My son, Gary Jr, started serious swimming at 14 years of age. He won 10 Olympic medals. It is not too late, but you will need to make a serious commitment. Others that started late include Rowdy Gaines and John Naber, Olympic gold medalists.

@alexleal8375

6 жыл бұрын

theraceclub how he improved that much..

One of the best explanation ever! Wish I could have such a lecture in my country when I was a kid... Although it takes 51 minutes long in this fast era, it’s worth the time! 👍👍👍

@theraceclub

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad it did not put you to sleep.

Thanks Gary, this was fantastic

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

+Pradeep Chandramohan You are welcome!

Gary Hall Sr., former god of competitive collegian swimming is now a god of the physics of competitive swimming. Thank you Gary Hall Sr.

@theraceclub

10 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

Congratulation from Romania for the presentation !

As a father of a 12 years competitive swimmer, I pray to God he let me take him to The Race Club this December. I even don't know how to swim, but read lots of your articles in order to talk about them to my son. The only downside for me is that accomodations (hotels) are pretty expensive for "brazilian real". Anyway, congratulations!

@theraceclub

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words +Marco! We hope that you can make it up to one of our camps as well. Make sure to check surrounding keys for accommodations as well. There are a lot of places to stay in the keys that are close to our camp site.

Thank you!

Thank you so much sir.

Thanks for the enlightening presentation ! Is there a relation between the movement of the kick the left or the right leg versus arm,rotation and the pull ?

Jan Wolfgarten told us you could be the best youtubeteacher for swimlesson. thats it. im follow you. very good lesson. thx gary.

@theraceclub

7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!!

Thank you Dr, Hall for responding back. Is weightlifting a good idea! and which program should I follow in weightlifting! I am looking forwards hearing from you. Sorry for asking so many question! Thank you indeed :)

Thanks!

Great swimming lesson...I will show this video to my swimmers...

@theraceclub

6 жыл бұрын

We are glad you like it!

very insightfull!

Fantastic!

Not specifically...but in order to do that, one needs a good kick and great hip rotation (hip driven freestyle...ie a slower stroke rate)

I thank you for this great video Mr Hall, I only have one question though. I did not understand if we should swim more toward the surface or as low as possible. On one side you have the surface resistance that's greater than in deep water but if you are on the surface part of your body is in the air and the air has very low drag compared to the water.

Excellent explanation!

@theraceclub

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

It's fantastic and real awesome!

@theraceclub

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

some very good information here.

@theraceclub

9 жыл бұрын

Swimming Good Thanks!

Thanks it is fantastic.

@theraceclub

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Check out all of of our over 300 videos on our subscription: theraceclub.com/membership/

Does theraceclub have a video regarding improving stroke length? Thanks

Thanks for watching!

@alecroberto1177

3 жыл бұрын

a tip : you can watch series at flixzone. I've been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.

@gregorybraylen343

3 жыл бұрын

@Alec Roberto definitely, have been watching on flixzone for since november myself :)

Thanks Gray, this video is awesome. I am an adult swimming learner (did not get chance to start early). I have a problem: when I breath, my legs stop kicking. And every time I finish breathing I can feel that my body sink and then later go back up with assistance of arm stroke. How can I fix this?

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

+Liang .Yin Practice swimming with a snorkel but don't stop kicking! You need that baseline speed.

Hello Gary. Thank you for such an informative video! I 'm having a bit of a hard time understanding your explanation of where to swim in the water. First you say that it's faster to swim completely under the water than the surface but then it sounds as if you're saying that its better to swim above the surface of the water because the drag is in air than in water. So where should we aim to swim?

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

+Baron Thompson The fastest place to swim is on top of the water (hydroplaning), but requires at least 15 mph to get there. With world record speed in the 50 m sprint at just over 5 mph, that is not likely to happen any time soon. The next best place is underwater, since we eliminate one of the three forms of frontal drag, surface drag. Since, by the rules we need to be on the surface, the more of the body is out of the water, and in air, the less drag and the faster we swim. In all four strokes, there is a surge point where the body and head can dip underwater and produce more speed. It is important to take advantage of those times in the stroke cycle. Sprinters try to rise as high in the water as possible, but the forces required to lift the human body high in the water cannot be sustained for long. Hope this helps.

