Alexander Popov swimming technique

[carpo94]

my technique is so bad that I'm tired after 2 and a half lengths!! any help?

[mikealx68]

@carpo94 Could be you're running out of oxygen (too much kicking, inefficient pull, breathing issues) or using the wrong muscles (too much arm/shoulder work at the front of the stroke, dropped elbows, not enough lat/pec engagement in the middle). Could be body position/streamlining issues - or maybe all of the above! Can you swim slowly? Sounds daft, but anyone can float with arms & legs flailing - swimming slowly takes balance and technique!

[mikealx68]

@carpo94 check out swimsmooth for loads of tips

[mcsanful]

For my.. THE BEST!!!

[WhatsUp200009]

I was searching for trance ..

[Henrynsteri]

@WhatsUp200009 me too xD

[99trance]

@WhatsUp200009

Haha thats why i clicked on it too ..... Lets go find Enmass - So Please (Popov Mix) :- )))

[UruguayCanciones]

excellent!

[patrizio48]

The best freestile in the word

[JiggerLigger]

@patrizio48 learn how to spell

[wholetthedoggo]

ok... this is the areal part of the technique..and where's the real important part of it? the water phase...

[cyberseya05]

51 people think they can swim better thern popov

ridiculous

[Theshofumiah1]

Breathing is a very important technique. which this lame video does not show!!!!

[Brownton4]

This was awsome, thanks for sharing with all of us depsite some of the rude comments!

[trever0798]

this was just annoying.

[JaguarEarlobe]

I'm a pretty good swimmer and not totally thick. But... I got very lost listening to that.

[octolink]

Jeez, ton of racism in this block of commenter's. Not that it bothers me especially but wow people have issues. You can't generalize about entire countries, i choose to hate on people on a case to case basis personally.

[JarrodFritsch]

There is so much to learn from Popov's swimming technique.

Even though he was a sprint swimmer, much can be gained. Swimming technique is something that is a learned skill and who better to learn from than one of the best swimmers of all time.

This video gives a great breakdown of each of the phases of the swim action.

If you ever get the opportunity to video yourself swimming I would highly recommend it.

[1Delta]

I'm a bodysurfer, "ex-club water polo player" and this is, without a doubt the most accurate demonstration of efficient speed. ofcourse this is way beyond "IMHO", but watching this as much as possible ingrains that power shift from the beginning of "riding the glide" to finishing the power of the wheelhouse.

man, I wonder if Popov bodysurfs. you talk about speed and hydrodamics insidiously combined (again, IMHO) with many of the maneuvers used in stunt air racing.

If your out there Popov!!!

[loutsandlegends]

Popov was beautiful to watch, he was poetry in motion all style plus class and this is coming from an aussie - Popov loved beating us. No one minds coming second to champion like him.

[testiclecrusher2]

@loutsandlegends you're a faggot.

[ShunyamNiketana]

Popov was great.

Russians have to admit their problem with alcoholism and Oligarchy.

[ofeyofey]

Rein Haljand, Ph.D.

Professor of Kinesiology, Tallinn University

[ofeyofey]

I thnk he can be found at swim.ee/biography/index.html

[ofeyofey]

What is the name of the professor from Estonia mentioned at the beginning? Something like Prof. Rain Halina.

[juliansbcr]

técnicamente el mejor de la historia

[TheLeilisa]

Being tall such as 6ft is an advantage in swimming ?

[Zoop4ever]

Dankje zwemmen is superrr!

[TomUK7]

yawn

[MARCUSURILLIES]

check those corners spunkmiers

[Theswim2010]

legal

[deadlysaxmachine]

Phelps takes the best american dope he cannot win 8 gold medals by eating spaghetti and corn flakes

[dafas1992]

i dont get this at all LOL

[up2trix]

what's with the gay music

[rambox60]

in russia the water controls you !

[Artegr4]

@rambox60 In america Burgers contol you

[nobodynoth55]

@Artegr4 contol or control? in soviet russia road forks you!

