David Popovici Stroke Analysis | Future 100 Freestyle World Record Holder
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- 16-year-old Romanian swimmer David Popovici WENT OFF at the European Junior Championships, and we broke his stroke down! Next year at the European Championships in Rome, he broke the 100 meter freestyle World Record. We can't wait to see more of this epic young swimmer for years to come!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:26 High Elbow Recovery
3:28 Turn
4:58 Catch
6:50 Body Position
11:33 Stroke Rhythm
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He's proof that technique beats strength
he is proof that swimming isnt competitive
Yeah, this video is accurate!!!
MySwipPro: David , dont do that....
David: Hold my Olympic Medals...
I am very impressed by the rising star David Popovici’s recent swims at the Euro Jrs! Over the last few years he has shown consistent improvement, and has the potential to do some pretty remarkable things in the sport over the next few years!
Can I ask, why do you think his straight arm is a mistake on the catch. I think it’s good for a few reasons.
1 - it’s the best way to get your hand as far forward as possible with least amount of drag. The hand isn’t pushing water so isn’t causing any resistance.
2 - the throw of the hand is almost like an accelerant. The breath and the throw at the same time looks like an extra propellant.
3 - because his arm is already extended way out front he can initiate the catch and EVF straight away with minimal arm sink.
@@questioneverything3060 I know you weren’t asking me but I think the main reason is is that the catch is faster when your arm is already in the best position for pulling water… in a distance event the extra length of the arm is better that in a 100 of 50 tho
I would love to see a stroke analysis of Michael Andrew’s last 50 in the 200 IM 😂.
That's his IM death stroke leg.
@@x-x101 That's what happens when amateurs send him out too fast. Pick any of the top ten coaches and Andrew will set world records in six months. Keep dad home.
He went too fast in the 150m and was tired for the last 50
Indeed...
He got WR
Good analysis. Popovic just broke the WR in Rome and smashes record after record.🙂
its a divine gift in David, natural dna for swimming
In the meantime he is the world champion at 200 metres freestyle ar Budapest '22 ...and with every occasion he improves his personal best's and beats the world junior records
Traiasca David!
and 100 metres , the second final won!
and now the world record holder in the 100 freestyle
GZ for DAVID POPOVICI who won 2 GOLD medals at World Swimming Championships 2022 !!!! FORZA ROMANIA !!!
he just broke the world record
Popovici is my hero and now to look at this even the best swimmers in the world need to adjust there stroke🏆
this aged well
He’ll dominate the 100 and 200 Free for the next 15 years
Can't wait to see how he develops!
@@FaresKsebati Gold at 200 m freestyle -Budapest.........WJ record
@@FaresKsebati Also gold at 100 m freestyle - Budapest
He just broke the WR in 100 free
Its scary how much he can improve. For everyone else. Hate seeing someone as old as me breakin through. Like great for them ofc and the human race but, still bitter sweet haha
the new GOLDEN BOY !!!
Go David! He said his goal is to be in ONE final to be in the best 8.
Well, he's officially the 4th best in the world in 200m by now 👍
He îs a first and Will be long Time ❤
My Romanian boy
Few top swimmers apply your so-called ideal smooth swimming style. More and more swimmers prefer the jolty style in competition.
You keep talking about high head position equals sinking legs. That is completely wrong. Just watch the video, his legs never sank and the white bubbles were always there.
Only his head and upper body moved up and down. One arm stroke, his head was high and thus there was less water resistance. The next stroke, his whole head plunged into water and thus there was less wave resistance. The resistance is not that bad as long as your hips and legs are near the surface of the water
This jolty style may consume a little bit more energy, but is considerably efficient (due to the switch between low water resistance and low wave resistance), and in exchange it gives you a very comfortable breathing, which is crucial for the win.
The smooth style is more suitable for long distance or non-competition scenarios.
