I need brutally honest feedback on my stroke. I feel like I have hit a plateau with my swim after all this year and no real pace gains, although rpe went down over the season. My stroke feels very economical and I come out of the water feeling fresh after a 70.3 swim. My pace is approx 1:50/100. If I try to push it any faster by increasing RPE i actually end up going slower as if I’m fighting the water or like I’m wearing a parachute.
Here is the Google drive link to the videos of my stroke. I’m open to any and all feedback you all have!
Thanks so much in advance!
https://drive.google.com/...e_HAjoQ1vtSYnIdSPfJt
Take my input with a grain of salt. I am in no way a qualified swim coach/teacher
If you could get an overhead view of you, swimming, and then view of you swimming towards the camera, both above and below water that would be helpful
Well, the great news is, there’s definitely some things that you can change to get faster
The reason I say great news because if your form was perfect, there’s not much room for
In my opinion, neither arm is really getting what is referred to as a high elbow catch, especially the left arm
Go on YouTube and see what the definition of high elbow catch is
Your body also is a little disjointed between the upper half in the lower half
What is helped me get a little better at that is laying on the floor in the same position you’re in when you push off the wall.
Raising your hands and feet off the ground and rolling onto your back, then rolling onto your stomach again
When I first started, this was next to impossible, but over the next four weeks, I’ve been able to do better, and the improvement can be seen when I video myself
I’m sure others will have a lot more to add. This is just the start of my observations and opinion.