Technique is so much more important in swimming than in other disciplines of triathlon! Your videos show how impactful even minor changes can be.

Super valuable, concise, relatable teaching video… Thank you so much. I've been swimming one month now, and am focusing on technique above all :-)

Having this footage seems so helpful in understanding what you're doing. I think seeing it for yourself makes the learning process better. Great job!

So many pointers from watching you critiwue others that I can think about for myself. Thank you!

This was a super nice video comparison, I wish all coaches had such a detailed approach.

Great video. I know the day will come when I look forward to swimming!

I'm training for a 70.3 Ironman in Vietnam and your channel is so helpful for someone like me who wants and needs to improve his form. Thank you.

This was really well done. I learned a lot. Thank you.

Great explanations.

I needed this detail. Thank you

That's so good Brenton!

I watched lots of videos where they just show an athlete swimming perfectly, but as an amateur I had no idea what to focus on, this one was great! I need to work on hands motion

This is great thank you.

Great video!

you can really see the difference in body position, it has stopped that snaking from side to side that was in the first swim. feet are naturally higher. hands are much closer to centre line and front arm glides out further in front causing less drag. Big improvement smother swim.

Thank you so much 😊

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Thank you.

That's amazing I've improved my swim as well thanks to my coach 🏊

Catch really is everything. Few swimmers in my club growing up who had seemingly trash strokes above water went to the Olympics - they were i guess just doing everything right under the water.

Very nice video. I also noticed that he splashes less when he enters the water. That saves a lot of energy.

Good improvement

I would say his head is still a bit high. For the finish of his stroke, That last little whip with the wrist before you start your recover can make at least one less stroke per length in a 25 yard pool. I compare it to being in the sand box with a pile of sand in front of you, and a hole a meter or two behind you. For a proper finish, you want to toss that handfull of sand into that hole behind you. I would have to watch him swim a couple of laps to be sure. The before film he appears to be breathing on a 2, 2, 3 pattern. It appeared that he was more every other arm stroke on the after film. With the male elite swimmers, they pretty much all swim gallop style, and breath on every other arm stroke. Some of the women swim gallop style, some don't. One advantage of breathing every other stroke is you stay very well oxygenated. If you start running low on air, you have a huge problem getting that debt back. As for his arms being in the front quadrant, well, you do not want the windmill style where the arms are opposite each other like back stroke. You did one a while back where the swimmer was doing that. It works for the 50 meter sprint, but not for distance. Watch a video of Sung Yang, or Katie Ledecky. You did an analysis of a swimmer who was using the gallop style, and commented about how he 'almost had the one arm in the front quadrant'. It is not an even cadence arm stroke, which is why one arm is barely in the front quadrant, while the other clearly is. The breathing side arm is the 1 stroke, and the non breathing arm is the 2 stroke. The breathing side arm does extend and pause slightly before the next cycle starts. The swimmer also does porpoise slightly when using this method. Supposedly that adds a bit to the stroke. Not positive, but I think the reason this stroke is more efficient, is that instead of getting a constant steady speed/glide for each arm, you get one more 'normal' cycle, and the other cycle with the quick 1, 2, has less of a glide cycle so your speed is a bit more constant for that cycle. This style is some times called 'hybrid' style, which is for those that think that the lower body drives the upper body rotation, and they say there is hip driven and shoulder driven freestyle.

Change to brighter more vibrant colours is the key.

You can see who's not comfortable in water n who is..its about been relaxed in the environment..total immersion swimming 4 long open water

Those are some great analysis and commentary on techniques. I want to drop in the 1:30s and I feel like this is what I am missing

sincerely thanks！ at 2:10, would it be recommended, when I breath towards to my left, while right arm still reaching towards? Only after my face re-immerse into water, I quickly pull my right arm to my leg? Would by doing this create any advantage/disadvantage to improve my speed?

Hi Brendan, how long would you typically expect this turn around to happen?

Great work in improving his catch ... recovery could also improve

Look how much less turbulence in the water too!

I’m wondering od this pace is achieved on 25m od 50m pool? I can see that my pace is much better on shorter pool.

I do all this but still slow AF

Hi Brenton, another great analysis that is worth watching to improve swimming. I'm in a limit pace of 1:38 per 100mts keeping it for 500mts. I'm 60 and I do not know what is the limit I could reach but I guess I still has some room for improvement. May I film myself and send you a video for your analysis? I'd like to improve to get 500mts under 8 min and besides the turn and underwater that I need to improve, I'd like to improve my catch, glide and probably my breathing as well.

I'm around 2:05. This improvement would be huge!!!

ow long did it take him to do these changes?

I think that breathing from both sides and more stretching exercises would give him more alignment and comfort in the future

..that those small changes made 20sec/100mtrs difference..wow

Please add to Turkish subtitles 🌻

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I don’t know how to get my hips higher..and I try to look straight down as well as not hold my breath.

Check this out. I've been struggling for years to break 2 minutes on 100 meters. Awful, I know but after watching these videos and getting some 5mm neoprene shorts, I dropped to 1m 33s today, fist time ever. You can do it!

Position, Pace, Persistent...

Amazing improvement and analysis! Quick math check, if his aerobic threshold is 1:45/100m how is he achieving a 31 min 1/2 IM swim? I calculate almost 34 mins at that pace for the 1.2mi swim. 31 mins would be more like 1:36/100m. Is he able to go faster in the race due to adrenaline?

Bro when I saw the thumbnail I was like: “wait 2:05 to 1:45 on a 200free LCM? Impossible.” And then he started talking about it being just a 100 lol

Sweet! First attempt: Bet my PB by 30 Seconds swimming 1km. I'm still at 20:20, but I see there's improvement and how it can be done. Thanks!

2:00 to 1:45 per 200 is a different ball game

brenton.. from the side wiev of the athlete.. doesnt his right elbow sink.?

I wish I could break 2:20, anything sub 2:00 let alone 1:45, seems so unachiveable.

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This is no proof that technique improved his results. How do you correct for improved stamina?

Why is he called Z???

Great detail in the analysis, nevertheless still a mediocre performance that can be easily improved at such levels. Eager to watch another 10 second drop at same frequency.

your arm still not straight at the end of pull phase.

So his strong arm must be his left arm I imagine

He’s kicking x3 as well ….??!

The before video is more streamlined than the after video. The video after shows rhe leg sinking more and more kicks as well. Not really efficient

Now do tell how to get under 1m per 100m

I can't learn freestyle stroke for the life of me :-)

i do 59 sprinting a 100m, 1:18 at an anaerobic pace

he got faster when he started wearing red RED MAKES FASTA

Triathletes who don't do 2-beat kicks or bilateral breathing. Hmm...

But he still is kinda slow 😅

sorry u literally changed sht xd i cant believe he swam with his hands like that, considering he was already a triathlete

maybe hes just got rid of his giant earth sized balls.

Nice info, you're just overstating this guy's performance to sell your YT channel or are a fool.