The MAGICAL GLIDE of Sun Yang

My SENSORY TRAINING WEEK for an EFFECTIVE freestyle stroke (from coaching over 3000 people):
www.thefrenchswimcoach.com/
(including the MAGIC PALM exercise in video)
WHO AM I ?
I help TRIATHLETES (and OPEN WATER SWIMMERS) to SWIM 1'30/100m EASY (while GLIDING) with the SENSORY METHOD.
I am Pierre, a state-certified French swimming coach (BE2),
EXPERT in FREESTYLE STROKE TECHNIQUE for TRIATHLETES and OPEN WATER SWIMMERS who started their swimming journey late.
SPECIALIST in the SENSORY METHOD
(landmarks invented by Raymond CATTEAU, one of the greatest French-speaking swimming technician):
- coach of dozens of swimmers at the highest national level, including several under 4 minutes on the 400 freestyle : www.thefrenchswimcoach.com/
2 international swimmers
5 world and european medals
30+ athletes qualified for the French Nationals
15+ French Nationals medals
- French coach since 2009 specialized in Freestyle:
+2000 students coached face to face over at least one season
- editor of specialized articles on freestyle stroke for Trimag
THE VIDEO OF THE DAY
00:00 Intro
00:23 INTERMITTENT Propulsion
01:25 Ultra HIGH Catch
04:13 An ESSENTIAL Factor
05:27 HYBRID Kick
The MAGICAL GLIDE of Sun YANG
Sun YANG, it's:
3 Olympic titles, 11 World Champion titles.
All in individual events with a WORLD RECORD in the 1500 in 58/100m!
(with a bit of chemical help)
But it's also:
A 2-meter-tall swimming machine with a beautiful wingspan...
An ultra-HIGH propulsive MOVEMENT combined with an uncommon HYBRID kick ;-)
So here's what we can learn from his MAGICAL GLIDE!

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  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach
    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach5 ай бұрын

    My SENSORY TRAINING WEEK for an EFFECTIVE freestyle stroke (from coaching over 3000 people): www.thefrenchswimcoach.com/ (including the MAGIC PALM exercise in video)

  • @ithelightr3020

    @ithelightr3020

    5 ай бұрын

    Man who cares you're glorifying a drug cheat and your not using force analysis to show his propulsion versus drag .

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    5 ай бұрын

    @@ithelightr3020 I'll let you explain

  • @kevinsutton844
    @kevinsutton8445 ай бұрын

    Reasons for his being as fast as he is for a race like the 1500m free. He is well balanced. His head and feet are on the same plane. He has what we call wide tracks. His hands and arm are straight off his shoulder keeping his "vessel" (body) streamlined. He is tall, 6'7" and any nautical engineer will tell you the longer the vessel the easier it goes through the water. He has a patient hand. In other words, he doesn't catch until his opposite hand is ready to enter the water, again he maintains his streamline longer than the other swimmers. His propulsion is a matter of his body rotation not so much his pull. Because his length per stroke is long, less exergy expended, his streamline, he takes fewer strokes therefore he can go faster, longer than the other swimmers. However, notice that for a world class swimmer, when he breathes his body bends and is no longer straight. If he stayed straight he would go even farther on that side. Notice also that he tends to scoop his hands up some. That actually causes drag. If he let his hands go palm back and down a bit again, he would lengthen his stroke a little farther which would be to his advantage. His limited kick is valuable and it is used to help rotate his body but he is using less energy than the other swimmers. Swimming is all about balance, streamline (both active and passive). And he uses his whole body on one side then those muscles turn off while the other side is recovering to spear the water again. Huge energy savers. To swim like that check out Total Immersion. They teach this.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    If he completed his arm extension, he would tire the triceps quickly so it would not be faster in the long term... and yes, I have often been told in France that our methods at IT and mine (sensory method) are resembled in the principles taught!

  • @tonychan3978

    @tonychan3978

    4 ай бұрын

    Sounds professional analysis of swimming to me, and I have leart some from it, thank you!

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    4 ай бұрын

    @@tonychan3978 thx !

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    @@tonychan3978 my pleasure !

  • @NealosMetropolos

    @NealosMetropolos

    3 ай бұрын

    The two "flaws" you highlight just indicate flaws in your analysis, which is otherwise good. TI is incompatible with swimming 30 consecutive 29's.