I agree with your points. Swimming is not one size fits all. Peter van den Hoogenband, 3 times Olympic champion and a long time 100 freestyle world record holder, had his head position higher than other swimmers. I think it has to do with body mass and how powerful the kick is. On the flip side, Ian Thorp another great freestyler with higher body mass had long front quadrant pulls at slower tempo. He was more horizontal to water line with barely no up and down movement in the water like Phelps or Popovici.
Very gifted with long hands! I like the high elbow recovery
And he broke it
He's next level🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴
Here after him breaking workd record
Now it’s Time for his Analysis of the 200 Free at World Championships 2022
When watching your Ledecky, Phelps and Popovici analysis videos I was just baffled how can someone criticize literally the fastest swimmers in the world and just be dead wrong. They all have virtually the same stroke type that you seem to not understand or want to sound credible "correcting" them. And so you just keep pushing the same old smooth, symmetrical strokes that might work for your beginner audience on YT and that you can find on any other run-of-the-mill swim channel. Saying that, I do enjoy your other content (US Trials were awesome) but those three videos were jarring.
Its the old school text book freestyle he wants to push and like many other coaches that are narrow minded. Their reasoning was because “it says in the book”. Im sure if michael phelps or any of their beloved usa swimmers swims like this then its the right way of swimming. To put it simply, different swimmers have different habits even the best of the best and if it works for them then why change it. Lots of experts coach online but then they never want their own stroke get criticised by online people. If u know u know.
Great comment. I completely agree with you. In my own experience, gallop not only allows you to fall into a rhythm, but also utilize gravity to shoot forward, similarly to getting high out of the water in breastroke during the pull, in order to shoot forward as well.
This guy also seems to promote a lower head position, in every single race analysis. However, when doing so, it becomes nearly impossible to breathe at high speeds, especially when a swimmer reaches hull speed. The speed of these athletes' kick also greatly causes upper body lift. So in their cases, it definitely makes sense to keep doing what they are doing, and probably advanced swimmers as well. Only exception would probably be swimmers who have not yet reached such speeds to where "textbook" freestyle doesn't apply as well
I agree with you. This is less analysis than it is critique, and he loses focus on his point often enough that I will *not* be "smashing the like button" or subscribing. Also, too much fiddling about with the iPad.
Yeah, the guy has just finished 4th in 200m an hour ago, at the age of 17, but his technique is rubbish, okay...
What we really need to see is from the underwater camera, which the Olympics will give us. It will be interesting to see his catch, especially that left arm.
The high upper body position may be deceptive because his torso is exceptionally long - in pictures, it looks longer than Michael Phelps. His quads are disproportionally large compared to the rest of his Skinny Legend body, and his hyperextension angle at the knee looks as great as most exceptional swimmers. My take is the strength and biomechanics of his kick allow his legs to stay at a traditional waterline and provide him a platform for his long torso to ride higher than normal elite sprinters.
Cool video! Thanks! To understand his style you have to understand Popovici has no arms. He has tentacles. Forward desplacement in fluids by means of excepcionaly long tentacles. That´s him!
Haha I lol'd at this comment! Nice work 😂
HE JUST WON 2 GOLD MEDALS AT THE BUDAPEST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FIRST TIME IN 49 YEARS😁😁😁
WORLD CHAMPION. HE IS GONNA BE THE NEXT OLYMPICS SUPERSTAR
I find his recovery quite variable; For some of his strokes the hand is high, then a few strokes later, it's down, with a nice elbow bend.
I don't agree with what you said regarding the leg's position...they are not under water as you said and shown in the imaginary angle, instead they are at the water level or above all the time which shows a great talent and very gracious way of swimming. He doesn't splash much and his kick is very strong. His technique got him where he is now ....
Bravo copil frumos
I don't claim to be an expert, but I have seen that kind of entry in many elite freestylers, mostly sprinters.
Also, that high position of the upper body at one point of the stroke seems to work well for him.
