Hey Guys!
So I've been trying to work on my technique this summer and I've made a lot of progress in my freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke mainly because I've been working with an instructor. However, we didn't have a chance to get to butterfly, and I'm really considering joining a local club team in the fall, but I don't want to embarrass myself by being unable to swim this stroke at all.
Anyway, I was hoping that you guys may be able to tell me how I should go about teaching myself and what things to really be careful about. If you guys have any videos that you think are really good, I'd love to see those too.
Thanks!
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Taught myself just enough fly. I think that you have to be in really, really good shape to learn fly, less so to swim it once you know how.
Someone else posted this drill about a year ago and it helped me get the body motion down:
Butterfly NAD Drill - Slow Execution - YouTube
From there I swam a lot of one-arm fly and freestyle arms with butterfly kick. Some people learn by swimming three strokes left arm only, three strokes right arm only and three strokes full butterfly. I had no luck with that, but you might.
Also be prepared to swim extremely short distances of fly - like two or three strokes. It's so taxing at first that the stroke breaks down quickly. I learned a lot swimming in the ocean, of all places. I would body surf to shore then swim 2-3 strokes of fly to get back in position. Doing that for a half-hour or so was not particularly taxing, but helped me understand how to coordinate everything.
Taught myself just enough fly. I think that you have to be in really, really good shape to learn fly, less so to swim it once you know how.
Someone else posted this drill about a year ago and it helped me get the body motion down:
Butterfly NAD Drill - Slow Execution - YouTube
From there I swam a lot of one-arm fly and freestyle arms with butterfly kick. Some people learn by swimming three strokes left arm only, three strokes right arm only and three strokes full butterfly. I had no luck with that, but you might.
Also be prepared to swim extremely short distances of fly - like two or three strokes. It's so taxing at first that the stroke breaks down quickly. I learned a lot swimming in the ocean, of all places. I would body surf to shore then swim 2-3 strokes of fly to get back in position. Doing that for a half-hour or so was not particularly taxing, but helped me understand how to coordinate everything.
