Great Vid :). For more experienced swimmers; keeping one tight line as you enter and exit the wall is super important. Some swimmers tend to push off at an angle to make room for a swimmer behind them after countless yards of circle swimming. This will make your breakout slower, and will make your push-off less powerful. A great way to help with this is to imagine there are two kick boards shoulder width apart on the wall. As you enter and exit, try not to get any of your body parts outside of these barriers and then push off.
That’s a great point. I hadn’t even considered the effects of circle swimming but you are right that that does tend to translate to bad habits in races as well.
This is one of the best open water turn instructional videos I have ever come across for youngsters. You really nailed 90% of all mistake made. I have not swam competitively in over 20 years, but I can still remember my college coach yelling, “Elbow your brother. Phone your mother!” I have used this saying for years when coaching the little kids and sometimes I wonder if they think I’m crazy. Glad to see I have the great Derek Maas backing me up!
Dear Mr Maas, this helped me with my Open turns today at practice. Miranda had me watch this to fix my turn. I found it thoroughly helpful and entertaining. Sincerely, Hope Xayaveth
This is great! The first video I have seen that by describing the mistakes in the open turn, by example shows how to make the perfect open turn. Thanks for that.
The best swimming channel on the internet! You give very good advice and help me save a lot of time in 50/100 free and also in 50 butterfly. I hope you will make more videos especially on free!
Your videos really helpful to me,long enough to help,short enough to remember as l'm trying to improve after many years of just paddling up and down the pool. Watching from England ,Thank you
A great drill to work on driving your legs up is plyometric skips but with extending your alternate arm on each up. As with all plyometric skips, work on floating up and out. This very closely mimics the hip flexor push/ab pull used in driving your legs into the wall.
Your hips are really guiding your rotation. And you can tell that because from your hands, shoulders and hips, it is one solid "plank". As your feet hit the wall, you can now use your hips to turn over. Rotating off the wall with your shoulders OR rotating completely at the wall with your shoulder breaks this plank and stops the most efficient energy transfer (a straight line) from your feet to your upper body.
Very nice. My friend aldorphanage asked if you could compare the dynamics of open turns on regular walls/pads and high rise omega pads 😮 he trains in baskertarskwannie and they use high rise walls without gutters. He has 12 kids
This is a great question. I will have to touch on it in a future video. I have heard about the legendary baskertarskwannie pool! I will have to visit there at some time and speak with Mr. Aldorphanage myself.
Thanks for the great video! Really like the idea of “Elbow your brother, phone your mother”. I will need to focus a little more on my open turns!
Cam, I very much appreciate the support. You have to be careful, however: that advice does not work quite as well outside the swimming pool.
This is one of the best open turn videos I have seen on youtube.
Derek Maas -- some of the best technique videos to be found anywhere on TH-cam... truly well done!!
Thank you!
The best and easiest for me to understand period! Im 62 years young and this was very helpful. Thanks
Elite method #2! Point your toes as your feet are coming into the wall! You were an age group legend and still a legend.
Thank you!!
Great Vid :).
For more experienced swimmers; keeping one tight line as you enter and exit the wall is super important. Some swimmers tend to push off at an angle to make room for a swimmer behind them after countless yards of circle swimming. This will make your breakout slower, and will make your push-off less powerful. A great way to help with this is to imagine there are two kick boards shoulder width apart on the wall. As you enter and exit, try not to get any of your body parts outside of these barriers and then push off.
That’s a great point. I hadn’t even considered the effects of circle swimming but you are right that that does tend to translate to bad habits in races as well.
Thank you for the video!
This is one of the best open water turn instructional videos I have ever come across for youngsters. You really nailed 90% of all mistake made.
I have not swam competitively in over 20 years, but I can still remember my college coach yelling, “Elbow your brother. Phone your mother!” I have used this saying for years when coaching the little kids and sometimes I wonder if they think I’m crazy. Glad to see I have the great Derek Maas backing me up!
True. Nobody puts the phone up to their ear anymore. Need an updated expression.
Dear Mr Maas, this helped me with my Open turns today at practice. Miranda had me watch this to fix my turn. I found it thoroughly helpful and entertaining.
Sincerely,
Hope Xayaveth
That slow motion butterfly turn clip for head position is excellent. Very clear what should be happening.
This is great!
The first video I have seen that by describing the mistakes in the open turn, by example shows how to make the perfect open turn. Thanks for that.
please don´t stop posting videos, you´re awesome
I’ll do my best!
Great video! I will definitely be implementing some of these techniques in my practice tomorrow!!
Thanks Trey! I will be sure to pay attention to your leg drive!
The best swimming channel on the internet! You give very good advice and help me save a lot of time in 50/100 free and also in 50 butterfly. I hope you will make more videos especially on free!
Thank you for the support! I will!
Great video! It helps me a lot! My mistake is to pull my upper body up to early and to much to breath with the fear that I cannot breath.
Thanks for your generous sharing and remarkable production!
Great video as always, now we wait for the crossover turn
Got the clips ready to go! Now I just have to edit haha
Your videos really helpful to me,long enough to help,short enough to remember as l'm trying to improve after many years of just paddling up and down the pool.
Watching from England ,Thank you
Great video as always!
definitely a helpful video, thank you brother for these pointers. I am improving in my turns daily
Love it!!
Hey Derek I need help with my underwater pullout. What’s the best way to increase my pullout power? Should I just do lat pull-downs everyday?
A great drill to work on driving your legs up is plyometric skips but with extending your alternate arm on each up. As with all plyometric skips, work on floating up and out. This very closely mimics the hip flexor push/ab pull used in driving your legs into the wall.
This is a great point - I’ve done it before! I’ll have to put it in the next video
I’m definitely subscribing.😌😁
the goat derek
Great video! But is there any exercises I can do outside of water to get a strong propulsion?
Thanks so much ❤😂, fantastic points
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Your hips are really guiding your rotation. And you can tell that because from your hands, shoulders and hips, it is one solid "plank". As your feet hit the wall, you can now use your hips to turn over.
Rotating off the wall with your shoulders OR rotating completely at the wall with your shoulder breaks this plank and stops the most efficient energy transfer (a straight line) from your feet to your upper body.
Great analysis!
Very thanks!buen video
Very nice. My friend aldorphanage asked if you could compare the dynamics of open turns on regular walls/pads and high rise omega pads 😮 he trains in baskertarskwannie and they use high rise walls without gutters. He has 12 kids
This is a great question. I will have to touch on it in a future video. I have heard about the legendary baskertarskwannie pool! I will have to visit there at some time and speak with Mr. Aldorphanage myself.
Nice video, man👊
Excellent demo
I can't turn at all but this video looks fkn sick can't wait to try it 💪
Nice thanks
Thnkx
It's time for you to make a video about how to "Backstroke faster"!
I have one!!
Gud content
👍👍👍👍👍👍
I ge0t lots of water into. My nose 👃 , any advice please 🙏
Very nice vid man
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thx