The ANALYSIS of Romanchuk, 57 average on 1500 FREESTYLE

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

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

[@evytourgeman]

Could you analyze Pan Zhanle's 100 Free.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

@@evytourgeman yes, but I didn't find any nice videos of him. do you have any links?

[@corbinorth4707]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4G0ZJyZbcmXpac

[@inntw4889]

I have always loved watching Romanchuk. Thanks so much for this breakdown. That leg kick is insane! I would love to see one for Paltrinieri and of course Wiffen!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Noted !

[@greggassen5548]

Already super exited to watch the men's 15 and 8 in paris this August

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes ! and the others races ;-)

[@isushristosestedomnul6426]

great video, thanks french swim coach! i would like to see a michael phelps freestyle video, stroke analysis or mollie ochallaghan the 100 and 200m world champion! all the best

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

noted ! (I have to make the video in French first)

[@moulaye7534]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach Ils ont fait dessus un reportage sur ARTE.

[@masimmomasimmo942]

Great videos and analysis, just what I needed to improve my freestyle. Big thanks

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thank U, my pleasure !

[@chankyoojang2011]

Thanks for your teaching. specially hands shape

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

My pleasure ! Thx for the comment !

[@marcocorrea5142]

I must try the half palm. It didn’t even cross my mind that it helps you rotate more until I saw this video. Than you 🙏

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

My pleasure !

[@geraldcapp]

Beautiful stroke and analysis! Nice to finally hear rotation can start on your feet not necessarily on your hips or shoulders as everyone says. And I love idiosyncratic moves as the karate chop working, makes the sport even more fun to watch and practice!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thx, and yes, i'll do a video on feet driven ;-)

[@LifeisbetterwithaMalinois]

Great video😊 thxs coach

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

My pleasure !

[@robohippy]

Well, several things going on here. One, with Romanchuk, his kick on his non breathing/left side is much higher amplitude than his other 5 kicks. I think generally, the kick that anchors on the pulling arm is the strong one and the other 2 are weaker. His stroke is also much closer to the traditional even cadence stroke. With Paltrnieri, he is swimming more of the gallop/loping style. Instead of staying in a straight body line, he is doing more of a porpoise action, slightly up/down with the body and the arm pull is an uneven cadence with the left/non breathing arm pausing slightly when fully extended, and then the pull with the breathing side arm pulling very quickly after that, so a quick 1, 2, then slight pause, and repeat. The idea with the porpoising is that when you dive down, it adds to forward momentum. I also think the off beat arm pull makes for a slightly smaller drop in propulsion on one side compared to the even cadence arm pull. I have yet to see a good video that explains all the things going on with the gallop style freestyle. I also wish I had access to an endless pool like the one Romanchuk is in with the glass sides..... I would like to see how much drag is created from different head positions, how much drag is created by dropping your knee into the slip stream for freestyle flutter kick, how much drag is created by back stroke flutter kick which comes more from the knee and the lower leg is more stream lined than the knee/thigh, get a hand model to measure drag for different hand/finger positions/what is best finger spread, and even slightly cupping the hand as you pull, which from sticking my hand out the car window which seems to create more drag/pull, which I figure is why the oars for the racing skulls are cupped... So many things that could be measured but no one has done..... yet. Oh, some one needs to figure a way to see drag vortexes that swimmers make.... Can't do smoke streamers in the pool like you can do in a wind tunnel...

[@JamieParot]

@GeorgeGeorge-by2lf Understanding loping is easy. If you breathe only on the right, for example, during the right arm pull, that's when the swimmer exhales explosively, which causes that pull to be stronger. The timing of that stronger pull is beneficial because that pull supports body position during the breath. I mean, in butterfly, the pull supports the breath there too. Granted, you don't lift your head as much in freestyle as in butterfly, but you do lift your head some, unless you want to roll excessively. A good freestyle has asymmetry in timing. Most men breathe once per stroke cycle in distances all the way from 1,500 to 100. Breathing on one side introduces an asymmetry to begin with. So you have a choice, be asymmetric in a lateral sense, which leads to poor streamlining, or be asymmetric as far as cadence goes.

[@Michael-xl5hc]

@@JamieParotas a lifelong gallop swimmer though, I must say it starts giving severe muscular and strength imbalances across the body!

