I am 73 years old and swam in high school and college and we were taught to keep the fingers tight together on water entry. I am looking at the video and it looks so much more relaxing seeing the hand relaxed and fingers relaxed. I am going to start swimming again and wonder how important it is for me to concentrate on relaxed fingers instead of tight fingers on entry. THanks..
Have to disagree with the male swimmers arm movement under the water. Once your hand has entered the water and reached forward. You hand, forearm should pull down immediately towards your chin bending at the elbow to 90 deg. This will get maximum catch and pull with least strain on the shoulder. The video shows the arm going down, straight and not bent. Poor form.
Love the videos, training for my first sprint triathlon. I am not a strong swimmer. After watching a few of these videos I have noticed improvements in form and time. I like the reinforcement of only focusing on one or two at a time. Keep up the good work, I appreciate it.
Well, as always, a couple of comments. The power part of the pull happens between about 45 and 135 degrees in the 180 degree arc of the pull. This is where levers and muscles can apply the most strength. You use your shoulder to get your arm down to the 45 degree position, and then the back, lats, and pecs come into play. One mantra I have heard, many times, is that your fingers should be pointing to the bottom of the pool for the entire arm pull. Can't quite do that when your hand enters the water, or until you get to that 45 degree range. The purpose of the catch, which to me means that slight bend in your wrist, like 20 to 30 degrees, is to keep the initiation of the pull from going straight down, which would lift your upper body slightly. As for the finish, keeping with the 'fingers pointing to the bottom of the pool' idea, you want one last wrist 'flick' at the very end. Think of it this way, you are on hands and knees in the sand box. Pile of sand in front of you, and a hole a meter or more behind you. That last little wrist flick sends the sand back into that hole. What this does to your stroke count is, for me, it takes maybe 2 or 3 strokes off of my average stroke count for a length of a 25 yard pool.
Thank you, I'm training for a triathlon but hadn't been in a pool to train in forever. A coach when I was younger told me to keep my fingers together, I see that this is the first thing to correct in my technique. Everything was very clear in this video!
Take away for me is do not rush the pull. Since October I have been in the pool 2 times a week. My swimming has improved big time and your videos do help. I hope to one day swim as smoothly as Heather and Mark. So much technique to think about to be a good swimmer. Cheers
I can't correct my right hand no matter I watch these or listen to my coaches. The problem is that my elbow goes down first on the water before my hand, my dad would get angry if I can't get this right on my competitions.
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Great video. Thank you GTN and Heather! I have incorporated many of these concepts into my weekly swimming sessions. Now…unbelievable to me…others are asking me for advice on my swimming techniques. I simply tell them about this channel and they take note.
Greetings, Thanks for the earlier reply about my question on the swim plans. I did want to ask a question not related to the current topic of the freestyle swim. Has GTN done a vlog about bike shipping boxes for travel? I have a 61cm Canyon Tri bike and have been looking for a good air travel case. Your vlogs have covered so many topics, I scrolled down quite a bit but didn't see a topic covering this topic.
If you have not done one in the past, maybe this might be a good topic for a future or maybe updated vlog about the subject. There are so many cases out there both hard and soft it is hard to know which is a good case for the money……just a thought for a future production…
Maybe we could have a part 2 to this video where the focus is on how to make an efficient/effective kick? I personally struggle with the kick way more than my pull, so any help there would be great!
I struggle with controlling my kicking. I feel I get nothing from my legs and when I stop thinking about them they speed up, consequently making me breath more. In short, I struggle with my legs and breathing. All advice welcome.
I'm a decent swimmer but I'm constantly trying fine tune my technique when in the pool. One of these days I'll get to the point where my mind can just drift off but not quite there
Never understand how people breathe
So do ur fingers need to be close when u are stroking
I am 73 years old and swam in high school and college and we were taught to keep the fingers tight together on water entry. I am looking at the video and it looks so much more relaxing seeing the hand relaxed and fingers relaxed. I am going to start swimming again and wonder how important it is for me to concentrate on relaxed fingers instead of tight fingers on entry. THanks..
