Big swim meet comming up and i need to focus on my butterfly arms.. i have been thinking, What is the correct way to pull for the butterfly pulll down? should my hands push the water next to my hips or under my hips? I would also like the easiest way that can help save my arms from dying in the 100 butterfly.
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The kick is a head to toe motion full body motion, Others may diagree but the head action controls the kick. Others may disagree, but certainly not me.
Fly is a kick driven stroke. And I also agree with one of your previous comment that kind of stayed unanswered I believe.
Often so, arms are dying because of the way people kick, and I'd add because of the way people breathe:
- If the Second kick occurs way too early, and that the hands are use to push yourself up to breathe (instead of just making a head movement), then arms can rapidly become overloaded and die prematurely.
- Severe (to mild) flexibility limitations will also be extremely counterproductive when swimming the fly. Lay down in your bed. Perform arm recoveries, ie arms up, bring them along side the body, then back up, then back down, then back up. This should feel relatively easy. If it feels like a nightmare, that alone, then you likely have a flexibility issue. Arm adductors are not flexible enough. You're therefore working against yourself when recovering the arms.
The kick is a head to toe motion full body motion, Others may diagree but the head action controls the kick. Others may disagree, but certainly not me.
Fly is a kick driven stroke. And I also agree with one of your previous comment that kind of stayed unanswered I believe.
Often so, arms are dying because of the way people kick, and I'd add because of the way people breathe:
- If the Second kick occurs way too early, and that the hands are use to push yourself up to breathe (instead of just making a head movement), then arms can rapidly become overloaded and die prematurely.
- Severe (to mild) flexibility limitations will also be extremely counterproductive when swimming the fly. Lay down in your bed. Perform arm recoveries, ie arms up, bring them along side the body, then back up, then back down, then back up. This should feel relatively easy. If it feels like a nightmare, that alone, then you likely have a flexibility issue. Arm adductors are not flexible enough. You're therefore working against yourself when recovering the arms.
