I noticed today that I do this:
www.youtube.com/watch
:(
My kick is definitely already done by the time I need to breathe, so my arms need to push down to get my head out of the water, wasting precious energy that would better be used to push forward. All this up-and-down means I have died at the end of nearly every 200 butterfly I've ever done.
How do I fix it?
Yeah. It's hard to tell with no underwater view, but it looks like her arms exit right about the time her kick finishes. I realize that's what I should be going for - but how to teach myself to do it? I start that second kick a lot earlier, pretty much right after the catch. So by the time the pull is done, my legs are pretty much dragging.
I remember once (once) I managed a late kick on a one-arm fly drill and was surprised at how smooth it felt. Like my arm just floated over the water all by itself. Of course, I never replicated it. I suppose that's my answer ;)
Yeah, I think a one-arm fly drill is a good way to practice this.
Yeah. It's hard to tell with no underwater view, but it looks like her arms exit right about the time her kick finishes. I realize that's what I should be going for - but how to teach myself to do it? I start that second kick a lot earlier, pretty much right after the catch. So by the time the pull is done, my legs are pretty much dragging.
I remember once (once) I managed a late kick on a one-arm fly drill and was surprised at how smooth it felt. Like my arm just floated over the water all by itself. Of course, I never replicated it. I suppose that's my answer ;)
Yeah, I think a one-arm fly drill is a good way to practice this.
