Single biggest thing you need to do is get rid of the "glide". You almost come to a stop on each stroke. Google swim smooth, look at the overglider swim type on there.

Fixing that overglide will involve fixing your breathing and overrotation, and will also help clean up the front of your stroke and your kick.

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x2. That's your first fix, and will help both your times and the rest of the stroke. You're doing the swimming equivalent of leaping from flagstone to flagstone.

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You are also doing the dropped elbow catch and you point your toes downwards. This means low propulsion from the catch and high drag.

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Thank you all, I appreciate the feedback!

While you're at it improving your stroke, please advise the operator of the pool to give it a clean once in a while, the bottom looks like a scrap yard.

you could also edit your video so that it wasn't 90% a view of an empty pool!

Cheers, Rich

I did reply in the same way to another thread. Please check the swim smooth website.
They have different swim types and you're clearly an "over glider". They have corrective action plans with specific drills for the different kind of swim types.

You have a dead spot with your arm in front (swim smooth is calling this "applying the brake").

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