Learning different strokes

But - what's the best way to learn Breaststroke and Butterfly? Is it possible to learn those two on your own? Would a coach be better A coach who knows how to teach adult swimmers new strokes would be good, but unfortunately there are very few of those. Resources I have used for me and the people I coach. 1. "Swimming Made Easy" butterfly section and the accompanying video. This is the "old" book and video, the updated butterfly progression isn't as good in my opinion. You should be able to find these resources used. I have heard that the videos can be found on usenet if you can't find a used copy. 2. For breaststroke, the book Extraordinary swimming for every body and the Breaststroke for every body video to go with it. These are the new ones and should be readily available. Those are the best two resources I have ever seen for adults to learn those strokes. This comes up regularly in my squad which has lots of triathletes and others who need to learn the basics of those strokes. Of course this assumes that you are at least to some degree able to teach yourself things. Some people definitely are (me) some definitely aren't (my daughter) and lots of in between. These resources should get you swimming a legal breaststroke and butterfly in relatively short order. I use these progressions in my coaching still.

But - what's the best way to learn Breaststroke and Butterfly? Is it possible to learn those two on your own? Would a coach be better A coach who knows how to teach adult swimmers new strokes would be good, but unfortunately there are very few of those. Resources I have used for me and the people I coach. 1. "Swimming Made Easy" butterfly section and the accompanying video. This is the "old" book and video, the updated butterfly progression isn't as good in my opinion. You should be able to find these resources used. I have heard that the videos can be found on usenet if you can't find a used copy. 2. For breaststroke, the book Extraordinary swimming for every body and the Breaststroke for every body video to go with it. These are the new ones and should be readily available. Those are the best two resources I have ever seen for adults to learn those strokes. This comes up regularly in my squad which has lots of triathletes and others who need to learn the basics of those strokes. Of course this assumes that you are at least to some degree able to teach yourself things. Some people definitely are (me) some definitely aren't (my daughter) and lots of in between. These resources should get you swimming a legal breaststroke and butterfly in relatively short order. I use these progressions in my coaching still.