Challenges

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50 Free L: 

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50 Butterfly L:

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Awards


  • Mexico Swim Camp 2021

 

 

ANALYSIS

Butterfly

Time key frames:

Time

 

0:50 – 1:55

Keep practicing the dolphin movement, do not much too much your upper body, the movement it comes from your hips and core.

You can practice on your back, vertical kick, and the progression of butterfly with one arm

Areas to work on, in general:

  • I think we do not have much videos of your fly because your shoulder was hurting the last day, but we did practice the stroke.

 

Butterfly examples:

Backstroke

Time key frames:

1:13

When the hands enter the water let them go a bit deeper then start the pull, it will help grab more water and have a cleaner pull without many bubbles. It got a bit better the last day

You are pulling with your fingers too separated with your left hand, make sure you have them just a bit separated.

2:22

In the recovery when your arms are about to touch the surface you slow down, keep the same speed you have from the beginning, if you are sprinting then you can even accelerate the recovery.

3:48

Sometimes your hips are rotating a bit too much, try rotating less, just enough so it can help you rotate the arms and shoulders.

3:10

Your body position is quite good, just try to bring your feet closer when you kick, almost breaking the surface.

Areas to work on, in general:

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Backstroke examples:

 

Backstroke

Good

Could be better

Needs work

1. Elbow bent when pulling

x

2. Continuous movement of arms

x

3. Shoulder rotation

x

4. Hips rotation

x

5. Arms not crossing the middle line

x

6. Hips close to the surface

x

7. Neutral head position

x

8. Short quick kicks

x

9. Clean hand entry

x

10. Steady head

x

11. Pull and kick well synchronized

x

12. Knees straight when going down

x

13. Ankle plantar flexion

x

14. Freestyle stroke before the turn

x

15. Strong push

x

16. Good break out

x

17. Fast arms tempo

x

18. Stable core

x

19. 5mm Finger spread

x

20. Effective hands movement

x

Other observations:

Breaststroke

Time key frames:

1:46

Do your stroke narrower, you keep pulling too long to the sides, when you arms pass the line of your shoulder they should be already almost touching your body. It got better the last day. 

3:30

You are doing your kick and your stroke at the sametime, it should be your stroke first then your kick, so when you begin throwing your hands to the front you should be starting your kick, and when you have them on the front you finish the kick (it will be the fastest part of your stroke)

3:24

When you finishing throwing your hands to the front bring your hips up closer to the surface, and put your head down.

3:43

It seems you are doing 2 movements when kicking, you stretch them then you bring them together, it should be one movement like a circle from the sides to the middle.

Areas to work on, in general:

  • Work on one thing at the time, start with the synchronization of your stroke, then move to the next point 🙂
  • Keep working on pushing from the wall deeper and doing the pull out.

Breast examples:

Breaststroke

Good

Could be better

Needs work

1. Correct timing of pull and kick

x

2. Elbows come together

x

3. Shooting arms in from with speed

x

4. Chest down, hips up

x

5. Neutral head position

x

6. Ankles in dorsiflexion

x

7. Open ankles first, not the knees

x

8. Narrow pull

x

9. Narrow kick

x

10. Chest elevation when breathing

x

11. Stable core

x

12. Glide horizontally

x

13. Tight pull out

14. Horizontal pull out

15. Compact open turn

x

16. Fast turn

x

17. Strong push from the wall

x

18. 5mm finger spread

x

19. Effective hands movement

x

Other observations: 

Freestyle

Time key frames:

Time

 

1:31 – 2:56

Here the first day you were rotating your right when gliding to the front, you corrected it but sometimes you still do it, keep practicing until it comes more natural.

2:44

Try to glide more with your arms and do not drop your arm, when your hand enters the surface, rotate and glide it as much as you can to the front.

It seems you are thinking too much about your stroke and how you pull, which is good sometimes, but you got to relax a bit more.

Your pull is too slow, when you finish gliding and you bend your elbow to start the pull, pull fast and strong.

1:16 – 2:42

Better push from the wall and dolphin kicks, keep practicing them.

3:08

Great flip turn! Just remember you push then you start rotating. Keep practicing as much as you can when you swim and it will be much easier to do them all the time

 

Areas to work on, in general:

  • Overall your freestyle is good. Be sure to practice sets like counting your strokes and reducing them so you start to have a stronger pull and grab more water.

 

 

Free examples:

 

 

Freestyle

Good

Could be better

Needs work

1. Legs horizontal position

x

2. Ankles in plantar flexion

x

3. Arms not crossing

x

4. Correct breathing timing

x

5. Breathing technique

x

6. Legs and hands synchronized

x

7. High elbow above water

you do a more straight arm stroke, which is fine just keep them relaxed

8. High elbow below water

x

9. 5mm Finger spread

x

10. Good head position

x

11. Steady head movement

x

12. Core stability

x

13. Glide / reach in front

x

14. Elbow bent when pulling

x

15. Hand gliding when breathing

x

16. Relaxed wrist in the recovery

x

17. Knees straight while going up

18. Good rotation

x

19. Clean hand entry

x

20. Fast flip turn

x

21. Good push

x

22. Compact flip turn

x

23. Good break out

x

Other observations: