Brent Swim Video

In this video, I see the following:

Kicking - Kick is way too wide and is causing a lot of drag and negative propulsion. I spend a lot of time going over how to fix the kick by working on it on dryland and then integrating it into your stroke by a multiple step workout session at the pool.

Pulling - There seems to be negative velocity being made when the hand is exiting the water on the recovery. This actively pushes you backwards. The fix is to fully finish the stroke and then bring the elbow straight up out of the water thus making the hand go higher than the water. Either by straight-arm recovery (which I don't recommend) or pulling the elbow higher will this be fixed. There also seems to be not much force in the pull itself and this may be caused by the arms not engaging the water in a backwards push until the hand gets about 3-ish feet under water. The majority of the force is pushing the water straight down which does no good to anyone. By engaging the water right as the hand enters the water then pushing the water immediately backwards, you can easily harness more energy and get more forward acceleration.

Feel free to email me with any questions.