[alkira001]

@rambox60 retard...in america you eat shit and they all say groooovy

[Awesome4332]

@alkira001 shut up u giant ***

[nobodynoth55]

@alkira001 better than russia where u all don't eat shit hahaha literally u wait in line for an hour to get a potato and bitch and drink vodka

[alkira001]

@nobodynoth55 how old are you wait inline to get a potato hahaha Russia is a country with morales and decent hard working people.Whats the USA all about freaks ,drug addicts,homos,jews,racial mutts,homeless,alcholics,etc and you wanna say something about Russia.Get back in your hole dumb cunt your country is the biggest fuckin hole on earth....land of freedom run by morons.I spent 7 days in los angeles i had a meth addict asking for cash and hispanics driving on the other side of the road hahaha

[nobodynoth55]

@alkira001 Oh yeah? LA is a shithole.. not gonna deny that but I'd rather live there on there worst day than your frozen tundra communist shithole ran by a beady eyed cocksucker Putin known now as Russia on it's best day! Whats funny is even if were a little fucked up were still better than you guys at pretty much everything! from Industry, technology, government to winning medals at the Olympics! talk about holes! good to see u liked that rocket launch, looks like went better than sputnik lol

[alkira001]

@nobodynoth55 Frozen tundra =moron

putin--black ape obama and all the rest .Putin and medvedev have more ball then the entire US congress

Little fucked up--Country is full od niggers,spics,Racial mutts,Drug addicts,freaks,Homos,Jews,70% of your entire nation is on prozac medication(read the FDA BUlletin asswipe)

Technology-best space program in the world still launching and building space station for the world with SOYUZ rocket

Industry=Biggest arms industry in the world ,IT world leader

[nobodynoth55]

@alkira001 frozen tundra=siberia n permafrost most of ur land= ur a fucking moron russias a country w morals? im guessing u speak for the other racist fucks that live there too then huh? medvedev adn the rest of u are all putins little bitches just like w gorbachev, stalin etc etc why ur commies n have no rights who's got balls now? yeah u spend all ur shit money on military so u can get ur asses kicked out of another afghanistan.

[nobodynoth55]

@alkira001 how would you have any fucking clue what our country is full of u dumb cunt u said urself u stayed in fucking LA for 7 days ur probably a fat tub of shit angry russian (or maybe a skinny bitch)who couldn't get any ass cause ur a fucking loser except from maybe the crack head u met!

[Fancardini]

Ver nadar a Popov es una maravilla.

[actionaccents]

Some really important tips on swimming.Benefited a lot from it.Thanks.

[evaangel12]

y does this make sense to me its a bunch of big words

[Shredboy1]

The true Russian Rocket.... honestly this guy in his era was unreal..

[PistoGanza]

lot of video swimming techniq on swim-video.ru

[sid112131999]

isim better than him i am yuvraj singh

[mjack912]

penis

[chickenis69]

@branodi hahaha thats hella funny

[vonnbones001]

Thanks!!

[shemseven]

Seriously. So much splashing. That' can't be good for propulsion through water and efficiency. After watching all of those Total Immersion videos, they just look like a better technique.

[suck4cash]

thanks branodi, you gave me my biggest laugh of the day

[Polarcupcheck]

So, people are saying the "S" stroke is outdated?

[5tonyvvvv]

i can suk my own cock? oh no i just farted and shit came out...some one help me !!

[Sergey5726]

а где русскую версию взять??

полную....

[yellowwitch1]

and michael phelps doesn't do any of these weird stuff. he is just normal!

[yellowwitch1]

i don't understand these techniques, cause i don't think about how im swimming, i just adapt to the water in order to swim as fast as i can... strange

[freefallingmonkey]

@yellowwitch1 I thought that was the way to swim fast too lol, but its definitley not :P I'm taking one-on-one lessons in preparation for the paralympics hopefully and I can swim WAY faster and WAY longer now :P

[MVPacMan23]

He represents the evolution of swimming - sprinters with explosive, sustainable technique garnered from weightlifting and swimming. People like him are going to dominate sprinting for a long time coming.

[lexsoft]

Popov arm recovery with high elbow is great, balanced for both right and left arm. Until now, it is very hard for me to achieve this

[euverdadeiro]

Popov is the best short distance swimmer I've ever seen.

[cogiterium]

My favorite quote from Popov:

"The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move." ~Aleksandr Popov

I'll use some of this to train for my next tri.

[jeffersonjf21depr]

Cielo THE BEST!!

