Laurens4790 wrote:
One more question I had. I often hear my body position is quite good already but nevertheless, I swim a lot easier - and often faster- with a pullboay. Looking at my video's, can anyone tell me what could possibly be the reason for this?Look at the video from above, and note how far apart your feet are (from side to side) when kicking. I'm guessing that you don't do that when you have a pullbuoy (else you would lose the pull buoy), and this reduces leg drag quite a bit. You may be using your large, inefficient (for kicking) leg/butt muscles to kick in order to keep your legs horizontal, which is a lot harder than using the correct muscles in tension to maintain high legs.
Here's a screen grab of your video from above. Draw a line from your right foot to your hip to your shoulder to your hand. That line should be straight, and yours has a serious curve to it. You are snaking through the water. Move your hand entry to be in front of your shoulder (think about 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock), and this will go away, and your legs won't splay.
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