I agree with you. I feel like the elite coaches and athletes know something more than we do. Why else does literally almost all the sprinters do this? Don't you think they would have realized and changed their stroke if it they could go faster by making such changes as this guy suggests? The fact that they don't leads me to believe that there is some tradeoff which makes their strokes quicker.
From my own experience, doing gallop freestyle, bringing my body higher out of the water allows me to utilize gravity to reach forward with greater force. This is similar to getting high out of the water in breastroke in order to shoot forward.
Could it be the 'new' style for sprint? Most people say the ideal way is to reduce drag, so by doing this way swimming out of the water almost half of the time and if you can control the fall minimize the drop into the water then it must be very low resistance. On the race, if he can maintain bending he back a bit for 46 47s, you are literally a boat on water!
1:00 damn thats high quality video
Thank you for the Analyse! Very interesting
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh this prophecy came true
Most op part of swim:body position
You were right
watch him now bro, he got 2 gold medals with the seniors both the 100m and 200m
pure talent 🏊🏊🏊
💙💛❤️
Agreed!
Nice prediction 🔥💪🏽
Bro predicted it
Gotta do a new analysis with his world record 100m free
He's special for sure.
Bro was bang on with that prediction in the title.
If he puts up a good swim in Tokyo, we should be in for a treat watching him alongside Dressel, Duncan and Chalmers.
It'll be a great race!!
Duncan isn't entered in the individual 100
@@evytourgeman Source please? I this is false.
@@x-x101 not false. It’s been confirmed by the two swimmers from UK that are racing- Matt Richards & Jacob whittle. He’s focussing on 200 IM instead aswell as 200free, 4x200free and 4x100 relays.
@@deanmilwainoly3966 thanks for confirming, i couldn't verify via google.
Based on your analysis he doesn't know how to swim. :)))
The best comment here. You make me laugh:))
Yea there was a few things on his analysis that is just wrong, like the entry point of the arm. Why would entering closer to the head be better than entering with a straight arm? That's just going to cause more resistance with the hand in the water.
@@Louis-gd2cq no i think it creates glide so it makes you faster (i think)
ROMÂNIA 💟 DAVID💯💣
Yeah now is WC 100 and 200 and have 17 yearse old 👍👏👏
i love the accent of foreign's say david name. it makes me laught `
Ce comentariu prostesc.
Any recommended drills for high elbow and correct kicking?
The bow and arrow drill is a great drill: ruclips.net/video/1UI9H2JEoo0/видео.html
I’d rather hear why his technique works not tell him how to go faster. Changing his stroke a good thing?
Legs sinking? But the body position is perhaps aligned with the instant speed?
Its time to do a follow up video on how he has improved since this video with his new world record this year.
High head position does not necessarily make your legs sink. Obviously he makes it work
King David
Woah!!
He deserve the role in the next acquaman
He won by a full body lenght and has a wr. What are you talking about with all this technique? Apparently this technique works wonders for him, so far.
What application do you use to do your analysis?
Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe had a 10% tilt in the water, yet he won great championships
Whats the point of david needing to enter the water with a shorter catch? Wouldn't reaching out a far as he can reduce drag?
Seems like it would increase stroke length too.
the hand extends the same, only underwater.
@@djinjis sounds slower to me
@@Repienk the hand in front of you opens the water for the body, should make you... penetrate the water, better.
Fares literally has no idea what he’s talking about
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I've still never heard a cogent explanation of why breathing off the wall slows you down. And why shouldn't his hand enter the water with his arm almost fully extended? Entering earlier would surely cause extra drag. Again, the up-down movement balances power on one side of the stroke with efficiency (low drag) on the other.
