Posts Tagged ‘external feedback’
Video Stroke Analysis
Video stroke analysis is the best way to understand how to improve your swimming technique; ultimately leading to improved efficiency and pace holding ability.
Session includes:
- 40 mins pool video’s, measurements, efficiency set, intro to key corrective solutions
- 40 mins class video analysis feedback, understanding efficiency range for wingspan, foundations of better swimming
- Post session uploads and support material
- 10% discount on full Total Immersion Level 1.0 Effortless Endurance Program
- max of 3 swimmers per session
Video Stroke Analysis Session – 1 place left!
Video stroke analysis is the best way to understand how to improve your swimming technique; ultimately leading to improved efficiency and pace holding ability.
Session includes:
- 40 mins pool video’s, measurements, efficiency set, intro to key corrective solutions
- 40 mins class video analysis feedback, understanding efficiency range for wingspan, foundations of better swimming
- Post session uploads and support material
- 10% discount on full Total Immersion Level 1.0 Effortless Endurance Program
- max of 3 swimmers per session
Internal and external feedback cues for swimming progress
How do I know my swimming is improving?
Whilst coaching swimmers, I am often asked the question – how do I know I am improving when practicing?
As Total Immersion coaches, we encourage our swimmers to become aware of internal and external cues, for feedback. Initially, we encourage swimmers to tap into ‘internal’ cues for feedback, improving a swimmers ‘proprioception’. This is an awareness of the ability to sense feedback related to body position, movement, balance.
It soon becomes apparent to the swimmer, what the optimal movements are, that create balance, stability, streamlining and propulsion.
Hone your proprioceptive skills and ask yourself if a practice
- feels easier
- feels smoother
- feels more stable
- feels more powerful (easier to generate more power)
- I travel further will less effort
- I didn’t get out of breath
- I have no pain or feeling of restriction eg. in the neck, upper back and shoulder
As the swimmer progresses through the initial stages of imprinting new muscle memory, into a more autonomous phase with full stroke becoming well imprinted, fluid and consistent; a variety of external feedback cues are coached and added to the swimmers tool kit. External feedback cues involve measurement of a number of metrics.
- Distance swum without stopping increases
- Stroke length improves (counting strokes per length)
- Stroke length does not deteriorate over longer distances
- Stroke length does not deteriorate over small increase’s in tempo
- My time improves
- I can take less rest interval and maintain consistent spl and time for a given distance
Practice well, practice with purpose and pick up on your proprioception!