I love how complete and thorough this and such a useful analysis. So many swimmers are at this kind of level: nothing standing out as super wrong but a combination of small things that just drag. And usually this is hard to advise because it's hard to know what to start on but you just go top to bottom then end on emphasis on the paddle - which is what all the other positioning is there to enable. And even a good couple drills and a realistic time-line. This is the video I want to give people asking for swim advise because it's all correct in the right directions. I'm a swim teacher but not a coach I teach basic beginners, safety and lifeguarding. But I'm not a great swimmer myself when it come to technique and I swim very similar to this guy in the example. It's easy to give ore basic instructions for me but when people start asking for the kind of efficiency for long distance speed as you coach I'm not great at running through all the different layers theway you do so masterfully here. Great coaching, thank you!

Thanks for this one. I think I probably look like this when I’m in the water. I’m going to try some of the fixes myself.

Never considered hand positioning on the pull past the hip. I may be flattening out my hand too soon. Great tip!

Good stuff! Thank you so much for your solid tips! I'm pretty much a beginner swimmer at 47. Doing okayish so far.

This is just great ! I am in same situation (2min 10s/100m) and unable to push sub 2 mins All the points mentioned here are some problems which I also do. My takeaway from this is : don't bend knees too much for streamlined body, not losing balance while tilting, taking care of first quadrant, and keep checking how I finish the stroke. I'll take one point at a time and try it out in the pool. This was very helpful. Thanks Coach !

This video marries so well with your 5 Core Principles course. 🙏🏻

So glad to be able to find this channel!!! I learn more from here then my own coach 😂

Amazing analysis of all areas areas of freestyle stroke! I'll definitely start implementing this weekend ! ( as an amateur swimmer who swims everyday for fun/fitness and is generally pretty fit, but when swimming gets out of breath very very quickly with free style !)

Thanks Brenton, another excellent video😊

3:33 this part is very enlightening. I also noticed that I easily get tired if I kick too much, now I'm planning to start building shoulder strength

Thank You for this swimmer. Thank You for the tip to do exercises during warmup, so to get some changes already in some main sets 🙏

Super helpful- thanks for the analysis (lots in there for me to focus on too)

I’m almost Leon in the water. Thank you for the analysis!

I would love for a video on dry land stretches for high elbow flexebility.

Great video! Thank you.

Great video. Very helpful.

Fantastic video

This is really useful. Thankyou. Would be great to see a side-by-side compare of Leon's 2:00 (my times are similar and looks like I probably need to make similar corrections) with Andy Donaldson's seemingly effortless 1:12 time. Fitness levels aside, feels like there would be some good tips to be had from comparing both.

Thanks!

This is somewhat similar to how I swim, and it's really fascinating to see you break it all down. The challenge for me is just to know where to start. I've been swimming like this for so many years that my muscle memory is all wrong. How do I unteach my body to do different things? There are so many parts to what you're saying that it's a bit overwhelming. Also, when I'm in the water, I think I'm doing things correctly, but I don't really know. Sometimes I can tell I'm a little smoother, but then things fall apart as I start to tire. I live in the US and am considering flying to Australia or New Zealand later this year to attend one of your clinics where you film the swimmers and then analyze their stroke. Hopefully that will help me.

The first 50m I swim effortlessly around 1:50. I have to conciously go sloooow to not go below 2:00. But then I drop 5s every 50m and after 300m I must full gas to stay below 2:15 and gravitate towards 2:30. I "think" I do the same, but there is no way I can keep the body position the same. No drill whatsoever could change that yet. Just staying flat in the water is exhausting after short, and I tried everything from weight to core exercises. In the water I just fall apart after minutes.

Damn, Brenton is freaking amazing at his analysis

Light bulb stroke ,& drill ?! I watched previous episode & i learn it from there

it is not friday in Mexico still, but very good video, Cheers Coach

There’s a slight dropped elbow on his right arm on entry too.

He should practice Catch up drill to let both his arms remain infront the head position . Am i right?

I just started swimming 2 weeks ago as an adult and have been binging watching these feedback vids as well as Dan Smith's insane 1:10/100m. would love to hit one day 2:00/100m.

When you say an arm should always be in front of the head, is that true for sprinting races too?

It's me.... also stuck getting past the 2.00min/100 barrier.

the reason why he is rotating his shoulders too far might be that, he is not rotating correctly. A lot of people include some sort of extending the lower back while rotating to keep the head completely out of the water, mainly because they are scared of swallowing water or because they cannot rotate at the upperback which is actually what we want. Notice how he is not in rotation when catching water when breathing. His timing is off, probably he is briefing too late.

Wow. Australia now is early in the morning . My time is 3:27am 😅.

How to send the video

3:04 Are bystanders lifeguards now? So crazy!

Anterior pelvic tilt, like 80% of us, imbalances his body position.

He’s also dropping his elbow after the catch.

Stomach muscles… connecting the straighter legs, pointed toes with the arms.

How to send feedback Friday?

That means his Head position should lay down or sleep on his shoulder extending yhe forearm , isnt it?

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Pretty much all mistakes I make

Within 2 years: Sub 5 sec 25m Sub 10 sec 50m Sub 20 sec 100m will be standard All previous records will be forgotten

2min/100m is my low for 1000 breaststroke warmup😂

His style seems a little struggle in the water

Thanks!

Thanks!