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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.

[@TheCalotes]

Park, one of my favourite swimmers of all times, almost perfect technique

[@johnswimcat]

This is one I'll be watching a few times

[@DonostiGros]

I've always loved Park's technique, impeccable. He's kick is so strong and in such great sync with his pull. People shouldn't worry about height too much, of course it helps but how about Daiya Seto? He's 1.74 (5ft 7in) and is the best 400IM right now, and second best in 200m fly. Swim because you love it and don't worry about anything else.

[@NorthernAnt]

Thanks that's inspiring I'm like 5ft 6 and always think I have no chance due to my height . But not like I want to be an Olympic swimmer 🤣

[@DonostiGros]

@@NorthernAnt Joan Lluis Pons from Spain is just 170cm and was in the 400IM final of the Rio Olympics… he looked like a little boy amongst giants :))

[@NorthernAnt]

@@DonostiGros thanks , why are all the smaller swimmers 400IM or IM swimmers?

[@DonostiGros]

@@NorthernAnt I wouldn't say all the smaller swimmers do 400IM on the basis of just two swimmers! And bear in mind that Seto is currently world record holder of 200m fly short course .

[@NorthernAnt]

@@DonostiGros yeah good point. Its crazy how fast he is for his height . I guess swimming is strength to weight ratio based also, so if his technique is in point and he is super strong for his weight with unreal stamina then u can see how he does it

[@thibod07]

Awesome! Thank you for the analysis! An amazing synchronization between his kick and arm pull. Thank you for sharing.

[@roberthall7336]

Thanks, excellent model and analysis for everyone. Will work on pointing my fingers down now and see how that works.

[@richardsutherland9731]

FANTASTIC help. Great instruction.

[@jayz1507]

Very detail instruction to understand why I should do specific posture for efficient swimming. Thanks a lot. Amazing video~ Thumbs up, buddy :D

[@johnjackson2945]

I’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, can’t wait.

[@caseymaze]

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 it’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 I’d finish a swim and my shoulders would be roughed up from my unshaven face😂. Sounds silly but I swear it was a good cue.

[@SurferL]

Just discovering your channel...! Wow. So good; such good descriptions. Thank you.!

[@sajik372]

멋짐요!..여기서 박태환 선수를 보다니..^^ 좌우 밸런스가 최고죠. 박선수 !!!

[@LuisDelgado-ci4ef]

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

[@mrbreeze2756]

I tried these techniques in open water last week and it did cut time off my swim! It’s always been an issue for me to swim slower in open water than in the pool. Thanks!

[@jessethompson6854]

Incredible analysis!

[@masherida]

Real gem and love watching these before training. Thanks Brenton.

[@bruce33331]

excellent. even at the age of 41 your videos helped me to do 2 and 6 miles race comfortably. please keep posting

[@trempire7514]

Your analysis is one of the best! Will try his freestyle drill tomorrow!

[@ellechristie1111]

I always pick something up when I watch your videos. Today it was to make sure your fingers are pointed down through the catch. That’s definitely something I’ll watch for...Thanks!!

[@dannychen1064]

this is very detailed and helpful! Illustrated many points that have come up in many of your previous videos so clearly!

[@bammikel8786]

Great analysis. Would be interesting to see an analysis of the swimmer Florian Wellbrock as well.

[@lexsoft3969]

The German long distance swimmer is now one of my favorite. I like his use of two side breathing in addition to his high elbow arm recovery and efficient stroke like Sun Yang.

[@nhannhan4406]

Thank you and love you so much. I think Park Tae Hwan is an icon in swimming at Korea with 4 medals which he got at Olympic. Next video, can you analysis Michael Phelps's freestyle? 😍

[@jihoonhuh7128]

no

[@kierkegaard07]

Great analysis. You should do one for Florian Wellbrock

[@kidslovef1155]

Also Mykhalio Romanchuk.His freestyle is so smooth!

[@GB-ib2wn]

This was such a great video

[@edithgarcia1966]

So many things to learn!! Thanks a lot.

[@Adrian-iq9zo]

Your videos are great.Have learnt so much. Thank you

[@veladeportiva]

Great analysis

[@ThePatriotNurse]

Thank you!

[@fernandomartinhofurtado4088]

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!

[@TheTechAndScience]

The fingertips can point down or point inwards diagonally more towards the swimmer. Both abide by the principles of a proper high elbow freestyle and are stronger positions in the water. However, pointing outwards would be incorrect as it put the arm and should in a weaker and more injury-prone position.

