The videos of last week's endless pool session arrived this evening. My technique has clearly improved, most importantly stability of my leading arm. However, progress is insanely slow and I can still see all-too-common faults. On the positive side, I am noticing improvements in pace, and probably more important for long term success, I can now 'feel' effective pressure on the water. This 'feel' acts as instant feedback on technique and is one of the few ways a swimmer in the water can critique their own stroke as they swim.
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| Still obvious elbow lead associated with lack of a vertical forearm |
Things I need to think about:
- I'm still bobbing my head side to side, especially as workload increases
- My right arm is tending to curl towards the surface as I reach, 'putting on the brakes', seems to occur as I roll onto the lead arm. Elbows up!
- Still some elbow lead even though it's higher
- My left arm is now often looking tidier than the right now I've largely resolved the crossover and wide stroke tendency
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