Thanks Brenton for your work. Seems youre describing here one of my mistakes, having the hand to close to chest and belly. I will try to correct it, thanks again!
I used to swim similarly. When you bring the hand in like that, it indicates you are really only swimming with your arms. It breaks the connection with your lats/back/hips/core/rotation and you are literally just using your shoulder and arm to propel yourself. Get into that power diamond position and then move your entire body as one engaging everything. The two techniques are so different they shouldn't even be called the same stroke.
Hi and thank you for the video! I swim in a very similar way and similar speed (around 1.40-1.41 per 100m for long distance races). Have not found anything in this video regarding stroke rate vs balance: "Can increasing your stroke rate actually make your swimming easier? In some cases, yes. If your rating is too slow, you can lose momentum and balance in the water. We'll look at this in today's Feedback Friday." What is the main reason of loosing balance in such a case and what is a slow rate? Mine is like 43-45 strokes per minute, and actually it is really hard for me to increase it a lot (for example to 55-60 strokes per minute) - i.e. my heart rate goes up like a rocket and I have to decrease stroke rate back. Have no idea how to move further because all major mistakes are fixed (like this guy did, except the middle of a stroke which is OK in my case). Or in case of this guy (and me) it is more about stamina and force not about technique so upgrade of body's fitness required which will allow to increase stroke rate?
What helped me was dividing a long distance (1k) by several sets (10x100m) and trying to do them at a higher stroke rate than it was comfortable for me. After I felt ok coping with the rate, I was gradually decreasing the number of sets per 1k by increasing their length. This way in a few months my time per 100 dropped from 1.50 to 1.40, current stroke rate is about 60-65 at heart rate 150-160. Looks like you have much less of an effort for the same result :) and obviously there's always room for both technical and functional improvement.
Awesome analysis! Thank you for sharing. This swimmer moves very well in the water, amazing to ear what you can find for improvements. From what I understand The norm to assess our swimming level is the time to swim a 100 meter right? I was wondering this is likely an average time it takes to swim 100 metres out of which total swimming distance? Is it the time to swim 100 meter at 70% effort?
Hi, I noticed the swimmer is perhaps a bit older, sorry if not. I say this because I, like him perhaps developed the side drift, where the hand comes down the centre line of the body too much compared to modern analysis. Thirty years ago when I started in tris I heard this was a good idea. Whereby as soon as the hand had reached its max extension, instead of the "windmill stroke" which is a straight arm stroke; I developed a catch or pull that began very early. By using the big old yellow Speedo hand paddles you can feel the pressure increases on the stroke. Pulling the paddles under the body trying to keep the pressure on, perpendicular to the body center line. Again like the swimmer in the video, for me this appears to be a side way drift but it stems from an old school technique. Seeing how modern analysis has today shifted the stroke philosophy to the way it's recommended now, requires a shift in muscle memory but the swim times speak for themselves I suppose
He has very large feet and had an extremely strong kick. In his particular case, he was analyzed scientifically for being faster looking straight ahead because his kick allowed his hips staying elevated at the surface of the water.
...I swim probably like he does with a couple of small mistakes and too slow. I want to be faster and will try the elbow- hand improvement Brenton explains. And yes- evrybody has its own style. Same as in running gait...
HELP! I don't know how to control my breathing. So before, my problem was turning properly to breathe on my side during freestyle, I feel like I can do that ok now. My problem now is I feel out of breath halfway through the lap. I've tried exhaling very slow with my nose but that doesn't seem to work and I've heard different opinions about that whether to exhale slowly through the nose until all of the oxygen is out of the lungs or to exhale quick and aggressively every time. Any advice would be appreciated.
For me the most effective advice I got from Brenton's videos was to consciously exhale, by the nose, until my lungs are empty. You must pay attention to it so that your lungs get really empty. That and kicking less made this feeling of getting out of breath just vanish. Take a look at his videos about that: th-cam.com/video/GJikb2gnOf4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/akMRGp7vI1Y/w-d-xo.html
I wouldnt exhale too slowly. When u go to breathe, u want to make sure that most, if not all, of the air has already been exhaled. If u dont exhale most/all of the carbon dioxide out before u go to breathe, you're gonna get co2 build up in your body and that ain't gonna help with your endurance. U wanna make room in your body for as much oxygen as possible. That's not possible if co2 is taking up space.
Here's a great video on this channel that gives 5 more things to work on. It assumes that you already know to exhale steadily through the nose then expel most of your air right before the next breath, as Barrie said. th-cam.com/video/akMRGp7vI1Y/w-d-xo.html
Friend, I'm a novice swimmer and I can give you a LIST of reasons why I got exhausted after 50m, and I'm eliminating them one by one and getting better. I did my first 400m non stop just last week so I'm making progress. Here's a few thoughts ... As the guys replying above say, you may not be getting enough air and you might need to improve your breathing. They are definitely not wrong. But it could also be true that you get out of breath because you need more oxygen to fuel the effort required to overcome poor technique. If your head is in the wrong position then that can lower your hips and legs, creating drag ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen. If you kick too hard then that's using some really big muscles you might not need to ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen. If your catch and pull aren't good then you don't get as much distance each stroke as you could. That means more strokes ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen. This TH-cam channel has lots of videos that are helping me to improve, but I also have swim tutors. If you can I suggest you get a few lessons because that personalised advice will be invaluable to you. Think about it - if you become a more efficient swimmer then you won't need as much oxygen and you won't get out of breath as much.
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Thanks Brenton for your work. Seems youre describing here one of my mistakes, having the hand to close to chest and belly. I will try to correct it, thanks again!
I used to swim similarly. When you bring the hand in like that, it indicates you are really only swimming with your arms. It breaks the connection with your lats/back/hips/core/rotation and you are literally just using your shoulder and arm to propel yourself. Get into that power diamond position and then move your entire body as one engaging everything. The two techniques are so different they shouldn't even be called the same stroke.
Hi and thank you for the video! I swim in a very similar way and similar speed (around 1.40-1.41 per 100m for long distance races). Have not found anything in this video regarding stroke rate vs balance: "Can increasing your stroke rate actually make your swimming easier? In some cases, yes. If your rating is too slow, you can lose momentum and balance in the water. We'll look at this in today's Feedback Friday." What is the main reason of loosing balance in such a case and what is a slow rate? Mine is like 43-45 strokes per minute, and actually it is really hard for me to increase it a lot (for example to 55-60 strokes per minute) - i.e. my heart rate goes up like a rocket and I have to decrease stroke rate back. Have no idea how to move further because all major mistakes are fixed (like this guy did, except the middle of a stroke which is OK in my case). Or in case of this guy (and me) it is more about stamina and force not about technique so upgrade of body's fitness required which will allow to increase stroke rate?
What helped me was dividing a long distance (1k) by several sets (10x100m) and trying to do them at a higher stroke rate than it was comfortable for me.
After I felt ok coping with the rate, I was gradually decreasing the number of sets per 1k by increasing their length.
This way in a few months my time per 100 dropped from 1.50 to 1.40, current stroke rate is about 60-65 at heart rate 150-160.
Looks like you have much less of an effort for the same result :) and obviously there's always room for both technical and functional improvement.
Thx! Will try your approach, sounds interesting )
Do you have any thoughts on how to keep the kick constant regardless of the stroke rate?
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Fix floppy watch strap?
it might actually add drag
Awesome analysis! Thank you for sharing. This swimmer moves very well in the water, amazing to ear what you can find for improvements. From what I understand The norm to assess our swimming level is the time to swim a 100 meter right? I was wondering this is likely an average time it takes to swim 100 metres out of which total swimming distance? Is it the time to swim 100 meter at 70% effort?
Hi, I noticed the swimmer is perhaps a bit older, sorry if not. I say this because I, like him perhaps developed the side drift, where the hand comes down the centre line of the body too much compared to modern analysis.
Thirty years ago when I started in tris I heard this was a good idea. Whereby as soon as the hand had reached its max extension, instead of the "windmill stroke" which is a straight arm stroke; I developed a catch or pull that began very early. By using the big old yellow Speedo hand paddles you can feel the pressure increases on the stroke. Pulling the paddles under the body trying to keep the pressure on, perpendicular to the body center line.