[@JamieParot]

@@Michael-xl5hc This is why alternate breathing is a good drill and breathing on your off-side is also a good drill. But for most men, at high intensity, alternate breathing is not enough breathing, even for 100 meters.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

I'm totally agree for the leg kick : one strong beat and 2 weak beats (x2). I just made an FR video on this principle. In 2 beat kick, the 2 highlights remain!, ! Thx for the comment !

[@PierreCoachingNatation]

@@JamieParot Great analysis for loping freestyle ! Indeed, breathing on one side causes different coordination (of the arms) compared to the other side. I will talk about it soon

[@Geronimo-mo7qg]

Thanks for such a detailed analysis. Would love a backstroke analysis of Aaron Piersol or Thomas Ceccon

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thanks for the comment. For the moment, it's a freestyle channel ;-)

[@sandeepjambhalker651]

Thank you so much.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

My pleasure !

[@StanSorochan]

Thank you. This will be tough to learn.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

One idea and one principle at a time ;-)

[@sandeepjambhalker651]

Perfect sir

[@0anant0]

Great analysis! The palm movement is interesting. Plz compare it with Shinji Takeuchi (Total Immersion) for long distance swimming -- many details seem to be the same maybe except breathing on both sides and 2-beat kick. Thanks!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thank you for the comment, yes I had already watched TI because I was told about it regularly when I launched my French-speaking channel in 2020

[@miguelalonsoperez5609]

I think that the external rotation of his shoulder (i.e. palm inside oriented) allows also a better catch by storing potential energy on the pectoralis major. As this muscle is a powerful internal rotator and extensor of the shoulder is now in good position to initiate a powerful catch. In general I guess that could be a good idea for doing this with both arms, as many swimmers have also shoulder impingements because of constant internal shoulder rotation at near 180 degrees of shoulder elevation. It is arguable that palm oriented downward provides a good vertical stabilization, so probably there’s a sweet angle in which external rotation relaxes shoulder and promotes powerful pre-catch position, and also helps in vertical stabilization of the body

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes, good analysis ! Thx ;-

[@miguelalonsoperez5609]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach thank you for make me realize that gesture: as I can see Sun Yang also rotates the hand - and obviously the shoulder- with his right arm and probably with both but I can’t see well in the videos. I’m not trainer but physiotherapist (kinésithérapeute en français), and have interest in minimize shoulder injuries in swimmers, specially in those who are older than 40-50 years. Competition level swimmers are trained for high elbow position at all coast, with good results in efficiency and speed. But I think that this forced position of the shoulder, specially when arm is fully extended or above 150 degrees may result in rotator cuff impingement and is not needed in non-elite swimmers, so perhaps Sun Yang and Romanchuk technique could encourage my patients to abandon extreme positions as they get older. Congratulations for your videos and analysis!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

​​my pleasure and see you soon for the next vidéo 🎉

[@heikkisanelma6625]

will try that magic palm drill... i've ironman race effort at 62 strokes per minute, on ocean swim i pb'd at 1h7min... clearly have some work to do.. at 60-62spm SCM i have about 1m per stroke length, im 176cm tall about 178cm arm reach, middle finger to middle finger, arms side to side

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Try out this palm and you should gradually increase your stroke length at your race pace.

[@rahjebwallahi5076]

Wonderful videos bro, could you analyse a 200freestyle swimmer as the intensity is very different and I believe alot of your followers to be sprinters.😀

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Noted, I have already done Agnel on my FR channel so to come...

[@timurdzhamaev8890]

Can you do Daniel Wiffen he just won the Championships on the 1500m freestyle.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes, it is planned (French first)

[@chrishanson4025]

Je vous remercie, monsieur

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

My pleasure ;-)

[@kyletremayne]

In your opinion is it worth sacrificing speed in order to swim at maximum amplitude during threshold and vo2 max sets?

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

During threshold sets, yes but you can do both: max amplitude and amplitude "of your choice" where you are good. and vo2 max sets: no, find your best amplitude/stroke rate ratio

[@jimgebhardt6538]

Analyze Alex Yee. He is so lean that you would think he would sink to the bottom or best case be quite slow . Somehow he does not and not only that he swims well enough to stay in contention and won the Olympic triathlon this week.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thanks for the idea !