  • @georgefu7035
    @georgefu70355 ай бұрын

    He has one of the most beautiful and efficient strokes I've ever seen, absolutely perfect for a distance swimmer. The sheer number of fewer strokes he takes per length of pool than other swimmers alongside him shows how powerful and efficient his stroke is

  • @aidangeorge7012

    @aidangeorge7012

    5 ай бұрын

    also beautifully and efficient doping

  • @georgefu7035

    @georgefu7035

    5 ай бұрын

    @@aidangeorge7012 damn, lowlifes will always think like lowlifes I guess. Making up stuff without evidence is your specialty? He wasn't even found to have tested positive for anything during the clearly provocative vial incident. Maybe you can practice getting your brain more beautiful and efficient

  • @georgefu7035

    @georgefu7035

    5 ай бұрын

    @user-vg7fe4wk6s the jealousy never ends 😂

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm totally agree ! Thx fort the comment !

  • @sawgames8623

    @sawgames8623

    5 ай бұрын

    @@aidangeorge7012 Just like all those Aussies and Americans

  • @brianstevens5946
    @brianstevens59465 ай бұрын

    This is an awesome video with great explanation! Thank you!

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment ! My pleasure !

  • @rgarciaczm
    @rgarciaczm5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your video & the analysis. 191cm, 58 Yrs, started swimming at 7, 25m in 13 strokes. I will give a shot at "downhill" tomorrow, and try the submerged glide.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    So how was it?

  • @antronero5970

    @antronero5970

    2 ай бұрын

    Yo?

  • @michaelgriffiths305
    @michaelgriffiths3055 ай бұрын

    Excellent video with a detailed breakdown of world class swimming. The three beat kick on on side whilst the right arm is extended is fascinating. I take from your video he did that to keep the head submerged? The mobility in his shoulders is incredible. I began swimming as a student to tx from rowing to triathlon. I followed Terry McGlaughlins Total Immersion Swimming. I got down to 5m 15 secs for 400m and 2:27 secs for 200m in an aquathon. I did 16 stokes for 25m and when delaying catch 32-33 in a 50m pool. When normal it was more like 18/25m pool. All I recall was the coach telling me my ankle mobility was poor so my kick was ineffective. I asked how to improve. His view was tryI spend hours and 1000’s drill trying to get position/balance/catch better. This KZread content was not available 20tears ago but this video on particular with a breakdown is excellent. I’d be interested in a similar video for a far shorter athlete who is great swimmer. Someone like Henri Schoeman…

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes for the submerged head! It's noted for Schoeman, I've already been asked about it in FR ;-)

  • @nathaliejourdan8921
    @nathaliejourdan89214 ай бұрын

    Amazing Pierre 😀 I am improving my english so, it's perfect ! And thank you for your coaching. I trust you to help me progress. See you soon Nathalie (a french swimmer in training)

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Thx Nath !

  • @jasonc158
    @jasonc1583 ай бұрын

    hands down the best free style swimmer of all time.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    3 ай бұрын

    i love Thorpe too

  • @kevincronin7020

    @kevincronin7020

    14 күн бұрын

    The long distance guy from Ireland has a beautiful stroke. Similar

  • @eventhorizon3117
    @eventhorizon31175 ай бұрын

    I remember the commentator said in 2012 olympics that by the look of his casual strokes., this champion looks to set to stay on the podium for some time but he didnt quite replicate 2012. It would be good to see him face off Paltrineiri at the latter's peak. It would be a battle of the styles

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Absolutely, (the different styles make the swimmers of tomorrow)

  • @mjchecksfield914
    @mjchecksfield9147 күн бұрын

    I am a swim coach too and especially enjoyed this analysis. The unequal kicks 1 and 3 are an interesting feature, but a lot of top swimmers have a favoured side or an imbalance, which can often be the thing that gives them the edge. Michael Phelps had a similar thing where his left arm pull is a more aggressive and shorter pull to a longer and more gliding right side.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 күн бұрын

    Yes exactly ! I'll have to analyze Phelps and your perspective may be an interesting point for me to explore. THANKS !

  • @azizsahnoun7344
    @azizsahnoun73445 ай бұрын

    Beautiful !

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm totally agree ! Thx fort the comment !

  • @dsk9887
    @dsk98875 ай бұрын

    Pretty good explanation👏🏻

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thx a lot !

  • @peainapodtube
    @peainapodtube5 ай бұрын

    This is a fantastic video and explanation o the analysis. Thanks

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thx fort the comment !