Hi, I started swimming when i was 7 but i knew how to swim since 3 years old. i had to stop swimming for financial reasons but now, 15 years old i am now able to join a swim club even though there are still some problems. everyone tells me i started too late and I'm starting to believe them and that i wont ever reach my dream. whats you opinion and thoughts on how i started too lat?. do you believe there is a, "too late", and should i just rethink my future?

Mr Gary, quick question if possible, I am an average swimmer 5.6 hight and 70 kg and I am big in the chest area. I am looking to do crossfit course and weightlifting course but it's going to be a long course, for a year or so. Having more muscle on my body would hurt my swimming techniques??? I am looking forwards hearing from you.

Величайший пловец, настоящий герой! Он, несмотря на диабет, победитель! 💪👋

Awesome lecture with very good info and tips. Doesn't Sun Yang do a two or four beat kick to preserve energy? I think most of his propulsive motion comes from strong arms coupled with his core and low drag high elbow pulls.

@theraceclub

4 жыл бұрын

You are right. In the 1500 Sun settles into a unique kick that includes two propulsive 'flick' kicks, two soft kicks and a pause. He ends up with four kicks but only two of them are really propulsive. Most of his speed comes from long arms, pulling with low frontal drag, coupled with the surge kicks and great body rotation.

Nice Video Mr. Gary! I have some questions, thanks for your advices in advance: 1) My goal as a starter swimmer is to build strong arms first and not focus on fast swimming. What should i follow? Better to swimm with the arm in full lenght or with elbow? (sorry about my english, i;m from Greece) :) 2) I have a snorkel that i use. If using a snorkel, should i still rotate my body? Cause its different i think because i cant rotate my head and shoulders that much as if without snorkel! Thanks for your time coach, appreciate! :)

@theraceclub

9 жыл бұрын

Costas Plassaras Learn to pull with a high elbow, with the hand just inside the elbow. Rotate the body during the pull, whether you use a snorkel or not.

@jasonplassaras2564

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks i'll do it and nice videos coach, keep going, seems you're one of the best online to learn good technical swimming! ;)

A big chest and huge biceps and trapezius muscles will actually make you slower. You probably need to stretch daily, increase flexibility in the shoulders, lower back and ankles and strengthen your legs for kicking and the muscles around the scapula (wing bone) for faster correct pulling motion.

Because they are not on a microphone.

Strength training...for swim specific strength, is beneficial. Legs, core, upper back and shoulders. Weightlifting per se is not going to benefit as much you as it can make one bulkier and create more drag.

@cinmac3

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly ,it not beneficial for bone strength, i have Osteoprosis I need it and it's very difficult to do for me gravity makes it very difficult.

Check out Dr. Hall's other swimming technique videos at theraceclub.ne

search for our 4 part video series "secret tip legs"

Distance swimmers (freestylers) should try to get the head under water as the front hand enters. Sprinters are trying to hydroplane with their chest and bum as high as possible (not the head) to reduce frontal drag. Either will reduce drag...but it takes a tremendous downward force to elevate the body high in the water..so we cannot sustain that for very long.

Nice

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

29:28 I don't quite understand the shoulder off axis part. I mean, aren't the area of the shoulder's cross section bigger with his high-elbow position?

@theraceclub

3 жыл бұрын

I don't believe so, if I understand your question.

@twoone7877

3 жыл бұрын

@@theraceclub Thank you for the response. After like five times watching, I get to understand. Thank you😁

Why do you mute student's say?

Does race club have a video on breaststroke ?

Can swimming 50m free with a straight arm technique stay efficient?

