Ouida Brown

Time key frames:

0:00 -0:12 Remember in breastroke you should breath every time you do a stroke, so when you pull with your arms bring your head out of the water. 

The pull make it shorter/smaller, your arms are pulling too far back. 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.

You need to work on the technique of your kick, remember when you kick change your feet to dorsiflexion position

When finishing your kick, extend your legs and point your toes as much as you can

Work with you breast kick, you can practice even outside of the water: Breast kick video

0:15 – 0:32  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)

0:38 – 0:56 One of the most important things in your breaststroke is that you learn how to glide, remember that gliding makes your stroke more efficient and faster, you need to stretch and tighten your arms to the front.

Throw your hands to the front not down.

Areas to work on, in general:

• Work on one thing at the time, start with the kick of your stroke, then move to the synchronization 

Breast examples:

Time key frames:

0:00 -0:19  Your looking down too much your head position should be in the middle between down and the front.

You are taking your head out too much to breath, remember it should only come out half of the face.

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, right now you are gliding diagonal down and front 

0:25 – 0:35  Sometimes your elbow breaks the surface first, the hand should enter first then the arm follows.

0:36 – 1:05 You are pulling with your arms almost straight, bend your elbow more.

You can glide a little longer, make sure that when your arms enters the water you fully stretch your arms to the front before starting the pull.

Your head still looking down too much, remember to keep your head at 45 angle degree between the wall and the bottom.

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.
• You need to improve your gliding and your head position.

Free examples: