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    Park Tae-hwan is an Olympic gold and silver medalist in the 400m and 200m freestyle. To me he has the most technically perfect stroke that I’ve seen, and being ‘only’ 6’0″ he’s had to make up for his lack of height with incredible technique.

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    4. @chunyuenlau56 on

      Can you do an analysis on Kosuke Hagino? This guy is only 1.77m (5ft 10) and he beat both Sun Yang and Park Tae Hwan in the 200m freestyle final at the 2014 Asian Games. So Hagino must be doing something right, even better than Park Tae Hwan? Thanks.

    8. @fernandomartinhofurtado4088 on

      Hi! at 16:01 is said that we must keep our fingers pointing down, that is the correct way, while there are people that point their fingers way off to the side. But if we see Ian Thorpe from an underwater front footage, we can see that his fingers are pointing diagonally to the botton of the pool, and there are a lot more swimmers that do that. Why? Are they using the high elbow pull in the wrong way? Thanks!

    10. @WK-ez1kg on

      Good video, Brent. However, you should show more footage of complete strokes. You stop and back up the video all the time during the stroke too often – please, allow the viewers to see more of the complete strokes at different speeds from top , bottom and sides.

    12. @fernandomartinhofurtado4088 on

      I have a question: When he glides, is there a gap in propulsion? Because there is no arm movement (one is reaching and the other is recovering). Would it be better if he keeps at least one arm aways pulling?

    14. @jayz1507 on

      Very detail instruction to understand why I should do specific posture for efficient swimming.

      Thanks a lot. Amazing video~ Thumbs up, buddy šŸ˜€

    17. @johnjackson2945 on

      Iā€™ve been following your channel since December of 2020 and my form has improved greatly. The goal is to fly out to Sydney and actually attend a clinic, canā€™t wait.

    19. @lexsoft3969 on

      Sun Yang's kick looks awkward at times, but I like his high elbow arm recovery.
      Florian Wellbrock's two side breathing is nice to follow.

    20. @lexsoft3969 on

      I remember he said that he will break Ian Thorpe's WR in 400m free. It didn't happen. It's Paul Biederman who did it, although with non-textile suit, at WC 2009 and still holds the WR for both 200m and 400m.

    26. @henrileroy2485 on

      You never speak about the shoulder movement. In facts, during the catch, the shoulder remains extended in the front. And when the forearm is vertical, the propulsion begins, then the shoulder moves downwards, using the back muscles.

    27. @fernandomartinhofurtado4088 on

      Hi!
      Why does the high elbow reduces the frontal drag? Is'n it the same surface area as when we pull with a deeper pull? When using the deeper pull the upper arm is poiting to the bottom of the pool while using the high elbow it is point to the side, but the water is still hitting it whether is down or to the side…
      Plus, if the high elbow really reduces de frontal drag, does the upper arm should be close to the surface of the water? I see no point doing a high elbow if the hand is too far from the surface of the water making the elbow far from it too, like 30 ou 40 cm. Sometimes it is said that it is ok placing the hand far from the surface of the water, because it is easier to achieve a high elbow on this position, but then the elbow stays far from the surface as well, does it really reduces the drag?
      Thanks

    28. @bro7269 on

      Every time I watch one of your videos something else sticks in my headā€¦.ā€you have to lengthen them (muscles) to contract themā€.

    31. @LuisDelgado-ci4ef on

      Thank you so much I m learning so fast watching your videos I am a beginner only been swimming for two months the drills have really improved my technique I will continue to practice them much appreciate your help

    33. @manuelherediavela7611 on

      Hello from Spain Brandon, I love your videos , they very clear and usefull for improving, could you please analize Ian Thorpe's technique, he is the better swimmer I have ever seen. Thank and congratulations

    35. @caseymaze on

      Love it! At 10:40 I wish you would talk about the relationship of the shoulder and the cheek. He does a beautiful job of mating the shoulder to the cheek during his glide phase. You can see him tuck his head downward and into that pocket for improved hydrodynamics. From the front itā€™s even easier to see as his lead arm covers one half of his face and blocks out his one eye/goggle. Beautiful technique. Hope you can break this down for people. I used to know I was on good form when Iā€™d finish a swim and my shoulders would be roughed up from my unshaven facešŸ˜‚. Sounds silly but I swear it was a good cue.

    39. @Short__Slay on

      He continued to talk about how his height effects swimming, I know lots of short people that are great swimmers. Great lesson but the height doesnā€™t really matter that much.

    40. @valejul on

      IF you could say in the video that 6 ft is 1,8m you would save me the online seatch and i get my thumb up. šŸ™‚ Thank you for the videos.

    41. @tonyshihoutang6576 on

      I observe SunnYang initial left kick accompany with the initial left arm drill complete with hips rotate for power. Am I right ? Normally, we swim with left initial drill accompany with right initial kick but he seems opposite. Same arm & legs methods though šŸ˜…..

    42. @zwz3420 on

      This is not effortless swimming at all, given the way you recommended it would be tiring quickly since every stroke catches a lot more water, but it is extreme efficient swimming, really great explanations of details. Best swim channel so far.

    43. @jangaroo2011 on

      When he won his gold, it wasn't because of his stroke, but rather his intense desire to take off and then hold the lead. Gutsy move, but it worked. His competitors thought he would fade, but they were too late.

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