Swimming Breaststroke

Head down in the glide! Why? Head down, hips up. Your goal is to streamline through the glide, where you can gain speed and save energy, as long as you do not prolong the glide. When you keep your head up, your hips drop and then you are creating resistance by exposing too much of your body to the water. So keep that head down between your arms as you drive your body forward with your kick. What about swimming sprint when you almost have no glide phase and you start the pull as soon as your finish your kick? I noticed that if I hide my head in such case it takes too much effort to lift myself. Nevertheless I saw both types of sprinters 1. Hiding head Van Der Burgh breaks his 50m World Record - from Universal Sports - YouTube 2. Both hiding and not hiding head depending if glide phase is present Техника плавания брассом - YouTube

Head down in the glide! Why? Head down, hips up. Your goal is to streamline through the glide, where you can gain speed and save energy, as long as you do not prolong the glide. When you keep your head up, your hips drop and then you are creating resistance by exposing too much of your body to the water. So keep that head down between your arms as you drive your body forward with your kick. What about swimming sprint when you almost have no glide phase and you start the pull as soon as your finish your kick? I noticed that if I hide my head in such case it takes too much effort to lift myself. Nevertheless I saw both types of sprinters 1. Hiding head Van Der Burgh breaks his 50m World Record - from Universal Sports - YouTube 2. Both hiding and not hiding head depending if glide phase is present Техника плавания брассом - YouTube