep your a hands as close your body as possible. One exercise to try is to dragyour fingers on the top of the water. In this exercise you should think about getting your fingers pointing or even hitting your ears, with your elbow above the hand. Elbow up, hand down, fingers at the ear. Got it? After you master that, work on your extension – arm out, fingers cutting into the water in front of your head. You have your fingers in the air as they enter the water – thats wrong – get those fingers in front and REACH out and glide. Then pull.
Thats it. Easy.
BTW – Ewe is right about getting in a longer pool.
not too bad… Just wasted effort. Scissor kick – try to make it more of a flutter and your feet will stay on top of water better.
Also, your head needs to look down more which will help with your breathing when you turn to the side. Try to get your arms up higher (higher elbow otu of the water) when you stroke!
My suggestion is that you go to YouTube and find some good videos. What I see as your biggest problem is that you are rotating so you are swimming flat – that really sucks a lot of momentum. You need to use your arms to pull harder, too.
what they said, and this: when your arm comes out of the water, your elbow should be pointing up, like it’s held up by a string from the sky. And your head is too far out of the water. Put your head down down down. As one of my coaches said, pretend your neck is slit. you almost want your head on your chest. if you try to exaggerate things like elbow up and head down, you’ll gravitate naturally to the proper position. Also, yes you need to learn how to rotate.
But don’t worry you don’t need to learn everything all at once.
p.s. when you need to breathe, practice turning your head to the side, do not bring your head all the way out of the water. you really only want one eye out of the water and your mouth.
(I just got home from swim clinic. lucky you.)
I’m no swim coach Susan, but what the heck.
First, you naturally breath to the left, which is fine. Breathing every stroke on the same side is fine – plenty of Olympic distance swimmers do that.
Your right arm looks a little ‘lazy’ coming out of the water. Speed comes from what you do under the water, so after the ‘glide’ stops, pull the water back fast. Try using a ‘pull bouy’ between your legs to isolate the arms. It would be worth practising in a longer pool every now and then 😉
Re the video quality, you could try another hosting site like dailymotion.com if you like, but I still think youtube is fine for this type of thing.
Girl is not a swimmer but someday she might be if she wanted to quit running; unfortunately she has a date with destiny to the 26.2st degree on October 12 which is some 70 days away. I am worried about that ankle and the aerobic.
The fundamental thing that is missing in your stroke is that you do not pull arms out of the water. Start the recovery by pulling your arm out of the water with your elbow up. Keep your a hands as close your body as possible. One exercise to try is to dragyour fingers on the top of the water. In this exercise you should think about getting your fingers pointing or even hitting your ears, with your elbow above the hand. Elbow up, hand down, fingers at the ear. Got it? After you master that, work on your extension – arm out, fingers cutting into the water in front of your head. You have your fingers in the air as they enter the water – thats wrong – get those fingers in front and REACH out and glide. Then pull.
Thats it. Easy.
BTW – Ewe is right about getting in a longer pool.
not too bad… Just wasted effort. Scissor kick – try to make it more of a flutter and your feet will stay on top of water better.
Also, your head needs to look down more which will help with your breathing when you turn to the side. Try to get your arms up higher (higher elbow otu of the water) when you stroke!
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My suggestion is that you go to YouTube and find some good videos. What I see as your biggest problem is that you are rotating so you are swimming flat – that really sucks a lot of momentum. You need to use your arms to pull harder, too.
Here are some really good videos:
Dave Scott on efficient swim techniques:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYt8x_7uL48
Dave Scott Swim Drill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUULNJEdKU8
And here’s a little swim eye candy to reward you for your hard work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8X8vFHLPA&feature=related
I meant you are NOT rotating. Makes more sense, non?
what they said, and this: when your arm comes out of the water, your elbow should be pointing up, like it’s held up by a string from the sky. And your head is too far out of the water. Put your head down down down. As one of my coaches said, pretend your neck is slit. you almost want your head on your chest. if you try to exaggerate things like elbow up and head down, you’ll gravitate naturally to the proper position. Also, yes you need to learn how to rotate.
But don’t worry you don’t need to learn everything all at once.
Swimming has changed a lot since we learned how!
p.s. when you need to breathe, practice turning your head to the side, do not bring your head all the way out of the water. you really only want one eye out of the water and your mouth.
(I just got home from swim clinic. lucky you.)