[kRsZtS]

Cielo with his awfully ugly technic? Are you kidding? He was fast during the shiny suit area but now he swam only 22,13...funny :D everybody is far from Popov's 21.64.

[MVPacMan23]

Actually he was 21.7

[lexsoft]

Cielo is the best of the current swimmers, because he is the 2009 world champion of 50m 100m free as well the 2008 gold medalist for 50m. However, Popov is the legend, because by far he is the only one who can win gold medals for 50m and 100m at two successive Olympic Games.

[branodi]

whoever it is, his technique is horrible and i'm faster with my breaststroke than him with his aweful doggypaddle. for somebody who couldn't swim 6 months before this is not too bad though, please don't get me wrong

[3241541]

blabalbabalbalbablablablabalbl­aba

[Apachi7096]

хм... А че на буржуйском Саньку комментируют? Даешь на великом и могучем!

[JinzoNarkoza]

This looks like how I swim. :D

[tietajajoshua]

STATISTICS CALCULATION - from

BR-0 com/olympics htm

[oOofluteoOo]

perfect wallah :D

5/5

[strikestraight]

Phelps, i'm really happy for yuou and mma let you finish, but Alexander Popov is the greatest swimmer of ALL TIME! ALL TIME! (West n.p.)

[MVPacMan23]

Veru funny. But not accurate. Popov was the best sprint freestyler of all time, regardless of times, because of his dominance, as is Thorpe the best overall freestyler. However, because of his overall ability to swim like a champion in so many distances, Phelps is the best alive.

[Temible]

hahahahahah people can brag about his weird genitic traits but he ain't big in the one place it counts

[KhalSyr]

hahahahaa...lol

[Rookycastle22]

Nice one, probably true

[Kaira025]

@branodi haha that was funny

[ThePVGS1]

Lol

[TPWNage]

@branodi L M F A O. HAHAHAHA. Thank you, you made my night. Its 3 am and I was bored thinking about sleeping. Now that I am happy, I am going to spend couple of more hours youtubing.

[littlesushie]

@branodi love that =))

[Elisheval]

@branodi that's got to be the funniest explaination i've ever heard!

[up2trix]

@branodi why the phelps hate?

[Temible]

actually phelps was successful in more styles, hacky and thorpe were successful in more distances

[MVPacMan23]

That's because they swam longer distances - where swimmers with less efficient strokes, but better slow-twitch kick muscles, dominate. Popov had the most efficient technique ever, and produced the one record that remains most impressive for his era today, disregarding Janet evans earlier swims.

[SCNOUVICEWALZAS]

@strikestraight When swimming is good for the development of our arms and legs, why do fish not have arms and legs ?

[almu0]

El mejor!!!

[THEOogalieBoogalie]

this is what my russian trainer taught me. havent forgotten it. makes my swimming all the more productive!

[gamrkidd]

is it just me or is this dolphin kick nearly impossible to do on a beach with waves around? I tried this twice already and I cant swim anything other than freestyle when pacific ocean waves come at me..

[BPDOCDADHD]

shouldn't really be anymore difficult, it's not the easiest thing to do, if you've never done it.

[gamrkidd]

well this is too hard to do for my rather untrained technique, the water is too shallow and too turbulent.... well I guess with training its doable.

[layups]

Vicki Keith swam 80 kilometers of continuous butterfly but had to stop because 2meter waves were forming.

[swimmTEAM]

good 4/5

[wha65]

I'm an Aussie but Popov is my favourite male swimmer.

[gamrkidd]

Does anyone know the name of the swimstyle when you are either laying on your chest or your back, submerged, with hands together and straight ahead, legs together; with no kicks or armstrokes, using ONLY an up and down wavelike motion of the entire body to propel forward? I do this and I move like a... like a transverse wave. It looks like I am doing "The Worm" underwater. I looked all over and I couldn't get the name. Please help me if you know.

[soccerboi1996]

the dolphin kick, its the most powerful kick used to get farther underwater. its also used in butterfly

[polarbear1013]

hand-lead body dolphin

[Queenofbitches8]

it is the no arm fly hope thats helps

[HerbofHell]

I love Popov

[MegaBear85]

Sasha you're the best!Come back to Russia!I want you to train our national team!

