I have been swimming for years on and off now, and every single time that the butterfly came up in prax, i would frieght and just do free back or brest. However, recently my coach got on me and I'm so glad that she did. She forced me to do the butterfly and I ended up being a natural at it. My first time through I did the 50 Fly in the low 27's. Now that I know that I am my own worst enemy in the pool, not the butterfly stroke, I actually enjoy it.
The issue is that I can only go 50 meters of butterfly before I have to switch to free or back due to becoming very tired in my sholders and abs. I want to work up to doing the 100 fly and the 200 fly.
So, my question is, are there any dryland exercises that I can do, in my house per se, that will help me strengthen the various muscles that are used in Fly?
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Thank you so much for the feed back, I greatly appreciate it. You even answered my question that I didnt ask about the acronym SDK.
Speaking of counting my dolphin kicks off the wall, I have recently noticed that when I kick off the wall is 5 foot water, everything goes smooth, but when i get to like 8-12 foot deep water, i cant gadge how close i am to the surface and start trying to take strokes when im like 2ft under. Any suggestions??
As for flexability, the only problem that I know that I have is that if I put my arms strait out so that they are perpendicular to my torso, that I can only move my arms back like 6 inches or so. What is a great strech to help with that? I know that my flexibility with this joint needs improvemnt as I see most swimmers my age, or hell, even older than me that have a better range of motion in that joint.
I'll try to get a video on monday using my droid and post it. My coaches say my fly is great, but I dont see how, I dont know why, and the fly that I know i taught myself from watching other people swim.
Again, thanks for you time and your replies.
Thank you so much for the feed back, I greatly appreciate it. You even answered my question that I didnt ask about the acronym SDK.
Speaking of counting my dolphin kicks off the wall, I have recently noticed that when I kick off the wall is 5 foot water, everything goes smooth, but when i get to like 8-12 foot deep water, i cant gadge how close i am to the surface and start trying to take strokes when im like 2ft under. Any suggestions??
As for flexability, the only problem that I know that I have is that if I put my arms strait out so that they are perpendicular to my torso, that I can only move my arms back like 6 inches or so. What is a great strech to help with that? I know that my flexibility with this joint needs improvemnt as I see most swimmers my age, or hell, even older than me that have a better range of motion in that joint.
I'll try to get a video on monday using my droid and post it. My coaches say my fly is great, but I dont see how, I dont know why, and the fly that I know i taught myself from watching other people swim.
Again, thanks for you time and your replies.
