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My Swim Technique

  • 06-04-2010 6:09pm
    #1
    An Fathach
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    Hey, i've been lurking here for a while now trying to pick up tips for my first triathlon season and i decided it's time to start asking some questions :D.....biking and running is going well and im really enjoying it but over the winter i have really been focusing on swimming. Now i've been swimming since i was 4 or 5 but never competitively.....just for fun but i really want to improve my speed/ efficiency in the water!!! Got my stroke videoed a while back and if anyone would take the time to have a look and see if there is anywhere i can improve i'd really appreciate it!!!!...i currently swim 1500m in 28mins. The goal is to drop to 25 within the next 12-15 months....realistic??? Not sure but we'll see!!! Thanks :D
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkbi4bLK3k
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  • #2
    tunney
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    My 2c.

    Your stroke seems quite rushed and it appears as if there is little propulsion coming from the back end of the stroke. It looks as if your hands, particularly the right, are exiting a couple of inches too soon. Also you are pulling far too far out from the centre line under the water. The way it was explained to me that clicked for me was to try to bring your hand to the opposite hip. You won't succeed but it will set you up for a stroke push phase of the stroke. To address the rushing I would concentrate on finishing out the stroke and maybe introducing some band and buoy work.

    Its hard to see from the camera angles but I supect you might be dropping your elbow(s). Fisting drills, or PT paddles if you can get them. Should help here.

    I would wonder if you are catching the water at the front of the stroke as well as you could be. I would try sculling drills for this (face down in the water, kicking gentely, arms out stretched in front of you, elbows slightly bent, forearms higher in water than hands, and then just pushing your hands away from the centre line and then back in, like a breast stroke action but only over 20cms or so) This should teach you what a catch feels like. mid scull and rear sculls are good drills too but harder to explain in a text based medium. However while they are good the front scull is the main one for you I would reckon.

    Your body position could be improved as well, your legs are quite low in the water. As a rule of thumb you should be looking for your bum to be out of the water and legs trailing horizontally behind the body. your shoulders are a little high and this is what is probably forcing the legs up. Thinking about "pushing the buoy" could help, as in pushing your chest and head deeper into the water. This should lift your legs up.

    As I said my 2c


  • #3
    pgibbo
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    tunney wrote: »
    The way it was explained to me that clicked for me was to try to bring your hand to the opposite hip. You won't succeed but it will set you up for a stroke push phase of the stroke.

    I'm struggling to visualise this one. Do you mean that once you catch the water you keep your fingers pointed to the bottom of the pool, elbow high and try to pull your hand towards your opposite hip? Cheers


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