Hi everyone
Been learning proper fly technique recently, and can get through 25M with reasonable proficiency. But after around the 15M mark I struggle to catch a breath because of the increasing splash I'm creating, I can only think that it's my head position causing this problem because at this point my arms are just finishing the pull.Can anyone relate to this and give me some tips?
Cheers
Andy
Without seeing a video my first thought is that you are not pulling your hands/arms in under your body enough. If you concentrate on making the S shape you should be able to lift the head/push head & shoulders out of the water when the hands are close under the body. Then push your palms out, recover your arms and drop your head before the hands re-enter.
Come to think about it I think I do neglect the push phase of my arm stroke and am maybe exiting my arms a little early, will get to work on this. Also would a stronger kick make the breathing phase easier?
Cheers
Andy
All true comments. If you are not finishing/pushing hard to the end the you do not have to forward motion to keep your head up. Do yu go to the gym to work on your arms for this?
If you want to clean up the breathing aspect of this stroke, you may want to give a try at the following drill. It's fly without the arms, breathing every stroke. The remaining is identical as if you were swimming the full stroke.
I call this 0-arm fly.
Fly DrillSide - YouTube
think it's more of a technique problem rather than a strength issue.
Almost certainly. Michael Phelps never touched a weight until he was at least 18, probably older. You don't need to work out in a gym to be a fast swimmer.
No, just ab work on dry land, think it's more of a technique problem rather than a strength issue. What arm exercises do you think would be benificial, my guess would be mainly tricep work, overhead barbell extensions and cable pull extensions etc.
