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Video Swimming Assessment
 Larry
B
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| Program |
Mount Auburn Club
- Video Swimming Improvement Program - Sun May 9, 2010 |
| Initial Video |
See
clips dated 09-May-10 |
| Final Video |
see clips dated 06-Jun-10
Your breathing and arms are improved, and I think you are bending
your knees less on the kick, but the kick can still be improved.
You continue to swim very well.
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Technique
| Rating Scale: 1=beginner, 2=needs attention,
3=fair, 4=strong, 5=excellent |
| Skill & Clips |
Rating |
Observations |
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Posture
09-May-10
06-Jun-10
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4 |
Very good posture. It is only disrupted once when you bend your
knee excessively for a large rotational kick.
On the final clip your posture remains very strong.
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Breathing
09-May-10
06-Jun-10
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4 |
You breathe quickly and pretty well. The only thing I notice is
that your head is a little deep, with water washing over the top.
This means that there is no bow wave - or more importantly, no bow
wave trough to breathe in. Since you cannot breathe to the side,
you must either over-rotate your face until you are almost looking
straight up, or lift your head high out of the water.
On the final clip you are doing very good job of breathing in the
trough of your bow wave.
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Rotation
09-May-10
06-Jun-10
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4 |
Your rotation is good, though on some strokes it looks like your
chest-hip connection is not holding, so that you twist onto your
side rather than snap.
On the final clip your rotation remains very strong.
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Arms
09-May-10
06-Jun-10
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3 |
Extension:
Very good, but maybe angled too steeply, which may get your head
too deep in the water.
On the final clip you are entering your hand at less of an angle,
and extending with your arm more parallel to the surface, which
is keeping your head in a better position (not too deep as before).
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| Catch:
Good catch.
Your catch is early and well coordinated with your recovering arm
entering the water.
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| Pull:
Good long pull once you have the catch.
On the final clip it appears you are pulling just a bit too early
on your elbow.
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| Recovery:
Your recovery is excellent - your hands enter at a good location
and angle, and your arms track forward.
On the final clip your recovery continues to be very strong
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Kick
09-May-10
06-Jun-10
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3 |
2-Beat:
Very good except for too much knee bend.
On the final clip there is still a bit too much knee bend.
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| 6-Beat: Not
evaluated |
Other
none |
0 |
not evaluated |
Recommendations
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Priority
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Recommendation |
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1
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Arms. On entry, try to drive your arm only to shoulder
depth, and no deeper. This may mean rotating a bit more with your
chest, to get over on your side just a bit more as you extend your
arm forward. By pressing on your armpit, you will be getting your
lungs a little deeper in the water, and this will get your head a
little higher. |
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2
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Kicking. Instead of bending your knee and
pulling your heel toward the surface with your hamstring, try to recover
your leg by lifting the whole leg toward the surface using your glute
- and then lean on your entire leg to produce a rotational kick (as
opposed to kicking from the knee down). |
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3
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Breathing. Try to roll only your face to the air. After
making the arm adjustment described above (which will get your head
a little higher), you will be able to breathe more to the side instead
of rotating your face to look so high. |
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