[Terrorkruemel15]

legend

[RRSwimTeam]

Nice.

[eLasVegas]

Watch this video of two kids teaching treading.

[LisaBreeBranch]

I swim somewhat like that but I have my arms mostly under water

[cogitacogito]

Perfect!!

[LucerneWorker]

The four phases are extremely important because it will improve your posture and technique.

[MisiekNoo]

im using it since i was born xD

[reinderos666]

you are cyborgXD

[MisiekNoo]

haha xD

[0wnagefactory]

its alexandRE popov

[beyondthisworld7]

i like his style most. seems he is very comfortable, which indicates that his efficiency (speed/energy spent) is very high. i also like ian thorpe's style.

[daviddrane]

but popov is just FANTASTIC!

[daviddrane]

I want to tell the guy speaking to shut up coz his voice is sooooo annoying and all his annoying words he uses.

[stridingshiloh]

did anyone see him take a breath? I didn't

[miccco1985]

he breathes with his gills :)

[lbcitezen]

Thats what is so great about his stroke. He looses no momentom nor speed while breating you cant even tell. I think he breathes while his doing the recovery.

[Secretlyanothername]

I couldn't swim a few months ago. I watched this video and practiced everything I see here... I'm doing very well.

Popov is a legend, and I'm thankful to the person who posted this!

[nso784]

popov and phelps are the best

[akoljrkdsf]

well then your better then alexander popov....

[Kathierock]

I tried his technique for two days now. Boy, I've never felt this good. I felt I swam faster and smoother.

[giorgiobello1]

I want an opinion from you guys (and girls). I see that Popov starts the stroke while the other arm is still "recovering" while, compared to Popov's technique, Thorpe seems to do a catch-up drill when he swims.

Is this difference because Thorpe relies more on leg power? thanks

[skopjem]

i perconaly think that this diference is becouse thorpe is swimming longer distances

[nso784]

i think but idk if its right but i think that popov has a better technique than thorpe thorpe does a litle mistake in his hads

[chandlerbingbong]

lol. I hardly think Popov needs to get training tips from someone off youtube.

[mikegoldstein318]

It's a drill, dumbass.

[manhun7]

A LEGEND!

[petrofsky]

And, antihak, weren´t you a dumbass?

[petrofsky]

...and I answered it...

[JiRocket]

no hes just ignorant jeez

[jimmyuk007]

I wish he is my swimming coach!!

[Yugoslaviarock]

Great video

[ChrisPaulPf]

for arm and hand work, this is a perfect video, thanks for posting

[esojoicangi]

wathing the best freestyler of history is educational...

[hkhalids]

such retards.this vi is awsome.i bet you cant swim for your life

[dandruffo]

I agree, not vey educational indeed. Mind what he says: "with one hand, the other hand, the opposite hand" which f...ing hand does he mean why doesn't he say simply left or right hand?

[cristina177777]

now that,was so rubish

[arroy624]

thats also my swimming technique... i was able to beat all 3 of my friends who are lifeguards... by 1/4 of the pool length... lol

[RainyDays93]

this was THE weardest movie i have ever seen. We got a link to it from our gym teacher. So now i have seen that.Okey, on to the next video. But the dude swims really good. hope i learned something.

[faticen]

I hope someday I will be able to swim close to that. smooth.

[cartmanwins]

nice vidd

[whateverfourever]

very good

[amerikanerMarinen]

back on the 5th page..how did we get from swimming competing with muay thai kickboxers and boxers? that is the dumbest shit i've heard in my life. i thought arguments over rugby and football were bad but damn haha.

this was a very good and informative video though

[t1i9n1a3]

COSA DICI ANTO?

[antokindness]

E' perfetto! Un ottimo movimento a cui pensare mentre si nuota, Vale!

[nipon4you]

are you a fucking idiot? ass hole. you must believe yourself very funny

[AnusTube]

You spelt Masturbation wrong you fuck.

[dimputhegreat]

is he doing finger tip drag?

[ican85]

how about the feet?

[someuser90]

until you can break a minute for 100m free, your a noob swimmer >:D

[Keraseen]

haha good cause i just went a 57.2

[hhoh12]

LCM

[rednech23]

I suppose you can then? Not.