Breaststroke: butterfly-legs before or after expell.-phase?
Former Member
Hello everybody,
Recently I´ve heard about adding the butterfly-legs to the breaststroke.
At this moment I´m training on technique. And now I´ve this question: The butterfly-legs-movement does it have to be before or after the expelling phase?
At this moment I do:
1) arms-movement
2) breaststroke-legs
3) expelling phase (*), strectching the body for 1 to 2 seconds
4) 1x butterfly-legs
(*) Hope this is the right English expression.
Goal is not competition swimming. But making my breaststroke more active; give it more speed.
Allready thanks for the answers. ;-)
Most people do it between phase 1 and 2 above. Just as your arms finish pulling down to your waist, then do the dolphin kick.
Others will do it in the middle of the breaststroke pull down (what you call the arms-movement). You start your pull and as you do, you do the butterfly kick, then finish as normal. If you watch underwater youtube videos from the London olympics, this is what you will see.
Most people do it between phase 1 and 2 above. Just as your arms finish pulling down to your waist, then do the dolphin kick.
Others will do it in the middle of the breaststroke pull down (what you call the arms-movement). You start your pull and as you do, you do the butterfly kick, then finish as normal. If you watch underwater youtube videos from the London olympics, this is what you will see.