This is awesome. Really simple but practical explanations. Thank you.
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Have to disagree with the male swimmers arm movement under the water. Once your hand has entered the water and reached forward. You hand, forearm should pull down immediately towards your chin bending at the elbow to 90 deg. This will get maximum catch and pull with least strain on the shoulder. The video shows the arm going down, straight and not bent. Poor form.
I end up with pain in my kneck after about 1000m. I favour the right side breathing and this makes me think my breathing motion is wrong.
One of the better techniques I have seen on yt. The pull and recovery are so perfect.
Love the videos, training for my first sprint triathlon. I am not a strong swimmer. After watching a few of these videos I have noticed improvements in form and time. I like the reinforcement of only focusing on one or two at a time. Keep up the good work, I appreciate it.
Well, as always, a couple of comments. The power part of the pull happens between about 45 and 135 degrees in the 180 degree arc of the pull. This is where levers and muscles can apply the most strength. You use your shoulder to get your arm down to the 45 degree position, and then the back, lats, and pecs come into play. One mantra I have heard, many times, is that your fingers should be pointing to the bottom of the pool for the entire arm pull. Can't quite do that when your hand enters the water, or until you get to that 45 degree range. The purpose of the catch, which to me means that slight bend in your wrist, like 20 to 30 degrees, is to keep the initiation of the pull from going straight down, which would lift your upper body slightly. As for the finish, keeping with the 'fingers pointing to the bottom of the pool' idea, you want one last wrist 'flick' at the very end. Think of it this way, you are on hands and knees in the sand box. Pile of sand in front of you, and a hole a meter or more behind you. That last little wrist flick sends the sand back into that hole. What this does to your stroke count is, for me, it takes maybe 2 or 3 strokes off of my average stroke count for a length of a 25 yard pool.
Thank you, I'm training for a triathlon but hadn't been in a pool to train in forever. A coach when I was younger told me to keep my fingers together, I see that this is the first thing to correct in my technique. Everything was very clear in this video!
What I saw other channel right hand and left hand pull timing is different??? ? I need to try which style comfortable for me???
Take away for me is do not rush the pull. Since October I have been in the pool 2 times a week. My swimming has improved big time and your videos do help. I hope to one day swim as smoothly as Heather and Mark. So much technique to think about to be a good swimmer. Cheers
I can't correct my right hand no matter I watch these or listen to my coaches.
The problem is that my elbow goes down first on the water before my hand, my dad would get angry if I can't get this right on my competitions.
????????♀️????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i did and do it and it s like Surfing ????♀️ !!!What’s wonderful feeling ????Txssss????
Hold the water. Push myself by grabbing and pushing the water. Mind blown! ????????
Great video. Thank you GTN and Heather! I have incorporated many of these concepts into my weekly swimming sessions. Now…unbelievable to me…others are asking me for advice on my swimming techniques. I simply tell them about this channel and they take note.
Great video! Thank you GTN ????????
Greetings, Thanks for the earlier reply about my question on the swim plans. I did want to ask a question not related to the current topic of the freestyle swim. Has GTN done a vlog about bike shipping boxes for travel? I have a 61cm Canyon Tri bike and have been looking for a good air travel case. Your vlogs have covered so many topics, I scrolled down quite a bit but didn't see a topic covering this topic.
If you have not done one in the past, maybe this might be a good topic for a future or maybe updated vlog about the subject. There are so many cases out there both hard and soft it is hard to know which is a good case for the money……just a thought for a future production…
Maybe we could have a part 2 to this video where the focus is on how to make an efficient/effective kick? I personally struggle with the kick way more than my pull, so any help there would be great!
I struggle with controlling my kicking. I feel I get nothing from my legs and when I stop thinking about them they speed up, consequently making me breath more. In short, I struggle with my legs and breathing. All advice welcome.
When I breath during the stroke my whole body always drops lower in the water… Is there any great way to stop doing that?
Rushing the pull is such a tricky habit to break!
I'm a decent swimmer but I'm constantly trying fine tune my technique when in the pool. One of these days I'll get to the point where my mind can just drift off but not quite there