  • @adamding3873
    @adamding38735 ай бұрын

    3 kicks when left arm strokes and 1 kick when right arm strokes. That is because his right arm is stronger. He wants to balance the two strokes, so that the speed doesn't fluctuate too much. Less variation of speed means less waste of energy.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment ! (which makes me think)

  • @Yabooo
    @Yabooo4 ай бұрын

    I very much appreciate your videos. In depth analysis that doesn't disrespect the viewer's intelligence.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much !

  • @Dadication3
    @Dadication35 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the excellent break down, will it share with my team. “Glide!” Is what I find myself saying most to my swimmers.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    My pleasure! where do you train?

  • @Dadication3

    @Dadication3

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheFRENCHSwimCoach I am a USS coach in California. Thank you for your great content.

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Dadication3 thank you for making me travel ;-)

  • @Dadication3

    @Dadication3

    5 ай бұрын

    @@PierreCoachingNatation you are welcome my friend. Also, going to add the drill where you rotate palm up for an instant before continuing with the usual catch and pull to accentuate the glide in freestyle. You will be there with us in spirit at practice today in about two hours.

  • @mauriciojr8332
    @mauriciojr83325 ай бұрын

    Incredible swimmer.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes !

  • @1ajdelacruz
    @1ajdelacruz5 ай бұрын

    Greatest swimmer I think I have seen

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm totally agree ! Thx fort the comment !

  • @henrileroy2485
    @henrileroy24854 ай бұрын

    Le coude à la hauteur de l'épaule! Je découvre!

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    yep !

  • @vidablue48
    @vidablue485 ай бұрын

    Incredible video... I wonder how much of this technique was intuitive vs. being taught. I've been improving my glide and dps 20 years removed from my competitive era and most of it is just "feel". But maybe with proper instruction or seeing this video in 2002 I would've been way faster.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    From experience: I would say both!

  • @lologoku37
    @lologoku374 ай бұрын

    Merci pour la vidéo, et tes explications très enrichissantes sur l’intérêt de l'immersion et sa difficulté technique. Au meilleure de ma forme, je nage encore en11/12 coups de bras par 25m en petit bain, en grand bain je passe à 27, sur 400m maximum, après ça remonte. La dépense énergétique et quand même importante ! 50 ans, nageur depuis mes 11 ans, pratique intermittente de nos jours....

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Avec plaisir pour la vidéo et j'aurai bien aimé voir Sun Yang à l'échauff car ça devait être impressionnant en termes d'efficacité en nage cool ;-)

  • @ingom6397
    @ingom63974 ай бұрын

    Both Katie ledecky and Sun yang, incredible.,

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    I'm totally agree ! Thx fort the comment !

  • @cremelizi1323

    @cremelizi1323

    2 ай бұрын

    I like two of them very much!

  • @joequillun7790

    @joequillun7790

    2 ай бұрын

    @@cremelizi1323 They're both great swimmers. Like Mark Spitz, and Michael Phelps. Can't forget them.

  • @cremelizi1323

    @cremelizi1323

    Ай бұрын

    @@joequillun7790 can't agree more

  • @larsdoring8349
    @larsdoring83495 ай бұрын

    i'm new to swimming, i just joined a masters team a few months ago. I started with 28 strokes/25m, and am down to 17 strokes.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Great progress, keep going!

  • @robohippy
    @robohippy5 ай бұрын

    Well, I had come to the conclusion that being under water was less drag. I had thought most of that was due to 'surface tension'. I had not considered the bow wave to generate extra drag. Interesting video. My favorite stroke is the old school over arm side stroke. Only record was set in 1895 by a swimmer from the UK. He swam 100 yards in 1:02.5.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment !

  • @mateomartinez3304
    @mateomartinez33045 ай бұрын

    Tiene una excelente técnica

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes !

  • @allydea
    @allydeaАй бұрын

    I do 10 strokes after a strong push and 1 dolphin kick. Normally I do between 15 and 18 strokes per 25m. Funny note: using the magic hand, I find it easier to get the 10 strokes/25 m than using my regular catch.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    Ай бұрын

    Very good ! congratulations and for the magic palm, yes it helps to glide better and catch “better” indirectly

  • @stuartlichty4250
    @stuartlichty42505 ай бұрын

    Excellent analysis and explanation of this swimmer’s great technique. Many swimmers will get more leverage with a slightly deeper pull than Sun Yang’s quick and fairly shallow pull.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment !

