Going DEEP!!
Hi, Brenton Ford here. Welcome to Feedback Friday number 25, where each week we bring you the analysis of someone’s stroke. In today’s video, we’ve only got the front shot so there’s only so much we can see in the front shot. Ideally, I’d like to have a look at the side and the front. […]
Breaking The 20min Barrier
Brenton Ford here, Welcome to Feedback Friday, where each week we bring you the analysis of someone’s stroke. This episode is a little bit different, we’ve got a swimmer who joined our online coaching membership in February and last year, this person had a two-hour Ironman swim time and joined in the aim of going […]
When To ‘Hold The Glide’
Welcome to feedback Friday, on today’s episode, we are looking at an athlete who sent their videos to me and what we look at in Feedback Friday is how would we normally analyze this person’s stroke and what recommendations or what drills could we give them to help become a better swimmer. So hopefully this […]
What Happens When You Drop Your Shoulder
The first thing we normally look at is his body position and with the body position, we want to see the three touch points at the surface which are your head your hips and your heels. We want those three touch points to be at the surface, if they’re there then there’s a good chance […]
Are you getting FULL triceps extension in freestyle?
What we are looking at in this video is the exit of the stroke, how the hand is exiting at the back. One in three swimmers or almost half of the swimmers I work with can make an adjustment with the back of their stroke. This is a case of someone who is exiting a […]
The Perfect Catch…Now What?
In this video, you can see that this athlete is swimming really quite well. One of the things that stands out here is his catch. What the best swimmers tend to do is they allow their fingertips to point down while their upper arm manages to sustain almost the same position. Most adults won’t have […]
