Tag Archives: early vertical forearm

Dialing in Kent’s Freestyle

By tjfry | July 6, 2010

Next up on the “I get to pick apart your stroke” list is Kent. I met with Kent to help him with his stroke, and there were a few things that I don’t always see. Take a look at his swimming from the side-view. The first thing I notice is the head movement. After breathing, [...]

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Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain

By tjfry | February 19, 2010

I was filming a friend of mine the other day (his post is in the hopper) and he thought that I should post my own swimming as a point of reference for others. While I have posted myself on here swimming before, I will admit it has been a while, so if you haven’t been [...]

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Putting Mark’s Stroke on the Hot Seat

By tjfry | February 13, 2010

For those of you who frequent this site (thank you by the way and tell some friends!!), you may have started noticing a theme here. I have been analyzing a number of people’s strokes, giving pointers, tips and things to avoid. The feedback has been well received and the requests have increased quite a bit [...]

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Breaking Down Sheri’s Stroke

By tjfry | January 10, 2010

Not long after I looked at Ana’s stroke, I jumped in and took a peek at how Sheri was swimming. As you might notice, there are some similarities between Ana’s and Sheri’s stroke. That’s not a huge surprise, because some of the issues I see tend to be common among most swimmers. One of the first [...]

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