  • @dweller6065
    @dweller60655 ай бұрын

    Great video, thanks. Concerning his hybrid kick, at 7.15 mark you outline 2 hypotheses as to the utility of it. I offer a 3rd hypothesis. In terms of how the kicks form his full body swim movement, Sun Yung differentiates, not all kicks are equal. Always on the side he takes a breath, he takes a single, especially powerful kick. Why? Because it starts and amplifies lateral rotation through the hips to set up the hand entry on the opposite side of the powerful kick. With great respect you missed the power benefits of lateral rotation in your explanation.

  • @SwimMechanics

    @SwimMechanics

    5 ай бұрын

    I call it the Surge Point Kick, sort of like a big swipe of the foot when your skating on a skateboard 🙂

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! And indeed, the strong beat also serves to pivot to the side, you are right! Yes !

  • @jimmcfarland9318
    @jimmcfarland931811 күн бұрын

    His stroke looks remarkably like Grant Hackett's, with an almost imperceptible butterfly motion at the top of the stroke.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    11 күн бұрын

    Well seen, I was focused on the rest of the stroke

  • @evolun
    @evolun5 ай бұрын

    thoughts on his exclusion from Paris? (good analysis thank you)

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    I think he went too far on all non-sporting aspects

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    @@TheFRENCHSwimCoach no need for the "non-sporting" commentary you mean.

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    4 ай бұрын

    @@getstarted5080i answer the question

  • @jangaroo2011
    @jangaroo20114 ай бұрын

    Pierre, you are "The Best" swim analyst on KZread. Nobody else even comes close to your abilities. I started studying Sun Yang's perfect distance freestyle in the hopes of making some improvements to the top speed at my local pool. I started by taking photos of Sun Yang in a stop motion capture off of his London Olympic 1500 world record. For you Master's Swimmers out there, copying his stroke will only make you faster, rather than practicing endless intervals for year after year after year with ZERO stroke improvements and ZERO reduction in interval times. Key #1: YOU can't make all of the changes in one workout. Key #2: Sun Yang uses muscles that quite frankly, you don't use. One of the first things that you'll notice is that you'll be terribly sore in swimming muscles that you'd have bet a hundred dollars, that you had been using those muscles. You'd be dead wrong. So, slowly allow your newly discovered lower back muscles to strengthen. Then, allow your shoulder muscles to learn how to stretch. Then, feel the soreness of your upper back and lat muscles, and allow them to adapt. Key #3: Timing. What's the 1st Rule of Comedy? Well, it applies here too. What is timing? Timing is learning how to apply the Principles of Leverage to the rotation of a line traveling through your 2 shoulders. Watch Sun Yang. His entire stroke is based upon the leverage of the timing that he rotates his body like a needle through the water. Key #4: Exercise for the student in the pool. Sit at the pool's edge and place one foot into the water. Push or pull the water with your foot, either direction works to PROVE THIS PRINCIPLE. What happens? Duh, you say! Of course, the water gets pushed by the foot, what the heck? Any person would know this? Why did I ask you to do this. Now, push or pull the water with a less attacking angle of the foot. Duh! The same thing happens. Why? Ask yourself, why does the smallest foot angle cause large water movements? OK, Master Luke, understand that MAY FORCE BE WITH YOU! Huh? "Every tiny, little, insignificant motion of a body part that interferes with your streamlines, as you move forward in the water, will create a negative force (just like your foot from the edge of the pool) TO SLOW YOU DOWN!!! Pierre, you're the best. Continue your creation of super-insightful KZread videos. You are a GOLD MEDAL COACH?

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Wouah ! Thanks for the (long ;-)) comment ! My pleasure ! see you soon for the next video ;-)

  • @maemilev
    @maemilev5 ай бұрын

    A lot of coaches and textbook get it wrong that both arms needs to be at the same timing to achieve good propulsion. But at sprint level, having one arm slower than the other can compensate and smoothen the recovery. So remember, do not rush ur stroke in a sprint or race. The aim is to be very efficient.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    You mean timing betweens two arms ?

  • @maemilev

    @maemilev

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheFRENCHSwimCoach yes

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    5 ай бұрын

    @@maemilev I'll make a video on it one of these days

  • @mustache21
    @mustache215 ай бұрын

    Brilliant performance

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thx !

