Right arm pull slightly across center axis. Left arm recovery no high elbow (straight arm recovery + not enough rotation to the left can cause the left arm to drag along water and cause drag)...
The white line is the streamlining position line. Meaning a swimmer should have his fingertip to toes forming a straight line whilst in the water.. when you take a look like that with a straight line draw across the body's center axis, you'll see that your pulling arm (left arm, circled red) is way off. The position of the left arm during this pull phase should be at where the green circle is.
Legs opened up instead of kept together, left arm is pulling on the right hand side again!
Close up: 1) Legs opened up creating loads of drag.
2) The pull exits at STOMACH AREA! should pull straight through til thumb touches mid thigh and beyond then exit at the thigh area....
3) Good streamlining whilst gliding on the left hand side as per always
Again, legs opened up... and your right arm is exiting water liao.. meaning you should actually be on your side now but this pic shows that you're still flat, I.e not enough rotation or too late rotation resulting in a un-synchronized swim stroke between arms and legs.----------------------------------------------------
Hope these rings some bells!
Its usually when we're tired that we show the most mistake that cost us valuable energy and time in the late stage of the races! So i'm glad you came and you can now see what you can work on when you're fresh!
Cheers
KK
ps: For the video, please go to youtube and search for gqsamsam, I've uploaded it there.
Thanks for the detail analysis and there is always rooms for improvement.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Lawrence