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?
If you look at most of those swimmers, their kick rythm is farily even and the problem lies in the front end of their stroke. The arms enter too close together, in many cases, the arms dip down and then back up to the surface, then into the keyhole of the stroke. All this takes too much time. By the time they get to into the catch, it falls out of timing with the second kick. Arms need to go in at or just outside the shoulders, high elbow early catch and pull. They need to catch up to the kick. After the pull, they need to release pretty early unless you kick and recover like phelps.
If you look at most of those swimmers, their kick rythm is farily even and the problem lies in the front end of their stroke. The arms enter too close together, in many cases, the arms dip down and then back up to the surface, then into the keyhole of the stroke. All this takes too much time. By the time they get to into the catch, it falls out of timing with the second kick. Arms need to go in at or just outside the shoulders, high elbow early catch and pull. They need to catch up to the kick. After the pull, they need to release pretty early unless you kick and recover like phelps.
