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Awards


  • SD Swim Camp 2021

 

 

Backstroke

Time key frames:

0:18

You are pulling with your arm straight, the arm needs to be bend while pulling underwater like grabbing and pulling from the lane rope.

0:03

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.

0:18

You are pushing the water down instead of back towards your feet, yes pushing the water down will bring your body up closer to the surface but you won’t move forward, if you bend the elbow it will be easier to pull back.

0:24

Use your shoulder rotation on your favor, when your hand goes in rotate and pull, it will be easier for your shoulders.

0:26Keep your arms straight all the time in the recovery (when your arm is outside the water)

 

 

Areas to work on, in general:

  • Work on one thing at the time.

 

 

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:

0:45

Wow! Great improvement from the first day to the last! 😀

1:03 – 1:09

When we record you from above the water you were doing the pull excellent, not going to fas back, but then at the moment of recording you underwater you are doing an extra movement and pulling a bit extra to backwards.

Your elbows should never cross the line of your shoulders, when you arms pass the line of your shoulder they should be already touching your body.

0:58

The opening of your knees and the kick is too wide. The knees do not separate too much from one another, there is a small opening but not to wide. A good drill is swimming breastroke with a pullbouy on your legs or a stretch band above your knees. 

1:04

Sometimes, you are not synchronize, remember, 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)

 

 

Areas to work on, in general:

  • Work a lot with the flexibility of the ankles, this will help you with the kick of all the strokes.
  • Work on one thing at the time, start with the synchronization of your stroke, then move to the next point 🙂

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

x

14. Horizontal pull out

x

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

 

2:50

The strength of the kick does not comes from just bending your knees it starts with your hip and core, and a small bend of the knee, when your leg comes up have it straight then start the kick from your core down to your toes.

2:53

When your arm goes in the water, 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.

Make sure that when your arms enter the water you fully stretch your arms to the front before starting the pull. 

2:56

Your pull is too slow, when you finish gliding and you bend your elbow to start the pull, accelerate the pull and do it strong. The faster you move the easier will be to float more.

2:07

Your elbow breaks the surface first, the hand should enter first then the arm follows.

 

The last day there is much more floatability throughout your body and you glide a bit more. Excellent

Your swimming looks much calmer. Counting the number of strokes for each section you swim and reducing it, this will help you improve the efficiency of your style.

 

Areas to work on, in general:

  • Work on one thing at the time. Focus one day on your glide, then the next day another point, like the pull, then the legs.
  • Work on your ankle flexibility, you should point your toes while kicking.

 

 

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

x

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: