Nice 
But, try to be more like one of these, minus the dodgy tracksuits:
Thorpe’s “reach and glide” arm extension is nuts!
Also, check out how much they all kick.
Hoogenband would’ve had that in a full speedsuit
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Unfortunately the video is blocked
It’s the 2004 Olympic 200m freestyle final.
The heyday of speedsuits and MAHOOSIVE feet 
Yeah, it’s blocked from playing in-situ here, but you can click the link and watch in the YouTube app/site.
For you…
Is that video at full speed?
Or slowed down a bit?
Your arms look a bit straight to me, pretty sure there should be some flex at the elbow?
Looks like you’re over-rotating on your right hand side, too.
Your left arm is also proper crossing your body, in the top right video, it’s so far over it’s practically touching your right hip.
Imagine the line is a ladder and you have to pull yourself up and over each rung, but also each rung is a barrel that you have to haul yourself over/across.
Your kick practically stops at some points, too. During the rotation phase on the right arm extension - that seems to be “dead” part of your stroke/phase (whatever it’s called)
It also looks as though your full head is coming out for breath - be more like Popeye!
Keep half of your face in the water and Popeye your mouth to one side and breath that way.
I can’t tell from the video - but are your fingers entering the water first?
The top-left video looks as though you’re “palming” the water.
Just open it directly in YooTooob - the error message should give you that option
Ah 2004, difficult to watch any of that period and not wonder about what everyone is on!
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ha ha ha - try swimming 10-11km per week for a month, whilst maintaining your run volume…
…ankles of glass!!!
A swimming block and running block do not mix.
Its at normal speed, however, its only swimming at 1:50/100m
Your other observations are all areas I am working on. 3 focus areas for me at the moment are catch, keeping writs below elbow, trying not to cross over, and kick. In all 3 areas I have improved, but still a lot more potential
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YAY!!!
Glad I picked up what you’re already working on - what sort of 400m time improvement have you seen?
PS> I’ve never seen myself swim, nor do I want to
Went down a YouTube rabbit hole. Found this
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I’ve seen between 3 and 4 seconds per 100. Did 2 x 6m30s 400m with 45s RI, and it felt OK
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hyper mobility does that but its a swimmer thing. I remember Charles showing his “floppy feet” in a video on TT1.0 and my mate also, shit for runner though.
Nice vid @Adam
Thing I took away from that to think about was the the rotation begins a bit earlier than I think I do it, plus it really emphasizes the power phase vs. setup. The dry land stuff maybe exaggerates it but certainly seems to have resonated in terms of demonstrating timing of the stroke.
Now probably everyone will say it’s an unrealistic technique
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The rotation is driven by the extension from the shoulders not the hips as a number of tri coaches incorrectly state. This really emphasises that for me and is a good take away from that video. the in water has too much glide but i think that’s for video purposes only 
This is where the drill I do helps: swim with your ankles banded together; I do 50m reps pretty hard, and they are ~2s slower than using legs. You should feel your core working.
Caveat, you’ll probably be faster than me by the end of the year anyway 
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Which shows how poor I am with natural buoyancy. With band, I’d be quicker walking along the pool 
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Or how amazing Jorgan is. I’d also be a lot lot slower than 2s/100m band only! Don’t think I know anyone who could pull band only within 2s of swim time.
Or that @Jorgan doesn’t kick in his normal freestyle?
Yeah, my kick is pretty sh1te.
I don’t think it’s that. I’m saying my body position is clearly so poor without the crutch of a kick. On 100m band only last week, my toes touched the bottom of the 1.2m deep pool at the end of the final length