[@artimanya]

Romanchucks’ “karate Chop” stroke has to do more with what Coach Gary Hall Sr. Refers to as uncoiling and recoiling the bodies natural Recipricoal Fascia/Muscle Body Slings. In this enhanced way that Romanchuck apears to be using he can more eficiently contract and release his arm stroke using his entire Body. Free energy and more power at the same time. Ideal for full out Swimming. Even David Popovici swim style utilizes this natural innate power to maintain his acceleration all thru out the 100 mts Sprint. And yes the right arm stroke chop in effect balances out the extention and rotation on those anterior and posterior diagonal slings between his right arm across to his entire left leg (Diagonal sling) in this manner making it reciprocate his bodies other sling hemisphere that is lead by his naturally “galloping” Left arm Stroke. Full body awareness and integration. I see this clearly happening thru my Pilates clinical eye training and Practice. Check it out !

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes I will check all that. Thx

[@andrewthomas8737]

The karate chop !!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

;-)

[@murisadrovic9119]

Power techhnigue!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes ! Good progress with that

[@murisadrovic9119]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach Now I use this technigue. This is for 1500 m. When I go 3 km, first 1700m is standard technigue then I use Romanchuk powerfull technigue.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes ! Good idea ;-)

[@林道宏-o8g]

Do you know how can I listen to this audio with mandarin sound with video ❤❤❤thx for hard work❤❤❤

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

No, no idea but I know that a subscriber is watching on their TV with subtitles (from my French channel with English subtitles)

[@甘甘-q7z]

Hello, can you analyze Bobby Fink's freestyle swimming

[@甘甘-q7z]

I feel like he blends Rydeki's paddles with Sun Yang's four legs

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes, soon ;-)

[@eventhorizon3117]

Do one for Daniel wiffen, s'il vous plait

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Soon ;-) (I have to make the video in French first)

[@Cricketkvideos-e1k]

Weight training before or after the pool traning which is the best choice sir ?

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Both are possible but the sprinters will do it before and the others can do it before or after depending on the session.

[@bronxcheer1484]

I’m not sold on full submergence

[@stephenerickson8107]

You can argue against surface tension but it will keep on existing

[@inntw4889]

It’s a difficult concept for me to accept as well, but I’m realising there might me something to it. It would be interesting to analyse 200m swimmers as I feel like they lift themselves out of the water a lot.

[@astrotcg5464]

@@inntw4889 lifting out of the water is faster because there is less resistance, but is less efficient and as such expends more energy. Thats why the upward "lift" in a sprint-style gallop isnt used at high distances, because it makes you too tired. (at least thats what i think)

[@jacklauren9359]

@@astrotcg5464are you sure about that ? Gallop style- ledecky, mcintosh

[@astrotcg5464]

yes, but the gallop appears much different - the upward lift is not as aggressive, but there is a two stroke gallop - i'm saying in the cases of swimmers like dressel there is a much higher vertical lift of the torso and especially upper back, head, and neck@@jacklauren9359

[@tonyshihoutang6576]

He uses scissor kick as he accelerating his drill catch stroke !?

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

yes, but over a very short time which slows it down but very little

[@PGB55]

swim analysis: 1. start w/ very tall well built physique with flexible shoulders and ankles. 2. See 1.

[@goodnatureart]

Delete this after you read it. on your offer page, "3 sensory Exercices to swim faster SAVING energy" you spell "Exercises" excercices with two c's. Thought you'd like to catch the typo Great tutorial on the magic hand in zee water. I shared your link with my swim team here in Seattle. Tim

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thanks for the comment Tim

[@JamieParot]

Romanchuk's right leg juts out into an unstreamlined position during every stroke cycle immediately following his right arm pull. This can be seen from an overhead camera view. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6SrgZWqn5qHoJo At 11:49, Romanchuck is the one with the red suit. It is true that Romanchuk has symmetry in his stoke in regard to cadence but he is asymmetric in regard to lateral alignment. Watching the 1,500 final in Tokyo, Fink had a loping stroke, Romanchuck certainly did not. If you think you need symmetry in your stroke in regard to cadence, you do not. Loping is superior. For swimmers who breathe once per arm cycle, like most male swimmers do, they've already got an asymmetry built in. If a swimmer breathes on the right, like Fink, the propulsion generated by the right arm needs to be greater because it has to support the breath. The explosive end to the exhalation happens during that right arm pull, and that exhalation contributes to the extra speed of the right arm pull as compared to the left. Romanchuk's little finger down hand position after the entry of the right arm is a stroke flaw. Yes, he can reach millimeters further with a little finger down hand position, but you're not going to generate any propulsion with your palm up or your little finger down. So what Romanchuk does is he wastes as much as a foot being non-propulsive trying to get his right hand correctly oriented. As a result of this, the pull with his right arm is not as long and the explosive part of the exhalation isn't completed until actually his face is out of the water. Yes, he keeps his head low when he breathes, but he keeps his face out for too long - this is what then causes his right leg to jut out.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Thx for the link ! I think that his leg (re)balances the rest of his body and that the greater the lenght of the arm stroke, the greater that of the legs will also be. Exactly like running. The palm-up position is useful for maintaining the length of your arm stroke.

