World-Record Freestyle | David Popovici Technique Analysis

Yes, Fares, please do an in-person session with David. Thanks.

I can piss faster than most pros can swim.

Thank you for these useful information about how to swim more profersional and dont give up

Agree his hand enters early

Hi I’m wondering if the student wants to compete would be more beneficial to focus on one style that he is best at and is his favourite and put more pressure on mastering this style technique or he should do many styles in trainings what would you recommend ?

I am very grateful for your analysis, thank you for remembering who is the swimmer and for being so perfectionist, your analysis are amazing 💯❤️

I wanna know what is different between early vertical form and front crawl style ? I know both might use high elbow right 😅 please correct me if i am wrong

i just curious about that you reveal their technique in swimming , would they feel offended 😂... somemore you visit them directly and make an interview with them. 😅. It is possible you can visit asian swimmer like Singapore one ,Japan one ,China one etc 😆

I like how you feel qualified to correct the world record holder 😂

Nice analysis. As a former swimmer I agree
I appreciate your effort. One thing I didn't see which I would say I very important is how he keeps his hands under the water and moves them and specially his fingers.

I observe his legs bending not straighten when he performed kicking .. he bent his knee and the gap between two legs spread seems wider than others but it doesn't bother his speed. How come? It wont affect his gliding as he bent his knee when kicking 😅

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I’m both a swimmer and a fan of human movement (in a nerd kind of way - hence my presence in this comment section).

I encourage you to look up GOATA.

I actually disagree with the idea that his spine going off line, is a bad thing. All elite movement amongst mammals begins with the spine as an engine.

Fish literally ONLY use their center to flap side to side and thus move forwards.

I actually think David is onto something here which others may have historically overlooked - hence his talent

I think he’s underwater dolphin kick is too long. Rules will change because of this.

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Silent i on the end of his name

Your second teaching error is in EVF. EVF does not occur when you are pointing it out, but rather EVF occurs when the biceps are parallel to the water surface and the fingers move ever so slightly downwards, not on purpose, but rather as a result of bending or more correctly "loading up" the entire arm, as this is what is termed "the catch", but nobody sees this because it happens in an instant.

Absolutely wrong in your analysis. His head moves out of plane so that his left arm extends further forward by pushing his shoulder forward. This is why he is so fast! If his head is as you say, then his shoulder cannot move forward as it rotates about the spine. You are teaching wrong.

David you are the best in the world 🎉

thanks bro!

As an ex competitive swimmer, his technique is beautiful and virtually flawless. He has focused on efficiency and then added the power. His technique allows him to utilise his ridiculously high power to weight ratio. Simply a very clever freak of nature.

This guy is so freaking fast and furious

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Everything is natural for David

Rectangles (not squares) drawn at cca 6min do not represent any surface area producing drag or resistance (or any slowdown force inducing) area, really. They do not.

according to my calculations .. if I extrapolate the exponential graph of 100m freestyle records then in 6742AD the world record will stand a 5.89s for the 100m freestyle. (however the world will probably end considerabely before that time)

What about analysing Chad LeClos's butterfly?

Does he breath every 2?3?4?

The swimmer in the middle under water has a better early vertical arm form under water but you want us to ignore the simmer in the middle.

I have been trying to improve my freestyle technique for month and today I finally took a video of my swimming and that’s actually terrible 😞 but anyway I will try to do my best

Thanks for making this I’m working with my coach rn to improve my hip rotation and she suggested that I check out popvicis stroke

David Popovici is our hero! Suntem mândri de înotătorul nostru de aur!

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Do you think his body is different from others? Does it matter to the way one swims?

You are maybe the best! Thank you for your great videos 👏

Drop the I at the end and you will say his name correctly

what is the name of analysis software that you used in this videos

Was it so hard to learn to pronounciate his surname correctly?

Please also analyze the return, is it the fastest of all great swimmers? I mean the sequence from 10.46 min. Felicitari David Popovici!!

Hey! Great video analysis, however, your interpretation on David's first 50m might be inaccurate - in one of interviews he explained he is not pushing first 50 so hard on purpose... And this is his secret to be so incredibly fast on second 50. He told he was working A LOT on his "easy speed" meaning he is able to save the energy for the second 50. While others try to keep the pace after a turn, David starts showing what he is really capable of.

"Losing" a start and first 15m meters is not an accident, but acting on purpose. I am not saying he is a swimming god, however EVERY stroke, every move, every breath and speed is counted and solidly prepared before the race.

I would even say that searching for improvements in his first 50m is pointless as this first 50m in fact is his key to blow on the second... :)

Please do a video on him!

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nice breakdown bro

It really is going to be interesting to see how we develops. He's still quite young and skinny, when he begins to pack on the muscle and become more explosive especially on his starts and turns we will be in for quite a treat!

So, your theory is that by doing whatever everyone else does, Popovici surpasses them all. As for his pronounced lope with his head going almost competely out of the water and then under the water, something he shares with other greats like Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, that gets no comment at all. Except maybe that he might go faster if he didn't do that...

What app do u use on iPad to make those drawings and edits?

Please clarify about his rotation. In the past, you mentioned about 45 degrees. That looks like more than 45 degrees. A front view may help show his shoulder angle vs the body axis.

Interesting break down. However, you still need to become familiar with the Gallop style of freestyle, which is also called by some 'Hybrid' style of freestyle. Hybrid being a combination between shoulder driven and hip driven freestyle. I will continue to maintain that hips can not drive anything, but that is another matter.... Anyway, this gallop style seems to go back to at least Mark Spitz, though his version was very coarse. Matt Biondi did it far better, and the modern swimmers do it still better. It does involve that slight upper body twisting that you pointed out and a slight porpoising while swimming. Arms come over the top slightly higher so you can drive your catch/recover forward and down for a bit more acceleration. The cadence is not even, but a quick 1, 2, then a slight pause, then repeat. Even distance swimmers like Sun Yang use it. All of the men use it, and a few women like Katie Ledecky use it. The things he does that do not fit 'classic' freestyle are due to this method of freestyle, and they contribute to faster speeds.