Do you ever do faster stroke rates with your 2-beat kick?
Watching videos of Laure Manaudou and Sun Yang who also have used 2bk during competitions.
It's really amazing how they keep up with rest of the field with less effort...almost matrix like ;-)
Shinji Takeuchi
nemrut , it depends on the distance. If it is short such as 200m, I use 6 beat kick.
問：你有沒有試過快頻率的二次腿？
竹內(nèi)：要看距離，如果是少于200米，我會用六次腿。
hellos mr. Shinji Takeuchi, with the help of your technique I can swim up to 1500 m / h
- Is what this distance is in the standard for hours
- How far can you make yourself
(sorry for my bad english)
Shinji Takeuchi
Hi,
The first goal for beginners is to swim 1500m non-stop. Then the second goal will be to swim in 35 minutes. To achieve it, you practice will be shifted to swim faster.
問：你最遠(yuǎn)可以游多遠(yuǎn)？
竹內(nèi)：對于初學(xué)者來說，第一個目標(biāo)是連續(xù)游1500米，第二個目標(biāo)是能在35分鐘內(nèi)完成，這需要你游得更快。
Will it make any difference if breath just from one side all time?
Shinji Takeuchi
Kerem Otag, I think it does not matter until you do open water swimming.
問：只用一側(cè)呼吸行不行？
竹內(nèi)：沒問題，但公開水域不行
Shinji Takeuchi Mr. Takeuchi, would you please explain the breathing technique you use? I don't see you breath out under water and hardly see you breath in either.
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Shinji Takeuchi
Tam Nguyen , I just breathe out to get enough air for me. I create 'bow wave' to lower the surface of the water. It is why my head is hidden in the water.
問：能不能介紹一下你的呼吸技術(shù)？好像看不到你在呼吸
竹內(nèi)：我會頭前造波，這樣呼吸水面會降低，頭可以藏在水里。
Hi Shinji,
I have question about Superman Glide practice. As many others, I'm having the problem with sinking legs and find it difficult to keep balance and floating longer. I see Superman Glide is the most basic and important lesson to be successful in TI freestyle swimming so could you please give me some advice to take Superman Glide more effectively?
Thank you very much!
Shinji Takeuchi
Khanh Nguyen , when you do Superman Glide, it is very important how you push off the bottom. 1) Lean enough so that your shin is parallel to the bottom, 2) Stretch the back of your knee very quickly.
問：關(guān)于超人滑行你有什么建議？
竹內(nèi)：1 盡量前傾，讓上身平行水面 2 快速伸直膝蓋打腿
how do my head and body always go up to surface about all the time ? It's cause me hard to take a breath,
although I keep my head on bottom. But it's not work.
what's the keys ?
Shinji Takeuchi
3 key points.
1) Head position: Top of the head is just beneath the water surface
2) Hand position: 6 inch (15cm) deeper from the water surface
3) Hand entry angle: 45 degrees so that you can shift the weight during recovery
問：你的頭和身體如何總是保持在水面附近？
竹內(nèi)：三個關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)：
1 頭的頂部在水面附近
2 手在水面下方15公分
3 手入水45度角，這樣能重量轉(zhuǎn)移
I have a question. Yes it looks graceful but from this technique it seems acceleration is the key to look 'efficient' for propelling forward. My question is, does the energy expend from strong kick like this is even more tiring than the standard 4 beat kick? I tried it, but it felt that the kick use relatively the same amount of energy than the 4 beat flutter kick.maybe im doing it wrong
Shinji Takeuchi
In my style (not TI standard), kicking itself does not create propulsion, So I do not get tired from kicking. If you try 2-beat kick with scissors style, you might get tired mainly coming from tension. If you use 6 beat kick, you might swim faster but you get tired sooner.
問：二次腿比四次腿累嗎？
竹內(nèi)：我的二次腿并不是全浸標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的二次腿，不產(chǎn)生推進(jìn)力。如果用剪刀式二次腿，你覺得累可能是因?yàn)榧∪饩o張。
Hello Shinji, my extending arm sinks. If i don't press down with extending arm I have to lift my head to breathe. How to solve this?
