JOHN

Time

0:01 – 0:20

0:01 – Keep your head more steady, rotate breath then come back to a neutral position, when your right arm goes in you bring your head down. Notice how you are also looking forward before taking a breath.

Keep your sight in the middle between the floor and the wall, from there just rotate to breath.

Good gliding and good pulling. Your hips are high and close to the surface which is very good too.

0:38 – To kick you can bend a little more your knees, so your kick stays behind your body so that it does not goes to deeper. See gif below on Katie Ledecky and how her kick never pases under her. Making her stroke super efficient by reducing drag.

0:23 – 0:41

Try to not crossover the line from the middle of your body/head when breaking the surface with your hands. When the arm goes in keep it in line with your shoulder.

Make sure that when your arms enter the water you fully stretch your arms to the front before starting the pull. Right now you keep your elbow a bit bend.

If you can add just 1 dolphin kick after the turn it will help you carry the speed better from the turn to the swim.

1:09 – Your head looks much much better, not moving around to much. But here we can also see how your elbows are still a bit bend, make sure to glide, fully stretch and rotate.

Have you tried swimming with a higher elbow on the recovery? Is ok the way you swim, but sometimes the higher elbow can be easier for your shoulder and to relax and recover more your arm and not having the arm too tense.

0:02 – 0:13

Your hips are a bit bend, try to stretch them more, bring them as close to the surface as possible.

Your lower body is sinking a bit, engage your core and bring your hips and legs closer to the surface. This will help you have a more efficient stroke. Your toes should touch the surface.

You are moving your knees up and down too much, yes is ok to bend the knee to kick but you do not have to move it up and down too much. The kick should come from your core, not only the knees.

When your leg is going down keep it straight. You want to bring your feet closer to the surface, the toes should touch the surface.

0:36 – 0:25

0:36 – When your arm/hand enters the water let it go a bit deeper keeping it straight, then start bending your elbow so you pull the water backwards (like pulling from the lane line), it will help you grab more water and have a cleaner pull without many bubbles.

Do not do a pause with your arms when you finish the pull, when you end the pull bring it up right away, your arms should be like a windmill, opposite from one another all the time.

You need to do the full movement of the pull do not rush it, let your arm go in straight, bend your elbow to pull and finish all the way to the end then bring the arm up, the more strokes doesn’t mean you will go faster on the contrary, you will go slower and get more tired.