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24 Comments
Our most requested video this summer is here as we breakdown the Popovici’s awesome freestyle technique!
Which swimmer strokes do you want us to breakdown next?
popov style
Thanks for this great analysis!!!
It is an extension of the style of both Popov and Ian Thorpe
Well done. Good analysis.
In the days of Johnny Weissmuller the swimmers had head out swimming. Then in the early 80s we were taught to keep the head down flat in the water turn slightly to breath and for short distances breath as fewer times as possible using half the mouth. Now he has his head almost half out of water launching himself into every strokes. Good luck to him. Very nice chap. Hope he continues to do well.
Нехрена не понятно, но очень интересно
interesting details! since was made a parallel with a dolphin style I would highlight that the head & torso vertical movement, linked with hips torsion and legs vertical push, create additional horizontal acceleration of a wave passing through
Please activate subtitles in Spanish, I appreciate it
Open water swimmers can play like this
Very Good Job!
Pity you didn’t refer to subtleties in his stroke. The wider underwater left arm position is for balance as he breathes to his right. His efficient leg action is also because he has very flexible ankles and displays a great crossover kick with intoeing which generates the propulsion. The soft hand is about feeling still water and his high elbow with longitudinal rotation creates an elliptical pathway for the arm action. His high body position reduces frontal resistance and his rotation body reduces profile resistance
Grande Popovici🇷🇴💪
Good skills = good records
A great example of how great Popovici is IN SPITE OF his techinique
Breathing every 2 strokes doesn't even feel like swimming freestyle
He had a lot of mistakes but still beats the world record is surprising me to this day!
thanks for the analysis of the golop technique, I want to analyze the coolest swimming techniques, such as an arrow and a windmill in a free style.
Could you please analyze the freestyle stroke of the great Janet Evans. She had a galloping stroke, lifted her head to breathe and did not follow the one goggle down while breathing rule. Thank you.
Can u please do ryan murphy ??
Well, finally someone explained everything. And such a simple explanation turns out to be – everything needs to be perfect.
Thanks for the analysis. I'd like to see how far Popovici extend his right arm stroke and shoulder and consequently, rotated his right shoulder down, compared with his left arm/shoulder that we can see in the video which really reached for the maximum stretch possible.
He seems to be aware of his body and worked hard. Thanks for the explanations! Nice video!
I've been looking at Popovici's stoke too. One thing I noticed is he is not pushing water at any time during his stroke, so the water is being forced against his body. I assume, if you feel a wave of water against your body, coming off your hand motion, you are wasting that energy. For me, Popovici is swimming in a way that eliminates this drag. Of course it pays to be as thin as Popovici is too. In the end, I think Popovici's stroke is as novel as what Fosbury did for the high jump. Popovici's torso also undulates up and down almost like he is sneaking in one dolphin kick with each rotation-stroke. It's all very novel, and very dependent upon Popovici's body type.
nice example of horse freestyle, should be taught more as it's extremely fun and forces the swimmer to be very explosive/efficient on technique.