[@HH-bx4ss]

so proud of him🫶

[@manuelherediavela7611]

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

[@jm6734]

Thanks! Learning stuff here as always. Watching a few Effortless Svimming videos before going to the pool is now part of my routine.

[@meghdaniellama1604]

Can you make a video on power diamond in fly or brst

[@logang2794]

Nice vid How hard should you pull in the water ? Gently or really hard and fast ?

[@richardsutherland9731]

Every day before I swim, I watch one of your coach videos. Thank you for the endless patient,clear, hugely memorable coaching. Swimming is SO much more fun thanks to you

[@richardsutherland9731]

Great! THANK YOU

[@cosmicpalm4404]

Park is a great swimmer he is consistent in his efforts, less of attitude and more of hardwork and performance.

[@NorthernAnt]

I'd love a video on the butterfly for daiya seto

[@fernandomartinhofurtado4088]

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

[@leaosolitario9012]

Very nice!!

[@tonyshihoutang6576]

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 😅..

[@zwz3420]

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.

[@toshaks]

2:00 if you just want to get into analysis right away

[@roberthall7336]

Park Tae-hwan is 6 feet ! Sorry to confuse! At first glance they seem to have very similar technique.

[@nathanimalable]

love the analysis, i tthought sun yang is 6'6"

[@bushsons100]

Brent you got any coaches and camps going up in wodonga

[@jaimecorvus6373]

Park great swimmer. Shanghai 2011 400 m, a masterpiece.

[@edwarding4355]

One think I noticed that on the breathing sided the arm and hand are higher on the reach than the none breath side reach. I do the same thing. I try to keep the breathing side as the same height as the non-breathing side, but I can't do it.

[@cayleyguimaraes9672]

He starts the catch and the pull pinky first.

[@keitalks5558]

Thanks

[@fernandomartinhofurtado4088]

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?

[@TheTechAndScience]

He is utilizing the momentum he has generated and “riding” it. So instead of generating constant forward propulsion (which consumes a lot of energy), he lets the momentum his body has gained from the peak of forward propulsion occurring at the end of the opposite arm’s pull carry him forward in his extended side position. This requires significantly less energy than creating continuous forward propulsion and for a distance race is an obvious choice.

[@lexsoft3969]

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.

[@digitaldariodd]

6:28 I think it's important to "keep the head down".

[@Amazeshorts1]

Sure

[@jacobblomfield9598]

Hey, how do I get a video on your analysis of my stroke?

[@michellemui5187]

Email or if you did the Clinic he should have it

[@filipefaraon7350]

id love to know how much of it all aply to sprint

[@ashwinharish3475]

zero.

[@chunyuenlau56]

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.

[@adorablegodzilla5628]

Whoo! Thanks.

[@delta5lover]

I always thought that I was supposed to keep my hand and arm as close to the surface of the water as possible on full extension. Have I been mislead all these years?!

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Shoulder depth, or think of it as fingers at armpit depth

[@kevinhsieh5444]

You are right because the more your arm and fingers close to the surface of the water the more distance for you to pull water (which is the main source of power besides body/hip rotation) unless your lower body is sinking (which may cause by other reason like head too high) then you need to lower your arm to keep your lower body up.

[@lexsoft3969]

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.

[@Short__Slay]

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 doesn’t really matter that much.

[@tonyshihoutang6576]

how come I observe SunYang didn't full stretch his legs poining backwards

[@SWIMSMARTCOACHING]

Totally agree

[@WK-ez1kg]

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.

[@mikebardsley]

Isn't his head position sub optimal? Looks like looking too far forward?

[@jangaroo2011]

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.

[@lexsoft3969]

Next analysis : Alexander Popov, Ian Thorpe and Florian Wellbrock in that order.

[@kimyonglaeify]

오 박태환 ㅋ

[@newoap]

Yep. Park is a badass.

[@이글버디]

You is a badass.

[@KeithHiew]

노란파랑 badass is a compliment. It means he’s great, he’s a beast, he’s doing it very well.

[@newoap]

@@이글버디 when I wrote the line I didn't think about it being lost in translation.🤤 As Keith Hiew said it means he is a great swimmer

[@bro7269]

Every time I watch one of your videos something else sticks in my head….”you have to lengthen them (muscles) to contract them”.

[@henrileroy2485]

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.