For everyone no matter the level, taking a breath in freestyle is just something that's slower compared to having a stroke with no breath, it's for a multitude of reasons from just it taking time for the head to turn, the turbulence it causes in rhythm, and it making your hips sink a bit lower. That's why in the 50 free you see everyone take zero breaths the whole way, but that's just a 50 where you're in and out of there and that isn't viable for a 100 or a 200. Off the block and off the walls are the fastest part of any race, and when you come up to go into the actual swim part which is considerably slower than underwater, you're obviously gonna want to carry the speed of the underwater to the race for as long as possible. If you just take a breath right off the wall its gonna slow you down a lot by virtue of the nature of breath strokes being slower, which cancels that "momentum" (underwater speed) that you hear people talk about
Taking the breath when he needs it helps his rhythm.
@@epw6679 Popovici takes a few breaths in the 50.
@@epw6679 I'd be interested to see how much of the wall speed is left by the time one is breaking out with the first stroke. Even if some of it remains at that point, it would take more argument to show that it's worth preserving at the expense of the oxygen and head-leverage/stroke power one would get by breathing instead.
@@snowpants2212 Well that's to each their own on their ability to hold their breath and people do weigh the cost benefits there a lot, but it's generally agreed by most coaches that if you've trained it and are able to hold your breath for the first few strokes it will be much faster, which is why a lot of coaches age group and college push doing that in practice.
The only way to swim faster is a shark behind you...
I am confused should i kick fast and hope for my kick to be faster or should i slow my legs down and rotate my hips?
In practice, work on kicking fast in kick sets but adjust the speed of your kick to the distance that you're swimming in a speed set! Your legs should be going all out in a shorter race, but in a longer race, that would burn too much energy. It's a balance!
Yes but look at his strong kick! There's a bow wave at mid-body. It looks as if he's surfing.
It seems that asymmetrical swimming is the future (except for the butterfly).
He looks like a light featherweight, lanky and lean. Imagine him at 18 or going into his 20s, building some muscle mass and improving his strength and technique. 46.50s or quicker is very much possible. Bye bye WR by Cesar Cielo which isn't a legitimate time anyways, created by the cheat swimsuit.
3 people who can probably already break "Cielo's WR": Kyle, Caeleb and this David
@@gabsleite5199 and Duncan Scott. 46 plus n relay.
@@elainekerslake6865 no.
@@cristobilllumberg2473 well I say yes.how about that.next year!
Popovici already break WR in freestyle
I think you should compare him with the 16 yo Jacob whittle from the UK. Has gone 48 low. Very different styles.
Great suggestion!
I often wonder if adding weights and weight to a swimmer like this is at all smart. I also think that if he goes pro his chance to reach his full potential will potentially be compromised. Biomechanically, he is amazing; but I agree about starts and turns. I actually like this lope on him. I also agree about a 45. Very very possible.
Michael Andrew doesn't do any weight training and he is doing amazingly well without it. I can't wait to see what He does in a couple of years
@@berniejordaan9655 michael andrew does lots of weight training. He has entire videos of him lifting weights on his youtube channel.
@@pulaski7621 Maybe I misheard or misunderstood what was said in one of the latest interviews with his father Peter Andrew. 🤔
He'll reach his full potential just fine without the American collegiate system.
@@XDF745 Physically perhaps. But our system has social, mental, and team training advantages. I'd love ot have him on my team!
he will win the Tokyo 100m race and it will be a delight to watch!
Sper c-ai invatat o lectie despre laudarosenie.
@@tirpitz19 This comment got me wheezing for a good 10 minutes. It was very hard to stop 🕳🏃🏻♀️
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@@adrianionutroncea2194 Stai sa ma uit inca o data.Da,era vorba despre cursa de la Tokyo.Fii mai atent.