[@JamieParot]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach Yes, the leg balances the rest of his body, but it slows him down because it is unstreamlined. The reason he has to balance the rest of his body so drastically is because of the mistake he makes with his right hand. What good is a longer arm stroke when the way that you're getting it causes a less propulsive arm stroke and a less streamlined body position? Romanchuk's left arm (on the other hand!) is very impressive, and his low profile head position helps him a lot.

[@JamieParot]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach In regard to having a longer forward arm extension with a palm down vs. palm up hand position, I don't even buy that. Try this at home: reach as high as you can on the wall. Now change your hand position from palm against the wall to palm away from the wall. There's little to no difference in how high you can reach. Again, Romanchuck's pinky down hand position, only on his right by the way, is a stroke flaw. It's a flaw that damages his body alignment. As a result of not having his hand in a propulsive position forward enough he then has a shortened propulsive phase and a late body roll, which leads to a late explosive exhalation, leading to an extended period with his face out of the water, leading to a loss in body alignment, leading to an unstreamlined compensatory right leg jutting out. He loses propulsion and he loses streamline because of his pinky down hand position on his right side.

[@JamieParot]

By the way, all of this is instructive when trying to fix a crossover stoke. To describe a crossover stroke, it's when the left arm, for example, after entering the water comes down and sweeps to the right of the body's centerline. In this instance, the flaw occurs while the head is turned to breathe to the right. A problem with this flaw is that the left arm has already traveled from being forward to being even with the shoulder before the body roll is behind the arm pull. This makes for a very short propulsive phase with the left arm. To fix this flaw, the left arm needs to stay forward longer to allow the body to be in a position to roll so there can be an effective pull with the left arm. Holding the arm out longer will prevent the left arm from crossing over. But if you tell the swimmer to do just that, the problem probably won't get fixed because the root of the problem is with the right arm. You see, the left arm crossing over is a symptom of an insufficient right arm pull. If a swimmer breathes on the right, the way to fix a left arm crossover is to focus on starting the propulsive phase and the body roll and the rapid exhalation with the right arm still far forward. When this is done, the right arm pull is sufficiently strong to support the breath and the exhalation will be completed before the face comes out of the water, allowing the head to roll face down again, well ahead of the rest of the body rolling . If that breath is insufficiently supported then the reaction is for the left arm to try to support the breath, and thus the premature movement of the left arm and the crossover. Frequently the right leg jutting out accompanies a left crossover arm. Romanchuk does not cross over with his left arm. His left arm pull is very good. He's able to do that probably because he has the flexibility to maintain a very low head position while he's breathing. But he still has the problem with his right leg jutting out.

[@PierreCoachingNatation]

@@JamieParot already tested on thousands of people of different levels: either they swim faster or with more ease

[@carlosjr5593]

He only does that with the hand on the breathing side ... Why? PS I have seen sun yang do this a few times

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

I think it's to keep a similar amplitude/shoulder engagement between the two arms. Which Sun Yang video?

[@carlosjr5593]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach yesterday I tried the karate chop and it actually seemed more natural than I expected. About sun yang you can see at 0:29 he is not so consistent but he does that sometimes kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5rGonSfjLSfhsksi=Cr53EKRtF0OK4Pfk

[@sail5820]

couldn't watch because of the horrific audio

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

it will improve

[@gavin4586]

are these videos ai generated

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Yes with my voice, but rewritten compared to my FR version. I'm looking to improve the sound now

[@gavin4586]

@@TheFRENCHSwimCoach ohhh got it

[@cam2792]

Get a better mic

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Even the other videos? I adjust the AI as best as possible

[@maemilev]

This is a terrible stroke costing him speed

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Which part exactly ?

[@tattvamasi_1]

хреновый пример!

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Quoi exactement ?

[@filiphusko2701]

Dude, you need to fix your audio. It's really a pain to listen to these videos.

[@TheFRENCHSwimCoach]

Even the other videos? I adjust the AI as best as possible