What do you see when you watch a fast swimmer swim?
Katie Ledecky is a 16 year old Olympian (born in 1997). She holds world records in the 800m (8:13.86) and 1500m (15:36.53) freestyles, American record in the 400m (3.59.82). Maybe the easiest one for our swimmers to relate to is her National High School Record in the 500yd (4:31.38). This video below is her swimming this time in March 2013. Her first 100 yard split is 51 seconds!
What do you notice about her kick? Head position and breathing? Stroke count per length? Turns and walls? Stroke rhythm and tempo? Intensity?
Now watch her 1500m swim at the 2012 Olympics where she sets a new world record by 6 seconds. What does she do differently? What does she do the same? How does your own racing stroke compare? How can you find more speed in your races?
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