If you pause at around 3:59 - you can see how different their techniques are. With similar body positions one only pulls his hand from the water behind, and the other already puts it into the water in front. Amazing comparison!
I think it’s what the coach said. The last right-angled acceleration push, the friend on the left did not do as well as the one on the right. The force must be wrong. The last one should be the most powerful, because it’s like a fish throwing its tail. Take it back to the extreme
Great review and comparison, it’s really quite enlightening. I think the root cause of the right hand pulling too deep is that his body rotation is still turned towards the left when the right arm is already finished the pulling phase and started the pushing phase, right shoulder position is lower and hence the entire arm is low in water. In comparison, the swimmer on the right has his body fully turned towards the right even when the arm is in the middle of the pulling phase. There’s nothing wrong with the swimmer on the left if he so chooses to swim in the mid quadrants, just that when the stroke rate is fast (typical of mid quadrant swimming) the inefficiency of the deep pushing phase is an unavoidable trade-off to the faster stroke rate. In short: if he didn’t have a fast stroke rate that justifies the mid quadrant swimming, switch to the more efficient front quadrant swimming by working on body rotation sync with the catch, that will naturally fix the deep pull/push of the arm.
South African based triathlete here. Big fan of effortless swimming! I have a sneaking suspicion that this is exactly what I need to focus on, so thank you. Keep the great content coming!
Traditional windmill swimming. Need only to get the timing right and concentrate on front quadrant. I got the same problem easily 🤣. Hope you all get to go swimming these days!
Love these videos, they're so jam packed with useful tips. Any chance you could give some tips on a good underwater dolphin kick? I don't use it at all because I'm still building fitness and my priority with the turn has been to get to the surface and get a breath ASAP. But I know the underwater dolphin kick is extremely important. I just have no idea how to pick up the skill.
No doubt I have the same problem. My arm thinks it gets more resistance staying lower in the water at the end of the stroke, before coming out of the water, when really I need to have a shallower arm and focus on the tricep extension phase just before the arm comes out of the water. I'll also try engaging the lats to get more power to the arm as it comes close to my body just before the tricep extends, as we see Solomon doing around 5:41. Bravo with this video Brenton
That’s exactly what I do. I start the catch too early on my non breathing side which makes me slip thru the water. I’ll try holding my arm out there until my face is back in the water from the breath. Thanks for the drills to help remedy this.
I really enjoy your videos Brenton videos they are full of great and thought-provoking information. They help to keep me interested in swimming and to improve. I remember when I started to swim being able to overpower the water, tons of bubbles and no grip. The air bubbles are a bit of a giveaway. It seems as though the swimmer is losing grip and not regaining it, especially with the left arm. I believe that this may be where a significant transfer of power is being lost. It is one of the reasons that we used to alter the pitch of the hand and also the path of the stroke. Note the difference during the entry to catch phase, between the two swimmers. The faster swimmer 'sheds' the air bubbles more quickly and efficiently by increasing the elbow angle, thus moving the forearm outside the dirty water created with arm entry. With elite swimmers, there is a significant number that breathe out (almost continually when the head is down) a greater volume of air bubbles through their nose causing or maintaining a skin of air on the torso and in so doing are more slippery through the water. One last comment concerning the head position and I wonder if I am completely off base here. It seems to me that when my chin is tucked in and I'm looking straight down, I am much stronger and am able to transfer more power My understanding is that this keeps the spine connected, allowing power to be transferred from the core through to the arms. This position is at the catch position (i.e. when you are set to power through).
very strange, only when you mentioned the high vs. low position of the upper arm during the exit phase I saw this difference ... I never thought of noticing the upperarm being so high in this phase!
The part where the hand goes to the side facing his body when it exits the water happens to me, is there other way of fixing that other than drills? Maybe strenght training?
I have a problem keeping my extended arm from sinking when I take a breath. If I do not take a breath, I can keep it up. I am not sure if I am breathing too late or my arm is coming out of the water not in sync with my breathing. I think your videos are great.
