Okay FIRST ignore the sweet swimmers mullet I'm rockin'. Geez. Why didn't anyone tell me my hair was hanging out? That's like not telling someone they've got a snot snake hanging out of their nose! I'll address that with my swim peeps.
Here's some quick video of my stroke.
(Edited to say: Oops. Loaded the wrong video. I'll leave it here in case you guys want to see what a goof ball my kid is and learn about Dark..er Darth.. Vador)
The first things I notice are:
1. What the hell am I looking at? My feet? My head is BURIED in the water.
2. (as coach mentions) my feet. You would think I would have noticed that since I'm clearly watching them.
3. Do I catch early enough. Geez. I told you I had no glide.
I'm glad I took this video. For starters I think my stroke looks a lot better than I thought it did and now I can see for myself the things I am reminded about over and over again and I can take follow up video later to see my progress.
This was my first week swimming three times a week and, dare say, I liked it. It had felt like the Thursday to Tuesday break was too long to go without swimming. There were only 4 of us today and I was able to complete almost the entire workout with the 'sharks'.. no slow lane today. I was only 100 short. Woo hoo!
So here I open up the comments. Give me some feedback folks! What do I need to work on? :)
what's up with the audio on the second video? It sounds like they are keeping a whale in the pool as well.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I noticed (which is also my main problem) is that you could probably activate your core more and keep your body a little more streamlined. It might help keep your legs together while you kick though overall you are not kicking from the knees which obviously is great.
Does Barbi from Trying a Tri follow you? She's the expert.
I am not an expert by any means, and great idea to put your stroke up on your blog!
ReplyDeleteAll that said, here is my 2 cents... The big thing that stands out to me is that I do not think you are getting as much distance per stroke as you could. I think you could actually get further easier if you slowed down your stroke. Try the catch-up drill maybe, that might help you wait just a bit more on each stroke.
Let us know how it goes and improves!
That's what I was going to say, feet together, and I had problems remembering this too. Try to remember to just brush your toes together in the beginning. I know, so much to remember with hips and thumb brushing legs and now toes :o)
ReplyDeleteGreat job! Keep it up!
And yes, I'll add the disclaimer that I'm NOT an expert at all! I just use what others have told me.
And yay for liking swim! I don't know what happened but over the last couple years, I started to actually enjoy swimming...as much as I enjoy running! Miss you, Laura, and wish I could be your training buddy :o)
I'm totally not going to explain this right, but your arms. Look a little wider, and that may be why you don't feel you are catching enough. Instead of going wider and reaching far forward, bend your arms at your elbows a little and keep it more in front of you? Now I'm totally confusing you :o)
ReplyDeleteI wish I had someone take a video of me! That's a great idea!