Alright summer leaguers! This is one of those separating factors between the
I know how to swim and I know how to swim well. Alright so pay attention to
this episode because this is going to be a good one
This is a follow up with Coach Jordan and
Stephen right here. If you are in space
what would you find at the very center of gravity?
C'mon dude...nail it Stephen: I guess 'A'
No, it's the letter 'V', there you go
Yeah, I was just making sure you guys were catching the pattern
What we're going to talk about today
is 'early vertical' and some people may know what this is and to some of you
this may be a
totally brand new concept that you've never heard of before
but it's going to make sense here in just a minute. We're going to talk about just
freestyle. It applies to freestyle and butterfly actually
with freestyle, one of the things that a lot
of swimmers, when they first start to swim is that they start to feel a catch
on the water
they start to feel that catch on the water and what they do is-- they slide
their hand around it and they get real funky
because it actually is a little bit hard to get a grip on the water and accelerate
past
'early vertical' is
instead of, you have to watch me from the side on this one, instead of
having your hand entry here--sliding your hand
and then finding that catch about right here in the stroke
and then accelerating past. Which is what a lot of swimmers do
if you weren't taught properly, you probably do this. If you're a developing swimmer
or if you're a recreational lap swimmer, you probably do the exact same thing
Now 'early vertical'
is when your hand goes in the water-- finding that vertical position
out here in front of your shoulder
it should be in the chin region, chin or nose(ish)
with your stroke. So it's finding that vertical position
that power position
out here in front in your body and being able to accelerate past. It's finding it earlier
It's HUGE because it increases the stroke length
from sliding your hand and finding that catch here
it increases that stroke length to all the way out here in front of your body
That's GIGANTIC when it comes to speed. Well that sounds awesome but how do I
do that?
That sounds great. I'll give you a little pointer, this is the way that I
have found
to be the most successful and the easiest to understand by swimmers
as to how to development and implement this into their stroke
When your stroke's going through-- getting your fingertips
pointed towards the bottom of the pool as soon as possible
That's going to start your catch on the water out here in front of your
shoulder, in front of your body
instead of dragging your hand through the water and finding that
catch way back here in your stroke, then you've only got a little part of your
stroke that you're actually using to move yourself through the water
Hi guys, I ending this video a little bit differently than the others because
I'm going to change the format on how I respond to questions. Some of you guys
are leaving
really great swimming questions and I've been writing out responses that are like
a paragraph or two or sometimes even longer. But I want to make sure that
it's coming across the way that I want it to come across and the points are being
taken
the way that I mean for them to be taken and it's not
like you're having to decipher them or hopefully it makes sense when
you read it. If you don't have a really extensive swimming knowledge
then it may be something that doesn't quite make sense when you read it
because you really have to have somebody explain it
or demonstrate it real quick. So I'm going to start giving quick video responses
Usually about 15, 20, 30 seconds long and I'm going to post them for everybody
and I'll say something like "Hey Jeff, what's up?" or something like that
and the questions will be
for everybody to watch in case somebody else has the same question--maybe they
can see the response
Because you guys doing a really awesome job with questions. So hopefully this is
a better format and hopefully it helps more people
I just got a new Facebook and Twitter account, I'm kinda new to those things
as far as signing them up for this
Some of you may be thinking "How do I ask a question to get a video response?"
just ask the question in the comments section on any of my videos
If something catches your mind-- you're like "What about this"
then write me a quick swimming question and I'll try to give you a quick response
within a couple of days probably. Hopefully that helps out more
people
Thanks a lot for the support and
I will catch you guys later....bye
I hope you guys are having a lot of fun this summer, I know I'm having a lot of fun
doing this
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best of luck everybody