Swim Video and Update 3-27-15

It hit 91 degrees in Tucson today; ideal for swimming outside:) Today I focused on 3 areas of improvement my instructor identified during yesterday's lesson: 1) keep fingers closed together; 2) push down chest to keep hips up, and 3) keep hands below wrist, below elbow. I was a bit nervous to change after only 1 week but based on my instructor's recommendation, I shortened my 50 yard practice interval (total time swimming and resting) by 10 seconds to 1:45 (1 minute 45 seconds).

So after warming up with 10x50s (alternating freestyle and breast stroke), I swam 16x50s freestyle alternating 50s with and without fins. My average times today with and without fins for a 50 yard practice split are: :55 and 1:23 respectively. Swimming a 1:45 interval was a bit harder than 1:55  but not too much. Despite my relatively slow pace, I feel like my form and swimming condition are improving.

Seeing myself swim is very instructive; in general, I know what I'm doing wrong, but seeing the video really brings home the point and allows me to visualize corrective technique while swimming.

Tried to load a video my instructor shot of my last lesson but guess it was too large; haven't had success loading videos to my blog but will work on it.