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Video Swimming Assessment
 Leo
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| Program |
Westford Racquet
& Fitness Club Video Clinic - Sun May 16, 2010 |
| Initial Video |
May
16, 2010 |
| Final Video |
Not applicable |
Technique
| Rating Scale: 1=beginner, 2=needs attention,
3=fair, 4=strong, 5=excellent |
| Skill & Clips |
Rating |
Observations |
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Posture
Coaching
clip
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2 |
You are looking
forward instead of down. This brings your head out of alignment with
your spine, arches your back and lowers your hips. It restricts rotation
and makes it difficult to breathe. |
Breathing
Coaching
clip |
2 |
You are lifting
your head too high when you breathe - when you correct your posture
this should become easy to fix. |
Rotation
Coaching
clip |
2 |
You are rotating
onto your side when breathing, but otherwise staying flat in the water. |
Arms
Coaching
clip |
3 |
Extension: Good
extension but too close to the surface of the water. |
| Catch: You
are not separating your catch from your pull. |
| Pull: Your
pull is short because you are pulling back with your elbow before
you have established your catch. |
| Recovery: You
recover your arms low to the water and in an arc. This can be a problem
in open water since you may catch your hand on a wave (or another
swimmer) to the side. |
Kick
Coaching
clip |
3 |
2-Beat: This
is coordinated with your arm stroke most of the time, but the kick
is too deep into the water, creating almost as much drag as propulsion. |
| 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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Posture. You need to work on your head position (neck
tall, chin back, eyes down) and create a solid connection between
your head, chest and hip "blocks". Think "belly, neck,
chin" every time you leave the wall. |
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2
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Breathing. Rotate your face to the air without
lifting your chin. |
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3
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Rotation. Rotate onto your side - at least 45°-
for every stroke. |
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