  • @tieshaha2392
    @tieshaha23925 ай бұрын

    Please cover sprinting like 50s videos

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Ok, Manaudou F ;-)

  • @jimmcfarland9318
    @jimmcfarland931812 күн бұрын

    He almost has a butterfly motion as his arm enters the water.

  • @spojce9
    @spojce95 ай бұрын

    is this guy back swimming again??

  • @pyng4233
    @pyng42334 ай бұрын

    MAGIC GLIDE + MAGIC DRUG = MAGIC WR

  • @user-oh9ew5jo2k
    @user-oh9ew5jo2k3 ай бұрын

    Dope

  • @peterzhu1768
    @peterzhu17685 ай бұрын

    Banned for being too good.

  • @AccordGTR

    @AccordGTR

    3 ай бұрын

    BS he cheated. How can u be good if you're a cheat?

  • @thankqwerty
    @thankqwerty28 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the explanation, I was thinking the magic was the drug he took.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    11 күн бұрын

    Thx for watching

  • @aab2772
    @aab27725 ай бұрын

    Tengo 51 años, mido 1,68m y hago 25m con 18 brazadas, puedo mantener este ritmo por 1000m, luego bajo a 20 o 21 brazadas. Sun Yang es el mejor, ninguna ayuda extra te corrige la técnica.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, thx for the com !

  • @markgauld9260
    @markgauld92604 ай бұрын

    Great analysis. This is swimming porn. What can't be emphasised enough is the swimmer's ability to 'feel' the water. You cannot mimic a swimmer of this calibre. The timings of each movement alone come down to milliseconds. Follow the general principles expertly highlighted in this video. Have the confidence and faith to then develop your own inimitable style. Listen, and work with your mind and body together to optimise your swimming efficiency. I would add that it is advantageous to return the head to the streamline head down position as soon as the hand exits the water into the recovery phase.

  • @markgauld9260

    @markgauld9260

    4 ай бұрын

    Above last paragraph is in relation to the head position after breathing 😊

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, thx for your comment and totally agree !

  • @robohippy
    @robohippy2 ай бұрын

    Well, he is swimming 2 different styles here. I do remember watching him at the Olympics some years back, and noticed that he was swimming what is now called 'gallop' style freestyle, which when I first saw it, I described it to a coach and we both noticed the swimmers were 'loping'. This is an uneven beat/cadence with the breathing side arm staying extended a bit longer than the non breathing side arm. Almost all male swimmers do this, and some like Katie Ledecky and Summer Macintosh do it, but Ariarne Titmus swims an even cadence 2, 2, 3 breathing pattern. The exception to this is with the male 50 meter sprint where the arms move pretty much opposite of each other similar to back stroke, and they don't breathe. The other style he is swimming has him breathing on every 3rd arm stroke, which I did not see him do at the Olympics. Part of the difference between these With the gallop style, this uneven cadence has you go slightly under the surface of the water, and you actually porpoise a bit. If a coach who is unfamiliar with it sees it they will say that the swimmer's head is coming up too far out of the water. If you watch Katie in the 1500, she starts with not kicking at all. Then she goes to 1 kick per cycle, then 2 kicks per cycle, and for the final lap or so, she goes to a 6 beat kick pattern. Of note here also, is that he and Katie both bend their elbows to 90 degrees or maybe even a little more. In the 50 meter sprint, the men swim with straight arm pull and recover. Lots of differences between sprinters and distance swimmers.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    2 ай бұрын

    " The exception to this is with the male 50 meter sprint where the arms move pretty much opposite of each other similar to back stroke, and they don't breathe" : Yes, it's because they don't breathe that they are more in opposition and not in gallop. You can swim submerge, under the surface, with this sprinter style or the gallop style.

  • @robohippy

    @robohippy

    2 ай бұрын

    Hmm, I don't think it is possible to go underwater with the 'windmill style of freestyle that is used in the 50 meter spring. Part of why you can do this with the gallop style is because of how the swimmer porpoises as the swim, and that uneven cadence to the stroke. You don't do any porpoising with the windmill style.

  • @henrileroy2485
    @henrileroy24854 ай бұрын

    Your englisch accent is quite good!

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    aha it's AI ! but my voice ;-)

  • @holdenmcgroin8917
    @holdenmcgroin891714 күн бұрын

    Very rare to see western audience look at Sun with objective opinion...hats down to that!

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    11 күн бұрын

    Thx !

