I noticed today that I do this:
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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?
So the kick maintains a steady tempo? Like: kick - KICK - kick - KICK - kick - KICK, and you kick your arms "out" with one, and kick them "in" with the other? Yeah, the tempo should be constant. Lots of flyers vary their intensity from one kick to the next.
So the kick maintains a steady tempo? Like: kick - KICK - kick - KICK - kick - KICK, and you kick your arms "out" with one, and kick them "in" with the other? Yeah, the tempo should be constant. Lots of flyers vary their intensity from one kick to the next.