[@paulcrawford1108]

who is the swimmer... I must have missed it??

[@lexsoft3969]

Park Tae Hwan, South Korean former freestyle swimmer. He won gold in men's 400m freestyle at 2008 Beijing Olympic.

[@george8336]

Alex popov?

[@lexsoft3969]

This legend is my favorite freestyle sprinter of all time. I had downloaded video on his drills which are difficult to follow.

[@1871-m2f]

Imagine him having 2 meters arm like michael.

[@valejul]

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. :) Thank you for the videos.

[@SteveDahlskog]

Have you read "Swimming Science - optimizing training and performance", Edited by G . John Mullen ? I' thinking of "What is the optimal index of coordination?" part (meaning how much overlap there is in a swimmer's arm cycle).

[@toanleuc1953]

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[@드러따]

hello Brenton! You made a big mistake. Park Tae-hwan is not Taiwanese but Korean.

[@mg4361]

I don't think he said 'Taiwan' but rather tried to pronounce 'Tae-hwan'

[@드러따]

@@mg4361 After hearing that part again, I think you're right. Brenton, I'm sorry.

[@EffortlessSwimming]

I can’t pronounce his name properly 😂

[@rtrtu1]

He is best swimmer, I've liked for long time, but doping case..

[@Trenasist]

What would happen if you said to a woman at the pool 'Nice catch!'

[@reynaldochailloux9879]

opens fingers, but i think he had the best technique

[@ashwinharish3475]

skightly open fingers is what you want when you are swimming 400m.

[@reynaldochailloux9879]

i barely can speak english, but i will try to reply you friendly,I think that technic concept has changed lately, i remember when l started learn to swim, coach always said closed fingers and he compared forks and spoons when you 're drinking soup. I don't know what's the difference when you swim 400 m or 50m ? even if it's slightly . the only answer I can imagine is that it is less tiring. but i still thinking it's less effective. When you're tired you lose your technical i don't know if you have the same concept for other strokes, but for me it should be closed and streched. i hope you can understand something, sorry for my english. greets

[@TheTechAndScience]

@@reynaldochailloux9879 whether the fingers are opened or closed makes no difference to how much surface area is pushing back on the water, but with small gaps in the fingers turbulence forms and effectively creates a larger surface area to push back on the water, making swimming with a slight gap in the fingers both a more energy efficient and a more effective way to swim.

[@reynaldochailloux9879]

I appreciate your explication. Interesting. Swimming paddles holed. Are you former swimmer or current coach?

[@TheTechAndScience]

@@reynaldochailloux9879 Coach.

[@foobar8485]

This boy was trained by Australian coach Michael Bohl and he used to come Australia regularly for training. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKrdg62mrJeefq8

[@roberthall7336]

Brendan, Wikipedia states that Sun Yan Park is 6 ft 7", not 6 ft.

[@mikexhotmail]

Park Tae-hwan is his name Wiki show 6ft 183cm

[@KeithHiew]

This isn’t Sun Yang.

[@tanjanovicic2926]

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@danogunner]

But he looks forward not down…

[@willchan2778]

When your 5ft 6 :(

[@johnswimcat]

You can still swim a beautiful stroke. That's worth more than anything and it inspires other swimmers

[@mg4361]

These people are competing at the Olympics, where every milisecond of time and every milimeter of length can make a difference. Nothing about your height prevents you from swimming faster than 99% of humanity.

[@willchan2778]

John Melville thank you for the motivation 🙏

[@willchan2778]

m g thank you for the motivation 🙏

[@jeenjeanjeen]

When you're 5'3"... 😫

[@emiliovivar4545]

Too long video to to the point

[@danilproskura4841]

Prior to the 2014 Asian Games, Park tested positive for testosterone and was handed an 18 month ban. #bancheat4ever

[@Bangwavy]

Yes he tested positive for a illegal substance but it was not his fault. He was prescribed medicine for his cold which contained the illegal substance. The doctor who prescribed the medicine has been charged with professional negligence. But since he still had taken it fina could not lift the ban

[@danilproskura4841]

@@Bangwavy Under the Strict Liability Principle! An athlete is responsible for any prohibited substance that is found in his/her body. A potential Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) will occur whether or not you intended to use a prohibited substance or to your level of precaution!

[@aerovespr]

so long winded

[@garyhansell4275]

Thanks!

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Thank you!

[@mjchecksfield914]

great analysis