Slow Motion Freestyle Swimming Technique Analysis

[azamiruddin]

Wrong technique...!!!!

[TheGuyCalledCarl]

I thought this was gonna be a video of a hot girl stretching.

[foxton99]

What poor cat was strangled during the making of this video?

[kabichan1]

not balancing his body at all....... sux...

[juvillaro]

its horrible

[adonaimaranatha]

this is a great vid except for the audio, they should have replaced it with some kind of music

[bieberandbeatles]

hey, you shouldn't breathe right before your turn and you should stay on your back more right after-even if your dying for air. it really increases speed alot (sorry for the crappy user name its my sisters account)

[ISAPIDLL]

Get outside help for your form and streamline (eyes watching as you swim I mean) and pay close attention to what you are doing with your hands after pushoff. I've done it myself ;)

[laubine76]

high elbow!!! never forget!!

[MrAvrilLee]

唔係好得 ..

[tewordt]

Dear Sir,

thanks for your comment. What does it mean in English ?

[ssymes007]

you need to work on your catch, as you sould be pulling with the forearm and palm, you are just pulling with you hand. you are also over rotating to breathe, which is making your head move to much and your shoulder to drop on one side which causes major drag. plus when your pushing off the wall your not in a tight enough superstretch.

[chrisevilmonkey]

it means not very good

[boolekx]

Happy to Help!!!

I suppose You might find interesting: "Total Immersion's "Perpetual Motion Freestyle"" - it is available on YouTube (6 episodes i think) - Terry Laughlin talks about some interesting issues - try that even when it takes almost an hour :). And keep swimming more SMART than STRONG - regards from Poland. Hows Roman Polanski :) ??

[soccerboi1996]

head down, back straight, make sure ur hand is always under ur elbow. work that dolphin kick and streamline u had

[boolekx]

OK - imho You r swimming "up the hill"

Absolutely don't look forward - keep looking at the bottom of the pool and keep Your head a bit under water - thats for the beginning - later try to not "waving" your body (its not a butterfly), try to keep more streamline position/extend Your stroke as long as You can without decreasing tempo (count strokes per lap - keep as low amount as You only can without loosing time/speed - regards

[tewordt]

Hi boolekx, thanks for advice. There are several good suggestions which I'm going to try out. Now this video is already nearly a year old and I really need a new one to see if all your great input has helped improve my style ! Cheers, Matthias

[DaddyWasADolphin]

tewordt, have a look at Shinji's freestyle videos on youtube. There's a lot you could learn from him. The only thing you do right is the tumble turn. Everything else is very bad indeed.

[cxon]

Train the tenique!!!

[lwascom2]

Very nice man, you have great form!!

[tewordt]

hey lwascom2, thanks, this is one of the first positive feedbacks I have received ! and that after over 15'000 views ;-)

[DaddyWasADolphin]

Suggest learning TI freestyle. There is very little in your demo that isn't wrong.

[tewordt]

Hi Dolphin, are you a new TI disciple ? Don't worry, you'll enter new phases. I have started with TI but see what's come out of it ...

[michalos3]

i totally agree! The hand drops very very low! This is not considered correct.

[polimport]

Elbows far too low!

[tewordt]

elbows low though if you have a good look at it, always above the hands. And that's what counts I would have thought ...

[lbcitezen]

Based on this video I can give you a few advice. When you pull don't pull with a straight arm, there are diffrent ways you can achive a good pull look it up and see which one you prefer. Then when you put your arm in the water after a recovery, dont just smack the water, glide it down on the water, and reach as you pull with the other arm, reach reach reach extend your back muscle, and roll on your side, don't roll too much just enough to cut through the water. Good luck.

[tewordt]

Hi ibcitezen, thanks a lot for great advice. It's interesting you're saying I should not pull with a straight arm which it looks I'm doing. However my own view when I'm swimming is that I stretch it and then flex the elbow strongly after the catch - obviously a deception. I will try to overdo it strongly, maybe it gets better. Thanks a lot anyway for great advice. Matthias