I'm constantly working on my form and your videos help me to keep fine-tuning. They have also helped me to easily spot "mistakes" swimmers make in the pool. I've recommended your channel when other swimmers have complimented my "effortless swimming"!
The first thing that struck me (because it's an issue I have to battle with all the time) is how much Heather's hands are crossing the mid-line in front of her face each time they enter the water. She's still a better swimmer than me though!
Started swimming 6 months ago. Everyone at the pool asks me if I was a competitive swimmer. My answer: "No I just started 6 months ago and watch a TH-cam channel called Effortless Swimming". This evening at an easy zone 2 type pace I managed 1:41/100m for an hour.
Kudos to you Heather for wanting to improve your swim! I started learning to swim in 2022 and looked very similar to you. Keep at it and you will get it! Watching these videos and a few in person lessons with a local swim instructor have helped me quite a bit. Thanks Brenton for your TH-cam content. I've completed two Ironman 70.3s and am hoping to complete an Ironman in 2025.
It would be great to revisit some of these swimmers to see how they progress over time, things that were easy to fix and others that were more difficult. Cheers!
My first thought watching her was that she may benefit from the "drag your finger tips as your arm recovers" drill. I am not sure about the splayed legs on her kick. Mostly because so many people do this. If you watch some one in the pool who stops in the middle to adjust their goggles, if they can swim breast stroke, they ALWAYS start swimming again with a whip kick. Since my feet don't turn out enough to use a whip kick efficiently, so I use a scissor kick. Lots of thrust, but also, lots of drag. Since the leg that is splaying out has the thigh in the body line, the lower leg is more streamlined than the thigh, so the kick should have a lot of power, and not terrible drag. I am not sure if she is trying to swim gallop style or not. That does result in the head coming out a bit more than standard freestyle with the even cadence arm pull when compared to the uneven cadence freestyle/gallop.
it appears that most of the cause of over rotation is from being too low in the water when the breath is taken. to rotate less, it seems like you have to have better flotation via body position and increased velocity for additional lift.
@2:46 I've found, relatively slim body has to do that you called 'over' rotation; it works for me as long as I keep in the streamline (when I am trying to hold above the water)
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I'm constantly working on my form and your videos help me to keep fine-tuning. They have also helped me to easily spot "mistakes" swimmers make in the pool. I've recommended your channel when other swimmers have complimented my "effortless swimming"!
The first thing that struck me (because it's an issue I have to battle with all the time) is how much Heather's hands are crossing the mid-line in front of her face each time they enter the water. She's still a better swimmer than me though!
Thanks, I like this short format combining clearness and conciseness with concrete approaches for optimization 👍🙏
Started swimming 6 months ago. Everyone at the pool asks me if I was a competitive swimmer. My answer: "No I just started 6 months ago and watch a TH-cam channel called Effortless Swimming". This evening at an easy zone 2 type pace I managed 1:41/100m for an hour.
Big statement. Prove it
Kudos to you Heather for wanting to improve your swim! I started learning to swim in 2022 and looked very similar to you. Keep at it and you will get it! Watching these videos and a few in person lessons with a local swim instructor have helped me quite a bit. Thanks Brenton for your TH-cam content. I've completed two Ironman 70.3s and am hoping to complete an Ironman in 2025.
You can do it!
This is a brilliant video! You showed the large majority of swimmers how to correct their mistakes in one video. Thank you 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such good analysis and improvement tips. Explained the perfect amount of detail.
It would be great to revisit some of these swimmers to see how they progress over time, things that were easy to fix and others that were more difficult. Cheers!
My first thought watching her was that she may benefit from the "drag your finger tips as your arm recovers" drill. I am not sure about the splayed legs on her kick. Mostly because so many people do this. If you watch some one in the pool who stops in the middle to adjust their goggles, if they can swim breast stroke, they ALWAYS start swimming again with a whip kick. Since my feet don't turn out enough to use a whip kick efficiently, so I use a scissor kick. Lots of thrust, but also, lots of drag. Since the leg that is splaying out has the thigh in the body line, the lower leg is more streamlined than the thigh, so the kick should have a lot of power, and not terrible drag. I am not sure if she is trying to swim gallop style or not. That does result in the head coming out a bit more than standard freestyle with the even cadence arm pull when compared to the uneven cadence freestyle/gallop.
I can't believe she can even swim with that much rotation.
it appears that most of the cause of over rotation is from being too low in the water when the breath is taken. to rotate less, it seems like you have to have better flotation via body position and increased velocity for additional lift.
@2:46 I've found, relatively slim body has to do that you called 'over' rotation; it works for me as long as I keep in the streamline (when I am trying to hold above the water)
Shes pretty bad