Please help I'm teaching a few people to swim and there seems to be a problem with their breastroke kick. This is my main stroke and I don't seem able to give it over to them. They manage a push off, glide, hands, but their legs seem to lack power. Any tips? Any videos any1 can recommend?
Modern Breaststroke is all about maintaining streamline as much as possible.As seen in Elaine's video of Kitajima there is some flexing at the hips to increase the power of the kick,but it comes right before the kick,breaking streamline for the shortest period of time possible.
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Is there anything that I can think about to help with the rhythm of pull to kick, with that undulation thrown in? I need to work more on the feet to fanny bit, and it seems like a whisper of a dolphin kick in there are the feet return to streamline. Is that right?
Try BR pull with dolphin kick with fins(one kick per pull). This is a good way to feel the timing.Work on keeping your hips up as you lunge forward on the pull recovery.
Is there anything that I can think about to help with the rhythm of pull to kick, with that undulation thrown in? I need to work more on the feet to fanny bit, and it seems like a whisper of a dolphin kick in there are the feet return to streamline. Is that right?
Also,
This weekend I was at Eric Shanteau’s Swim4OurLives and listened in on the breaststroke clinic led by Rebecca Soni and Mark Gangloff. Soni had her group doing a variation of the 2 kick 1 pull drill, which makes a lot more sense to me than just kick-kick-pull. She had the group do it as kick-pull-kick-glide, with the focus on the timing of the kick in the pull-kick-glide section. Soni and Gangloff made it look so easy, but the rest of the group seemed to be getting the hang of it as well.
To add to Allen’s suggestion, another drill is to start off BR with dolphin kick (this time no fins) and once you get into your timing after 3-5 strokes, then switch to BR kick for the rest of the length while keeping the hips up, lunge and timing.
Also,
This weekend I was at Eric Shanteau’s Swim4OurLives and listened in on the breaststroke clinic led by Rebecca Soni and Mark Gangloff. Soni had her group doing a variation of the 2 kick 1 pull drill, which makes a lot more sense to me than just kick-kick-pull. She had the group do it as kick-pull-kick-glide, with the focus on the timing of the kick in the pull-kick-glide section. Soni and Gangloff made it look so easy, but the rest of the group seemed to be getting the hang of it as well.
To add to Allen’s suggestion, another drill is to start off BR with dolphin kick (this time no fins) and once you get into your timing after 3-5 strokes, then switch to BR kick for the rest of the length while keeping the hips up, lunge and timing.
That is a good drill.Another is 2 strokes fly,2 strokes BR,2 strokes fly etc.
my experience with breaststroke kick is that unfortunately a lot of people have trouble with it because their hips aren't flexible enough.
To turn your feet out requires hip flexibility. Most of us don't even realize that (I didn't either, until I had a bunch of those cases in a row).
They will automatically do a froggy kick in the water.
I have them learn how to kick on land in the prone position and sitting on a bench so they can actually see what they do.
Other than that, lots of fly kick (with or without fins) with breaststroke pull in the water so they learn how to use their hips.
Overall, teaching hip flexibility and body awareness, especially focusing on the hips (through drills and dryland exercises), have shown to be most beneficial for the people I taught "proper" breaststroke so far.