Shinji Takeuchi
Amit Verma, 1) Just before you breathe, insert your hand closer to your head and extend it underwater very quickly. 2) Match the timing of inhaling with the extension of the elbow.
問：呼吸時老是壓手怎么解決？
竹內(nèi)：1 呼吸前，在頭附近入水，水下快速前伸 2 肘部前伸的時候吸氣
Hello! Just found you and TI. Beautiful Freestyle Swimming. I am encouraged that I can improve my swimming after seeing this! Curious, how many strokes to you take and then breath? I am capable of like 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 something like that for a 2 mile workout. I never seem to tire, but need an improved method to become better at what I love! I taught myself to swim at age 50 through YouTube! Now do TRI's! Swimming was the only thing I didn't know how to do so I turned to YouTube! Worked!
Shinji Takeuchi
Lolly , I breathe every 4 stroke. When I need to speed up, I breathe every 2 stroke.
竹內(nèi)：我四下呼吸一次，如果需要提速我兩下呼吸一次。
I am a big fan of yours Shinji. How fast can you do 400m and 1k with this style of swimming?
Shinji Takeuchi
outlawcatcher1 , I try to keep my pace at 90 seconds / 100 m.
問：你這么游1000米的速度是多少？
竹內(nèi)：保持在90秒/100米
if im kicking that little my feet would sink way too low :(
do you guys try to keep ur torso relatively flat or are you supposed to twist it from side to side w each stroke?
Shinji Takeuchi
You do not have to worry about twisting.
1) Insert your hand closer to your head and spear down in the water. It will help your lower body to go up.
2) Press the water with your face and chest. You will feel your weight shifts forward. The leaning sensation is important to keep your body flat.
問：我需要扭動軀干左右轉(zhuǎn)動嗎？
竹內(nèi)：1 靠近頭部入水，向下插，會幫助你下身抬高。
2 用臉和胸部壓水。你會感覺重心前移。這種前移的感覺對保持身體水平很重要。
Takeuchi-san - I could not make out from the video but are you moving your hand in a S like fashion? (Right arm in a S and left in a mirror-S). If so how close your hand is to your torso when you are in the middle of the pull.
Shinji Takeuchi
Nasir Khan
I just focus on the form of the arm in the beginning. Then I relax my arm while my body rotation move it. Then I focus on the way of pushing the water to add more momentum for recovery.
問：你的劃水是s型嗎？
竹內(nèi)：劃水開始時我關(guān)注手臂的形狀，然后放松讓轉(zhuǎn)動帶動，快出水時推水讓回臂更快速。
When I first saw this video - about one year ago - I said to myself 'Wow!! I would like to swim like that' So, one year on, I'm nearly there....hopefully. So thank you for all your videos, they have been a huge inspiration. I do have one question, how much do you pull on your catch? I was under the impression that you hardly pull at all and that it is the leg kick plus rotation of body that creates the propulsion. This is the only mental part that I cannot seem to get quite right.
Shinji Takeuchi
Wondrin Minstrel
My intentions is to form my arm then let the body roll do the rest. I may need to push more for open water swimming.
問：你是如何劃水的呢？
竹內(nèi)：我是固定好手型，然后讓身體轉(zhuǎn)動來帶動，在公開水域我也許要推水。
Hi Shinji. Awesome swimming. Just have a question about kicking. I have recently started doing the two-beat kick but I can't seem to get my hips level after I breathe. For example,after I breathe on my right, and as my left hand is pulling thru, I kick with my left leg but I can't get my hips level like you do in your video. Any suggestion will be much appreciated.
Shinji Takeuchi
Jae Lee
Your legs might get tensed after down-kick. Once you move down your leg, you try to relax it so that the water pushes it up.
My dry-land rehearsal for 2 beat-kick will work for you. It makes you recognize the connection between toe-flick and hip rotation.
