There are a couple very subtle technique points in these two blurry photos that are outstanding for masters swimmers. Don't look for what's wrong, see if you can point out the ONE specific great point in each picture. I know what I see; see if we're thinking along the same lines.
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head position...looking straight down at the bottom of the pool...(i always get called on that...) |
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head down in the water before hands entry in the butterfly picture. But I do no see the fine point in breast |
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Breaststroke push off, narrow shoulders in the first picture. Butterfly hand entry, straight arms in the second one. |
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1st picture: streamlined body position
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1st photo is tricky, but I think the swimmer is keeping her arms and front end very compact and skinny during recovery of the arms after a breaststroke pulldown. 2nd photo looks like soft hand entry on fly... and an entry that sends her forward rather than down. |
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1st photo: head is down, body is streamlined and compact. 2nd photo: head down, and good hand entry |
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I see great balance and a long body line in both swimmers |
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Guess I was supposed to chime in here... I got a little sidetracked... sorry about that. What I loved about the first picture was very simple... the swimmer is recovering the arms for the breaststroke underwater pull, with her elbows directly against her side. The head is generally very easy to fix, whereas the recovery of the arms is about the most disruptive move in swimming... and she's doing a great job here. The second picture is pretty easy... head down before hands in in fly. Very nice here. |
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