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

+Tamerlan Orduxanov So long as one does not sacrifice body rotation, which is a key coupling motion, and the efficeint pulling motion, then a fast straight arm recovery produces much more coupling effect than a slower, bent arm recovery. Florent Manadou and Cesar Cielo are two good examples.

lol this is so long and in have to watch it for class

@theraceclub

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry. Hope it wasn't too boring.

Thanks for the video Gary! But sir, I have a question: Why do we see a lot of freestylers using the low elbow catch if the high elbow brings less drag (in 50 or 100m)? You might answer that it is because the low elbow has more power, but why to use a catch that brings more power but also brings more drag? And what does power really means? ( I think is the catch that would make the swimmer go more foward if there were no drag involved, but I`m not sure about that, it is just an idea). If you watch Ervrin in this video (kzread.info/dash/bejne/naKm16yfpbqddqg.html) for exemple, he uses the low elbow position and yet he is very fast!!! How is that possible? This question has been blowing my mind for years! I would appreciate very much if you answer my question, I`ve been following your videos and learning from them a lot, but this question still remains! Thanks!

@theraceclub

6 жыл бұрын

We seem some variation of the elbow position in the 50 m freestyle, with some, like Anthony, deeper than others. I believe that the deeper pull with more power can overcome the additional drag that it causes. No one can sustain that motion for more than 50 m, however, so by the time we look at the 100 m, virtually all elite swimmers are using the much higher elbow pulling motion. Power is work/unit of time and work is defined as force applied times distance. Power is proportional to the propulsive force a swimmer can generate. With much frontal drag impeding that force, a swimmer cannot sustain that power for very long at high speed.

Breaststroke video is now up!!

And yet Sun Yang does not use a 6 beat kick. Nor did Janet Evans. Ledecky a lot of the time uses a hybrid 2/4 beat kick, as does Paltrienieri. Here is Ledecky kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWSr2bVxd7bVdLw.html So maybe relative to distance being swum? Question respectfully asked sir by the way not questioning your argument.

@theraceclub

2 ай бұрын

No one can hold a steady strong six beat kick for much more than 200 m. In 1500, we often see soft six beat kicks, usually with a strong surge kick (every 3rd down kick) as the opposite hand enters. Sun Yang was quite good at the flicking surge kick

@James_swim_technique_coach

2 ай бұрын

@@theraceclub I suppose we need to define terms. soft 6 beat as opposed to hard 6 beat. Sun Yang not more of a 4 beat?

Not yet, but you can see some beautiful breaststroke being done underwater on our latest DVD Life is Worth Swimming. Olympic medalist George Bovell demonstrates how to do it correctly

Once crucial part is not clear in this talk. When Hall says that you want to keep your body high in the water, what does he mean by that? He can't mean to position as much of your body as possible above the surface of the water, since we know the swimmer can't hydroplane and that swimming underwater is faster (at least by letting the bow wave flow over your head, but possibly also because surface tension exacts a cost.) Clearly, your body should be under the water as much as possible. So, by "high in the water" does he mean holding your body level in the water (hips and legs up) to reduce the area of effective cross-section and therefore drag? That makes sense, but, If that's what he means, he should say that. He also claims that a vigorous kick (he mentions only the 6-beat kick) is necessary to keep the legs from sinking. But why not keep the legs up by balance instead of spending energy, for instance, by pushing the chest down and/or front-quadrant swimming? If this group of kids is focused on competitive swimming, then his emphasis on speed is appropriate, but if they are just kids who want to learn to swim better, then why focus on speed particularly when talking about basics? Marathon running did not become popular because people realized how much they wanted to sprint, but because they realized they didn't ever have to.

@theraceclub

8 жыл бұрын

+Harold Bridges While there are points within each stroke cycle where the head can dip underwater, for the most part, after 15 meters, the body is on the surface. Yet the higher the body is on the surface, the less frontal drag. Most of the lift forces elevating the body in the water occur at the beginning of the pull and from the down kick, but it takes a lot of force to elevate the body in the water. Swimming in salt water is faster than in fresh water simply because of the added buoyancy from the salt