I don't believe the reporter has no swim background.
I came into triathlon as a 40 year old non swimmer that couldn't swim one length of a 50m pool. 7 years and about 100 triathlons later, I'm still a poor swimmer but managed to get around an IM in 1.25. I couldn't swim a 45 sec 50m on my best day. When I started swimming, one of my goals was to do 100m faster than this guy but haven't been able to do that. Good video though.

You've been averaging about 14 triathlons per year, so clearly you've been training and racing a lot. Have you tried taking 4 to 6 months of reduced BR training and focusing mainly on swimming??? You may have seen/heard this advice before though??? It might do permanent wonders for your swim:)

I don't believe the reporter has no swim background.

I came into triathlon as a 40 year old non swimmer that couldn't swim one length of a 50m pool. 7 years and about 100 triathlons later, I'm still a poor swimmer but managed to get around an IM in 1.25.

I couldn't swim a 45 sec 50m on my best day. When I started swimming, one of my goals was to do 100m faster than this guy but haven't been able to do that.

Good video though.

Yep. Heard it before and chosen to ignore it!

My biggest problem is, I really don't enjoy swimming except for our weekly social ocean swim which sadly is about to finish for me for a few months as it gets light too late now and I'm an early starter at work.

My oldest brother is a very good swimmer (22 min OD) and has just started triathlons. He has given me similar advice. Right now I'm just clinging to the fact that he might have 13 minutes in the swim on me but I have 13 minutes on the bike and another 10-15 minutes on the run. If he starts getting his bike and run times down I might be forced to work on my swimming.
I laughed at that other swim video that was posted last week until I realized that's probably what I look like!