問：我打完腿后為什么身體不平呢？
竹內(nèi)：你打完腿后可能沒有放松，打完腿后要立即放松，讓水流把腿推回水面。
I have watched your video hundreds of times. Amazing technique. You are an inspiration. From not being able to swim 10-15 meters, I do 1200 meters trying to use your technique. I follow your guru Terry Laughlin as well. Thanks for the video. I still can't get my lower body parallel to the surface with the 2 beat kick. Resort to the buoy every so often. Any suggestions.??
Shinji Takeuchi
It is great improvement swimming from 15m to 1200m!
As for your leg sinking, check as follows;
1) Is your top of the head submerged all the time?
2) Are you looking down (at most 1.5m ahead)?
3) Can you see the spearing hand?
4) Is the elbow in front of your ear when insertion?
5) Is the degree between the surface and the hand more than 45?
Once you say yes to all the questions above, you feel your lower body goes up.
竹內(nèi)：如果你的腿部下沉，檢查一下幾點(diǎn)：
1 頭頂是不是一直沒在水中
2 是否眼睛朝下，最多朝前1.5米
3 能否看見前插的手
4 入水時肘部是否在耳朵前
5 入水角度是不是大于45度
如果回答都是是的話，你的下身就會漂起來
how can i kick like him? i tried but i lost my body balance.
Shinji Takeuchi
park鞝?wèi)鞓?, the kick is to assist body rotation, not to raise your lower body. You can improve your balance with your upper body.
竹內(nèi)：打腿是為了幫助身體轉(zhuǎn)動，而不是為了抬高下身。你可以通過上身來提高平衡。
This is very smooth really ...iam trying to do your style but not yet reaching your level as i feel very slow , others told me that i am over-gliding because of the slaw stroke rate..so how can you keep your speed with the slow stroke rate?
Shinji Takeuchi
mahmoud elsonbati , even the tempo is slow, you need to rotate your body very quickly with your arm stroke. It will create propulsion.
竹內(nèi)：即使是很慢的頻率，也需要快速的轉(zhuǎn)動來產(chǎn)生推進(jìn)力。
Hello,
I swim my freestyle with a six beat kick as I feel swimming TI with a 2 beat needs very strong and durable lat muscles, which I do not have. Even after using the six beat kick to add propulsion to my stroke, I am not able to sustain it for too long. I can swim only 500m, in about 12 mins or so. What may I be doing wrong? Should I just hit the gym and focus on building by back muscles?
Shinji Takeuchi
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You do not need very strong lat muscles to swim 2 beat kick. Using core enough to keep the posture is what you need. Find how to minimize engaging your core while doing Skate drill with kick.
竹內(nèi)：二次腿不需要很強(qiáng)的肌肉，用軀干核心來保持體態(tài)就夠了。在側(cè)漂的時候，練習(xí)用盡量少的軀干核心來完成。
I notice that my T.I. front crawl stroke is more like Terry Laughlin's and my physique is more like his than yours, Mr. Takeuchi. I notice that Terry and I are more barrel-chested than you, and I also observe that Terry and I don't shrug our shoulders as much as you during forward motion/recovery, nor do we have such extended shoulder lifting.
These are very subtle observations on my part and perhaps I am wrong. It is hard to see everything with different camera angles and with the water refracting the light. I wonder if it is because you have a wider shoulder to waist ratio than Terry and I?
Basically I am hoping that you can comment on differences in body types for stroke dynamics, in other words, how do different builds affect T.I. swimming style.
Thank you very much for offering to answer questions! Josh in Canada
Shinji Takeuchi
Hi Josh,
It is true swimming style may be different based on flexibility and other factors. In addition to that, I intentionally stretch my shoulder blade during recovery in order to put my elbows in higher positions before insertion.
I do not intend to shrug my shoulders.I intend to open my armpits and move the elbows to the side in the beginning phase of recovery. Then I engage my shoulder blade to bring the whole arm without changing the shape. Some of movements are introduce in my newly published 'Freestyle Toolbox' digital content at
http://shop.tiswim.net/en/
竹內(nèi)：在移臂時我主動伸展肩胛骨，這樣入水前我的肘部更高。我沒有刻意聳肩，而是在移臂開始的階段打開腋下，讓肘部在身體的外側(cè)。然后，不改變手臂形狀，用肩胛骨來移動手臂。