@@tirpitz19 boss las-o moale baiatul e de viitor e foarte intelignt si are doar 17 ani cred ca mai poate duce 3 olimpiade iar invidiosii ca tine ar trebui sa aplaude si sa taca ,el este un viitor OLIMPIC ,sigur il bate pe Caeleb Draesell,GURA MICA el tocmai a egalat un record vechi de aproape 50 de ani la Campionate Mondiale,iar daca mai participa si la 400 de m sau la alte tipuri de inot la fluture sau spate pe viitor cred ca are multe sanse si la alte medalii,nu cred ca am mai avut veun alt pusti ca el vreodata la INOT🥳🥳e roman si e mandru de asta spre deosebire de altii nu vrea sa paraseascatara pentru bani si crede in viitoru sau in Romania
We want a new analysis!
you seem a little concerned about dressel chances to win 100 free in tokyo
11:10 are u saying that he's coming too high out of the water at that point?
but also wouldnt that be a contradiction to what you said earlier about having a higher upper body position? because since he's tall skinny young and lean, he doesn't have a lot of muscle mass in his legs so he can afford to pull this off.
Please make a skin care routine for swimmers.
Great suggestion!
His feet are NOT sinking
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
Why 15 min Video for this
Dressel, koleshnikov, popovici, chalmers, Scott... this is gonna be the best and fastest 100 freestyle ever. What’s your prediction guys?
Mine is either Dressel or koleshnikov 1st (hard to tell).
2nd Chalmers
3rd Popovici
I think Dressel gets the hedge though because he wasn’t tapered for trials.
This is a good prediction right here! Can't wait to watch!
You're forgetting about Miressi guys. Did a 47.4 at the Euros. My prediction: Dressel, Miressi, Kolesnikov, Popovici, Chalmers
Scott isn't even swimming the individual 100 free.
You will have a big surprise bro ! 1st will be David Popovici and he s time will be under 47 ! Just mark my words bro ! 😉💪👍
Popovici The best
All thoses mistakes and got the WR ???
Considering how young and well trained he is, he’s probably compensating some of those issues with a very strong catch and kicks. This analysis goes to show you, that there’s ample room for improvement that’ll surely result in even better times.
It's a mistake to think that there's only one correct way to swim. There are advantages to the unorthodox galloping style he's using, which is obvious from the time he's getting.
Champions don’t have a mistakes, it’s feature, it’s probably helps him do 47.3 and WR on Olympics
Having the world record (a junior world record) don't makes you the perfect swimmer just the fastest.....he is young and have many time to improve.
Many people have had the world recird before and many more are gonna break it in the future, for example right now there's only one world record belonging to Michael Phelps other swimmers have come to overpass him.
So yes he can swim better and yes others will after him
Yeah, this so-called analysis doesn't do much to explain his speed. Not a top-quality video, and there's no underwater photography. In another video I thought was much better, the commentator tries to identify what Popovici does right, and also had some insightful background on his training that helped explain his pretty great back half (22.97/24.33).
Popovici swims like chalmers alot.
Popovici will smash All of them ! Mark my words and he will go under 47 ! 😉💪👍
just under 1:43 for the 200!!!!
Unorthodox technique. But it doesn't matter since he got WR 🤣
Viewers should note that if he followed your suggestion, he would be in last place in this race. You need to completely redo this stroke analysis because your analysis misses every important point. David's secrets are very safe with this stroke analysis!
HAHAHAHAH
VITS make it happen
Ниче так румын гребет
Juicing???
Lol, you give advice to the best swimmer on earth...you don't get it. Throw away everything you may thing you know and learn from the kid. Things you know are obsolete...
Something doesn’t add up here.
What!?
Just because he is from Romania something smells fishy!?
Name the drugs that will give you those genetics and that stroke technique
@@absidyabsidy2727 theres a 95% chance that he is doping
@@pulaski7621 why? because he is not from USA or Australia or another special country?
@@19712000remus no doping in the USA and Australia is extremely prevelent. Its just that swimming a 47 at 16 years old is UNHEARD OF.
This video didn't aged well
I find it hard to believe that the fastest swimmer in the world is making as many technical mistakes as you say. There has to be benefits to these "mistakes".
Well, that aged well