  • @Stcoadrdfo
    @Stcoadrdfo5 ай бұрын

    i noticed that his left elbow is lower than right one when he catches water

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks, I'll look at that!

  • @surreal7963
    @surreal79635 ай бұрын

    Magic is one word to describe Sun Yang

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the comment

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    magic indeed without ever caught doping, unlike enhanced Aussies

  • @surreal7963

    @surreal7963

    4 ай бұрын

    @@getstarted5080 Because he smashed vials to avoid being caught...

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    @@surreal7963 so he wasn't caught doping then. So much for the lie.

  • @surreal7963

    @surreal7963

    4 ай бұрын

    @@getstarted5080 I didn't lie...

  • @livewithaffection6905
    @livewithaffection69055 ай бұрын

    Looks like the Total Immersion stroke

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Oui, exactly. Terry was ahead of his time!

  • @johnjager7200
    @johnjager72005 ай бұрын

    I notice his hand is open the fingers are not closed is it not better to close the hand for more pull effect ??

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    no, fingers slightly apart take more water (muscle relaxation helps for catch too)

  • @TXRatPack
    @TXRatPack5 ай бұрын

    So Sun Yang almost does a galup with his kick and arm rotation?

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, like a lot of people currently over 200 and over

  • @annaaskaeva2057
    @annaaskaeva2057Ай бұрын

    11-13 stokes per 25m pool

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    Ай бұрын

    Excellent ! congratulations

  • @andrewthomas8737
    @andrewthomas87375 ай бұрын

    Dennis Cottrell was his coach in Australia.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    And where did he learn before?

  • @andrewthomas8737

    @andrewthomas8737

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheFRENCHSwimCoach And why did he come to the Gold Coast and kept returning until he was suspended ?? To swim with the distance freestyle coach in the world. Ok 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🇦🇺🇦🇺💪

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    5 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@andrewthomas8737 uh, that seems like a real question... i respect Cotterel don t worry 😂

  • @mrhdebater1607

    @mrhdebater1607

    4 ай бұрын

    He trained in China and in many other places. Sun yang is just a swimming prodigy.

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    @@andrewthomas8737 Jack, Fraser-James, Lochte🤣

  • @Cachoeira1986
    @Cachoeira198610 күн бұрын

    The kick also benefits his rotation I guess.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    9 күн бұрын

    Absolutely !

  • @munsterfloyd
    @munsterfloyd4 ай бұрын

    Dan Wiffen has a much different stroke and is the current World Champion over 1500m

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, I plan to analyze him!

  • @TheVukhuc6176
    @TheVukhuc61763 ай бұрын

    Tôi cũng dùng kỹ thuật lao dốc với cánh tay phải vươn dài phía trước và lướt trong 3 nhịp đá chân giống như Sun Yang. Tôi có thể bơi với 32 hoặc 33 sải/ 50m dài của bể. Nhưng tôi chỉ cao 1,65m. Sải tay ngắn hơn Sun Yang gần 40cm

  • @PierreCoachingNatation

    @PierreCoachingNatation

    3 ай бұрын

    Good strokes /50 with 1.65 ! 🎉congrats

  • @ebipere
    @ebipere5 ай бұрын

    15/16 strokes per 30m.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    thx

  • @mrpablo82
    @mrpablo825 ай бұрын

    He’s got that P.E.D glide.

  • @rawslice
    @rawslice5 ай бұрын

    It's pretty obvious he simply doesn't kick during the glide phase.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thx !

  • @AidanHolland
    @AidanHolland4 ай бұрын

    Also helps that he is 6"6 apparently. For most swimmers i think 6"4 is the ideal height. Phelps was that height. Only negative is that swimmers who are taller like yang are more prone to injuries.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    why do you think? Others ideas ?(in addition to injuries)

  • @mome12accer51
    @mome12accer515 ай бұрын

    Theoretically easy and it's hard to do😮

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    exactly !

  • @mmcewen9789
    @mmcewen97895 ай бұрын

    He had a pretty magical disappearing act when testers showed up, too.

  • @leonardoli1512

    @leonardoli1512

    5 ай бұрын

    There is an old saying in Chinese, tall trees catch the wind, in other words, a person in a high position is liable to be attacked. and we are here to admire his swim😃

  • @JackMott

    @JackMott

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah cheaters love to yell "witch hunt". Lance did it, Trump did it. Actual witches tho. @@leonardoli1512

  • @thkatandi

    @thkatandi

    5 ай бұрын

    ⁠this is beautiful. I'm going to stark this. Tall trees catch the wind.❤ Love the meaning behind it.

