Our swim crew appreciates your video analysis. It has been very helpful for all of us. We are a crew of older open water, swimmers, who work hard to improve our technique. Keep up the good work! Thank you West End Swim club, Roxbury NYC
First of all, kudos to Willem for taking on this challenge. I really think he could see a big improvement by working to engage his pecs and lats while working on his high elbow catch. He is dropping his elbow and is losing a lot of potential pull. I say this only as someone who has to really focus on this too. I think about your advice to show your armpit a lot - it has been very helpful. I wonder if his "glide" with the raised hand is to help him grab a mouthful of air. If he could get himself up in the water, he wouldn't have to use that left hand to support his body while breathing.
Great breakdown of this swimmer’s stroke! As usual, I have learned some great tips for my own journey to improve my swimming technique and pace. Thanks Brenton!!
Aha. Deeper in the catch. That is the secret sauce I needed to hear. I have been trying to get a better pull by raising my elbow and of course that causes all kinds of discomfort. I never considered going deeper in the catch to do that.
Biggest issue, is out of water posture needs improvement. Lifting the pelvic floor and lowering his shoulders will help correct his posterior pelvic tilt. Yoga breathing breaks rhat down. Bas Rutten on Joe Rogan describes it when hes selling his breathing improvement widget (skip it, it's a poor design) Tight pair of jeans is analogous for lifting your pelvic floor (core). Picture a laser beam out of top of head poining towards orher wall your swimming too. Its a teeter totter effect, if you lift your head, your feet will sink and youre doomed. Reach out in front of you, like when you walk if you're reaching for the ceiljng without jumpjng kn your tippy toes. The catch analogy is if you are in chest deep part of the pool and you are jumping out, you plant you hands on the deck, flare your elbows out and jump out in a power position until your hands go past your hips and you start to lift your leg up to the deck. Thats the pull. Thats a effortless swimming analogy you can find if you search his videos that resonated the most for me to have a powerful catch. How you would jump out of the pool if you're standing in chest deep water. Last tip, leave a bit of air in the lower lung for buoyancy and breathe in the top two thirds of your chest. Expand the ribs breathing
hello, I have watched some of your videos and I feel like I improved a lot. The thing about hand below wrist below elbow (high elbow?) still confuses me bc (when looking from lateral) when elbow bends the forearm will move medially not inferiorly. so I feel like im missing something
Head position drifts up significantly in later vid segments. He starts ok but then watches his hand enter….which is easier to see if the hand remains high. 2 related problems. Ankle Dorsi flex not good….typical with masters runners. Use fins to get speed up, then dynamics at entry/ catch point becomes better, adds glide so he can focus on stroke rather than survive in water, and stroke becomes easier to dial in. Or pull buoys but continue kicking….with opposite hand entry to downbeat kk which will stiffen full body rotation.
Can't you guides see that his plams are not facing backward in catching water. He is cutting water with his plams facing medially. Play the video in slow motion.
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After visiting Mooloolaba Beach in the Sunshine Coast in March, I decided to become a competent swimmer at age 63. Thanks for the videos.
Our swim crew appreciates your video analysis. It has been very helpful for all of us. We are a crew of older open water, swimmers, who work hard to improve our technique. Keep up the good work! Thank you West End Swim club, Roxbury NYC
First of all, kudos to Willem for taking on this challenge. I really think he could see a big improvement by working to engage his pecs and lats while working on his high elbow catch. He is dropping his elbow and is losing a lot of potential pull. I say this only as someone who has to really focus on this too. I think about your advice to show your armpit a lot - it has been very helpful. I wonder if his "glide" with the raised hand is to help him grab a mouthful of air. If he could get himself up in the water, he wouldn't have to use that left hand to support his body while breathing.
Appreciate the video mate! So good, thanks for the tips, with so much wrong I’m still happy I can do a 36:00 1900! 🤣👊🏻🤟🏻
Great breakdown of this swimmer’s stroke! As usual, I have learned some great tips for my own journey to improve my swimming technique and pace. Thanks Brenton!!
Morning B ! This past two weeks I have had your voice in my head … get a feel for the water. I have really enjoyed the last 3 sessions. Thanks mate
I am 61 and now learning to swim from these videos.
Thanks for the video and sharing. Really helpful!
Aha. Deeper in the catch. That is the secret sauce I needed to hear. I have been trying to get a better pull by raising my elbow and of course that causes all kinds of discomfort. I never considered going deeper in the catch to do that.
How do you submit a video for Feedback Friday?
Do you have to sign up to one of the plans?
Great video!
Biggest issue, is out of water posture needs improvement. Lifting the pelvic floor and lowering his shoulders will help correct his posterior pelvic tilt.
Yoga breathing breaks rhat down. Bas Rutten on Joe Rogan describes it when hes selling his breathing improvement widget (skip it, it's a poor design)
Tight pair of jeans is analogous for lifting your pelvic floor (core).
Picture a laser beam out of top of head poining towards orher wall your swimming too. Its a teeter totter effect, if you lift your head, your feet will sink and youre doomed. Reach out in front of you, like when you walk if you're reaching for the ceiljng without jumpjng kn your tippy toes. The catch analogy is if you are in chest deep part of the pool and you are jumping out, you plant you hands on the deck, flare your elbows out and jump out in a power position until your hands go past your hips and you start to lift your leg up to the deck. Thats the pull. Thats a effortless swimming analogy you can find if you search his videos that resonated the most for me to have a powerful catch. How you would jump out of the pool if you're standing in chest deep water.
Last tip, leave a bit of air in the lower lung for buoyancy and breathe in the top two thirds of your chest. Expand the ribs breathing
I wonder how Willem managed to get that excellent footage of himself.
hip flexor shortening/ tightness?? decreased thoracolumbar rotation rom?
Thanks for the video, really informative!! Has total inmersion influenced your view on freestyle?
hello, I have watched some of your videos and I feel like I improved a lot. The thing about hand below wrist below elbow (high elbow?) still confuses me bc (when looking from lateral) when elbow bends the forearm will move medially not inferiorly. so I feel like im missing something
really informative video again! So much to learn from these! Thanks. What program do you use to analyse these?
Skillest
Also makes a lot of sense my shoulders hurt after a 2000m + session
Head position drifts up significantly in later vid segments. He starts ok but then watches his hand enter….which is easier to see if the hand remains high. 2 related problems.
Ankle Dorsi flex not good….typical with masters runners. Use fins to get speed up, then dynamics at entry/ catch point becomes better, adds glide so he can focus on stroke rather than survive in water, and stroke becomes easier to dial in. Or pull buoys but continue kicking….with opposite hand entry to downbeat kk which will stiffen full body rotation.
Thanks pal!
Can't you guides see that his plams are not facing backward in catching water. He is cutting water with his plams facing medially. Play the video in slow motion.
Suck in your gut. How are you supposed to swim relaxed and comfortable like that?
My self image says I am the pro swimmer, but in reality ...
But how does living in a van help him train?
5 minutes commute to the beach?
I seen a fat guy like that swim at the Y, he was fast as a polar bear
1 of his pull was like 3 of my
It is not friday
In Australia it is
It is in Australia mate
In did... it good for this time 😁@@EffortlessSwimming