He's stunning and look now three quarters of a body length clear, 25m to go! He's got this race
won already unless something extraordinary happens and it won't because he is in a class of his own!
Hey guys, welcome to this week's video from Propulsion Swimming. This week we're back
looking at another swimmer for our blackboard breakdown segment. This week we will be giving you
a background analysis and detailed look at Adam Peaty, the best breaststroker we have ever seen.
Adam has obliterated world records ever since he got in the water and he's favourite whenever
he competes in any race. Now, before we jump into looking at the best breaststroker the
world has ever seen, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to the Propulsion Swimming YouTube channel,
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comments section which other professional swimmers you'd like to see us break down for you guys
in the future. Okay so, let's start with the basics. Peaty was born in 1994 and is a British
breaststroker specializing over the 50 and 100m distances. He holds the world record for both
in long course meters. He currently trains at Loughborough University under coach Mel Marshall
and they have formed an incredible reputation as one of the best duos in the sport of swimming. As
well as being team GB's leading medal contender in any major competition he enters, including Tokyo
2021, Peaty is also captain of ISL team, London Roar which just so happens to be also coached
by Mel Marshall. Peaty first broke onto the world stage in 2014. He won the 100m breaststroke gold
at the commonwealth games setting a new meet record through every stage of competition,
while also winning silver in the 50m breaststroke and gold in the 4x100 medley relay. His first
world record fell later on that year at the European Championships in the 50m breaststroke,
while on his way to a huge four gold haul at the meet. At the 2015 world championships,
his meteoric rise continued with a fascinating duel between himself and Cam Van Der Bergh. He
left the meet with two individual gold medals and a new world record in the 100m breaststroke. To
top it all off, the 2016 Rio Olympics proved to be one of Peaty's best ever achievements. He won
Olympic gold in 100m breaststroke in a new world record time of 57.13 seconds. This meant that
Peaty now held all of the major titles in the 100m breaststroke: the Commonwealth title, the European
title, the World title, and now the Olympic title. Since then, Peaty has gone on to win
all subsequent golds at the World Championships, Europeans and Commonwealth Games, with the only
blemish coming in 2018 when rival Cam Van Der Bergh beat him to the 50m breaststroke title in
those Commonwealth Games. Now along with a massive medal haul, Peaty has set some truly astonishing
times in the pool. In fact he has broken an incredible 11 individual world records in just
the two events he competes in and he has lowered the 100m breaststroke world record mark down,
from Cam Van Der Bergh's 58.48, to an astonishing 56.88 over the past four years. His fastest time
coming at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju. This world record is even more remarkable
when you think that no swimmer has gone under 58 seconds before, let alone 57. He is a massive
2.5% faster than the rest of the field when it comes to swimming 100m breaststroke.
Right, so you've heard the insane records and medal haul of Adam Peaty, but what makes him so
good? Well to start with, as expected, he has one of the best techniques in the world.
His body position in the water is extremely high and he combines this with a narrow whip kick
and an extremely fast stroke rate to propel himself through the water at some incredible
speeds. In order to perform his stroke effectively, you need some incredible strength and
that's an area where Peaty really doesn't lack, and I'd argue he may in fact be the strongest
swimmer we have ever seen in the sport. Along with having some of the best physical attributes,
Peaty also regularly beats his competitors mentally. He is a fierce competitor. Never
a doubter in himself, he has constantly proven himself to be the best when it matters the most.
This was proven in the 2020 edition of ISL where, against the odds in short course competitions,
he won the 100m breaststroke title in the grand final in a world record time. Now he's not the
perfect swimmer, there is still room for Adam Peaty to improve over the course of his career.
We have seen his starts and his turns slowly getting up to that top world-class level and his
gradual improvement can clearly be seen in short course competitions, like ISL, where previously
he may have struggled. If his fundamentals keep on improving, it's kind of scary to think
just how fast this man will go in the water and how much further his world record times will drop.
Is it crazy to think he may be the first man to go under 56 seconds for 100m breaststroke??
Given his track record, it might be almost impossible to bet against him getting that mark!
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For now, I've been scott and I'll catch you on the next one!