Again like the swimmer in the video, for me this appears to be a side way drift but it stems from an old school technique.
Seeing how modern analysis has today shifted the stroke philosophy to the way it's recommended now, requires a shift in muscle memory but the swim times speak for themselves I suppose
Ian Thorpe famously looked straight ahead during front crawl. How did he compensate for this head position?
He has very large feet and had an extremely strong kick. In his particular case, he was analyzed scientifically for being faster looking straight ahead because his kick allowed his hips staying elevated at the surface of the water.
Should Relax in freestyle, not over techniques
LEGS - are they coming apart during the kick?
Hi , thank you for your videos ,
Can you recommend a good swimming school in northern suburbs/ city melbourne. Thanks.
Can you "feedback friday" me? I am not a member, just a follower. If yes, Where can I upload the video?
If it's effective for him why change. Not everybody swims perfectly the same way and some coaches even contradict each other.
...I swim probably like he does with a couple of small mistakes and too slow. I want to be faster and will try the elbow- hand improvement Brenton explains. And yes- evrybody has its own style. Same as in running gait...
Yeah, but he sent his video to Brenton. I supose he is trying to improve, so he must be open to change in order to get better.
This guy looks good from above. I think he should slow his cadence and allow himself to glide more.
HELP! I don't know how to control my breathing. So before, my problem was turning properly to breathe on my side during freestyle, I feel like I can do that ok now. My problem now is I feel out of breath halfway through the lap. I've tried exhaling very slow with my nose but that doesn't seem to work and I've heard different opinions about that whether to exhale slowly through the nose until all of the oxygen is out of the lungs or to exhale quick and aggressively every time. Any advice would be appreciated.
For me the most effective advice I got from Brenton's videos was to consciously exhale, by the nose, until my lungs are empty. You must pay attention to it so that your lungs get really empty. That and kicking less made this feeling of getting out of breath just vanish. Take a look at his videos about that: th-cam.com/video/GJikb2gnOf4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/akMRGp7vI1Y/w-d-xo.html
I wouldnt exhale too slowly. When u go to breathe, u want to make sure that most, if not all, of the air has already been exhaled. If u dont exhale most/all of the carbon dioxide out before u go to breathe, you're gonna get co2 build up in your body and that ain't gonna help with your endurance. U wanna make room in your body for as much oxygen as possible. That's not possible if co2 is taking up space.
Pool boy needed, vacuum those leaves up.
Very nice, can u translate ini Arabic in all vidio
very good video, could someone tell me why i am so exausted after each 50m.
You are leaving to much air in your lungs before breathing again. Exhale more through your nose then exhale the rest of the air through your mouth.
Here's a great video on this channel that gives 5 more things to work on. It assumes that you already know to exhale steadily through the nose then expel most of your air right before the next breath, as Barrie said.
th-cam.com/video/akMRGp7vI1Y/w-d-xo.html
Here's the video covering how to breathe & exhale to improve endurance:
th-cam.com/video/GJikb2gnOf4/w-d-xo.html
Friend, I'm a novice swimmer and I can give you a LIST of reasons why I got exhausted after 50m, and I'm eliminating them one by one and getting better. I did my first 400m non stop just last week so I'm making progress. Here's a few thoughts ...
As the guys replying above say, you may not be getting enough air and you might need to improve your breathing. They are definitely not wrong. But it could also be true that you get out of breath because you need more oxygen to fuel the effort required to overcome poor technique.
If your head is in the wrong position then that can lower your hips and legs, creating drag ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen.
If you kick too hard then that's using some really big muscles you might not need to ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen.
If your catch and pull aren't good then you don't get as much distance each stroke as you could. That means more strokes ... which takes more effort and therefore more oxygen.
This TH-cam channel has lots of videos that are helping me to improve, but I also have swim tutors. If you can I suggest you get a few lessons because that personalised advice will be invaluable to you.
Think about it - if you become a more efficient swimmer then you won't need as much oxygen and you won't get out of breath as much.
@@MsGeoffers thank you so much and i really appreciat your help, next time i will try to apply all your advices...thank you so much.
Put your locker keys in your suits guys. Free up those wrists & arms...
I don't mind seeing the cheetah bikini gal every once in a while
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