  • @mrhdebater1607

    @mrhdebater1607

    4 ай бұрын

    Tested negative in every competition. Cope.

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    Sun Yang was never caught doping, but let's hear your comments on the one Aussie doper who will be competing in Paris (Shayna Jack).

  • @SwimMechanics
    @SwimMechanics5 ай бұрын

    Drive it forward💦

  • @FiftyBreaststroke
    @FiftyBreaststroke5 ай бұрын

    I wonder what effect the amount of performance enhancing drugs coursing through his veins at any given time has on his in water efficiency with his stroke?

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    On his muscular endurance

  • @rainertripes7447
    @rainertripes74475 ай бұрын

    He is NOT gliding, He is stretching and there is permanent propulsion with his stroke. You should watch his stroke more precicely!

  • @SwimMechanics

    @SwimMechanics

    5 ай бұрын

    Drive don't glide 🙂💦

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    watch a video of fast swimmers filmed with a fixed camera. And come back and tell me what you see...

  • @Believer-in-Christ
    @Believer-in-Christ5 ай бұрын

    19 strokes per 25 yards.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thx, you have a way to become more efficient!

  • @mathiasfrandsen5468
    @mathiasfrandsen5468Ай бұрын

    he was on dope tho, but still great swimmer

  • @mrfoo5827
    @mrfoo58274 ай бұрын

    San Yang is 1.90 metres tall 6 ft 3 not 5 ft 8

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    several sources say 1.98 but...

  • @LeeSkJohn-sv8wi
    @LeeSkJohn-sv8wi4 ай бұрын

    Many jealous people tried to discredit him although he was not caught during competition.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, i have leraned many things with the comments

  • @johngerbeb

    @johngerbeb

    Ай бұрын

    Lol, 8 year ban. That is an entire career. Somebody forgot to pay the right people so he would pass the drug test!

  • @jacklauren9359

    @jacklauren9359

    Ай бұрын

    Its not jealousy. He’s a cheater period. Just like any other Olympians who got caught cheating after winning gold medals. Don’t be playing innocent that elites are natural stupid 😂

  • @kitman530
    @kitman5305 ай бұрын

    "MAGIC" is the right word, since it is another word for "trick", which in sports, is another word for "doping".

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    I chose the title well then!

  • @SprintTri57
    @SprintTri575 ай бұрын

    As far as physics go, this is impossible for people 5’8” with 5’6” wingspan and 32.5” inseam for example. At least I NEVER see that type of swimmer getting shown for good form and fast swimming

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    how much is that? I'm French... Watch this kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2WZt8FtaKbVZrw.html

  • @weltbunte1134

    @weltbunte1134

    4 ай бұрын

    If you have these measures you have a big disadvantage for swimming over your peer swimmers. It means the ape-index is below 1 !!

  • @VanMattherhorn
    @VanMattherhorn5 ай бұрын

    Everybody knows what Sun Yang's "magic" is really about 😉

  • @Bennychu720

    @Bennychu720

    5 ай бұрын

    Steroids don’t help technique, unless you wish to fill me in on a new steroid that Sun was using?

  • @getstarted5080

    @getstarted5080

    4 ай бұрын

    whiners 🤤and losers 😪are full of lies and innuendos🥶

  • @timeaddict
    @timeaddict5 ай бұрын

    A very good analysis if only you didn't talk like a robot.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks anyway ;-)

  • @carterholt4806
    @carterholt48065 ай бұрын

    magical steroids

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    It's true

  • @siitan83
    @siitan835 ай бұрын

    He has long nails😂 doesnt cut them. I wonder if theres rules for that? Can you have 5cm nails? Thats a natural paddle

  • @gavin4586
    @gavin45865 ай бұрын

    these ai videos are making me so mad

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Don't look then. You have this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKGp0ZWrodPAZM4.htmlsi=MZfEY1yqTz4DGpv0

  • @ibrahimnawabi8027
    @ibrahimnawabi80275 ай бұрын

    Yes the magical glide because of using steroids, that is why he got banned for 8 years.

  • @Jake48731

    @Jake48731

    5 ай бұрын

    Still better than you habibi 😂

  • @crazymanchild27

    @crazymanchild27

    5 ай бұрын

    4 years for blood doping

  • @nrnrnrnrnrnnrnrnrnr

    @nrnrnrnrnrnnrnrnrnr

    5 ай бұрын

    Irrelevant for the subject pf this video: the technique

  • @ammargazali7465

    @ammargazali7465

    5 ай бұрын

    Steroid without technique is futile. Try yourself to believe.

  • @bernardlimvideos

    @bernardlimvideos

    5 ай бұрын

    Stupidity is invincible 👍

  • @henrileroy2485
    @henrileroy24854 ай бұрын

    Sun Yang technique, OK, but, 💉💉💉...

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    J'ai appris des choses sur ce point avec les anglophones même si je n'aime pas trop le personnage je t'avoue !

  • @thesea4120
    @thesea41202 ай бұрын

    Don't forget the steroids!

  • @frankhawk351
    @frankhawk3515 ай бұрын

    doping duck

  • @scarred10
    @scarred105 ай бұрын

    That is barely even the English language

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    Regarde en FR

  • @AndrewWebber66
    @AndrewWebber665 ай бұрын

    Drugs cheat, I'm not at all interested in how he swam

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    5 ай бұрын

    ok watch this kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2WZt8FtaKbVZrw.html

  • @panner11

    @panner11

    22 күн бұрын

    Your loss. It might surprise you but technique has nothing to do with doping. This is like refusing to learn from Barry Bonds plate approach and plate discipline because he doped. You really think any player is like man he doped, so now his batting knowledge is dirty, so I can't learn from it.

  • @AndrewWebber66

    @AndrewWebber66

    21 күн бұрын

    @@panner11 yeah that's just not true at all. I refuse to learn from a cheat, your loss if you do

  • @rachidmahraoui9712
    @rachidmahraoui97125 ай бұрын

    there is no doubt that he had a good catch technique, but in my opinion we should not glorify this swimmer taking in account he cheated and many swimmers condamned that.

  • @JerryChenSwim

    @JerryChenSwim

    5 ай бұрын

    If you read the files, it’s not as bad as it seems. Yes he shouldn’t have smashed the vial but the people taking his blood never presented proper credentials to do so. If someone random came to your house to take ur blood, wouldn’t you be suspicious and refuse a sample?

  • @georgefu7035

    @georgefu7035

    5 ай бұрын

    He was never proven to have been taking anything. While many swimmers currently swimming right now have served time for taking stuff before.....

  • @eventhorizon3117

    @eventhorizon3117

    5 ай бұрын

    Everyone hopes. Some just dun get caught

  • @panner11

    @panner11

    22 күн бұрын

    I'm sorry, you might want to watch the video again. Where does he glorify Sun Yang? This is a purely educational video to analyse swimming techique to help swimmers. Are we all banned from learning this technique just because of a doping controversy. That makes no sense. Technique is irrelevant to doping. You are far off the mark here. All you're doing to trying to deny education based on an irrelevant subject.

  • @prycealderson9352
    @prycealderson93524 ай бұрын

    The guy is a drug cheat. Couldn’t beat anyone without drugs. Why show a cheat? Delete this video please.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    4 ай бұрын

    Drugs (or not) don't change the technique

  • @gbone7581

    @gbone7581

    4 ай бұрын

    While CAS has now banned Sun, the tribunal also found there was no evidence the Chinese swimmer had engaged in doping activity and should, therefore, keep his world titles and gold medals.. PS. I bet he can beat you at any distance.

  • @panner11

    @panner11

    22 күн бұрын

    Brain dead comment. This is an educational swimming video. You make it sound like it's just a Sun Yang fan video. Doping is a serious issue but technique is irrelevant to doping. Notices how this video didn't offer any opinion on his accomplishments or his performances. That's because it's a teaching video meant only to help swimmers. So please delete your useless virtue signaling comment which ironically only tries to deny education.

  • @jeonandy5934
    @jeonandy59345 ай бұрын

    his best skill is super druggggggggggggg!

  • @cremelizi1323

    @cremelizi1323

    2 ай бұрын

    If everyone drug that could swim like him, then it would be so easy to be a top swimmer and break world records. Isn't? I've never know swimming is that kind of easy thing until you told me that. It's "fascinating". Isn't?

  • @donrektmeplease
    @donrektmeplease2 ай бұрын

    The reason to how Sun Yang & any other swimmer can swim fast and efficient is...they are not triatheles.

  • @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    @TheFRENCHSwimCoach

    2 ай бұрын

    Indeed