2013 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship
IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, Indiana
May 9 - 12, 2013
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2013 Marriott U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship
Marguerite Aquatics Center, Mission Viejo, California
August 7 - 11, 2013
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Event 12 Women 50-54 50 Yard Breaststroke
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NATL: 32.37 5/21/2010 BRIGITTE HEUER
Name Age Club Seed Finals
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1 Crouch, Kim 51 CMS 33.99 32.78
2 Livingston, Leslie 51 GMUP 33.58 32.80
She keeps getting closer! Even after all the previous bad mouthing, I predict The Fortress will soon be joining the zaniest, most sought after swimming fraternity: The TWEANs (Those Winning Evil At Nationals)
Great swim, Fort!
Event 12 Women 50-54 50 Yard Breaststroke
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NATL: 32.37 5/21/2010 BRIGITTE HEUER
Name Age Club Seed Finals
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1 Crouch, Kim 51 CMS 33.99 32.78
2 Livingston, Leslie 51 GMUP 33.58 32.80
She keeps getting closer! Even after all the previous bad mouthing, I predict The Fortress will soon be joining the zaniest, most sought after swimming fraternity: The TWEANs (Those Winning Evil At Nationals)
Great swim, Fort!
Bah! Almost didn't sign up for the evil sprint. But while you're commenting, can you suggest ways to increase my turnover? I switched to a wider pull and now my turnover is too slow. I also have a ghastly wide kick, but I'm not sure I'm really willing to spend time working on it. I only do *** dolphin in practice. :-)
Bah! Almost didn't sign up for the evil sprint. But while you're commenting, can you suggest ways to increase my turnover? I switched to a wider pull and now my turnover is too slow. I also have a ghastly wide kick, but I'm not sure I'm really willing to spend time working on it. I only do *** dolphin in practice. :-)two drills I like for a narrower kick, although I'm primarily a freestyler after this meet. :)
1) kick breaststroke on your back but don't let your knees break the plane of the water
2) kick breaststroke on your stomach, hands on your butt. kick your hands with your ankles
two drills I like for a narrower kick, although I'm primarily a freestyler after this meet. :)
1) kick breaststroke on your back but don't let your knees break the plane of the water
2) kick breaststroke on your stomach, hands on your butt. kick your hands with your ankles
One drill we do that keeps the fast hands with a fast kick later is:
3 strokes fast (shooting the hands) with flutter kick, immediately into 1 stroke fast w/ breaststroke kick, then repeat.
I like it, the breaststroke kids hate it. :D
:banana: Thanks for posting the picture! It will probably show up on my Christmas card this year. :carolers:
The rest of my pics are here: s1180.photobucket.com/.../2013 Nationals for anyone interested.
Mostly from the ballgame/social.
to narrow the breaststroke kick, I kick with a pullbuoy. Put it right above the knees. It's overemphasizing it. But if you take it out after a 100 breaststroke your kick should be nice and narrow.
Regarding "throwing" the hips forward, think "push down". That helps me a lot. A good drill for active hip movement that helps me a lot is swimming breaststroke kick with alternating fly and *** arms. That drill combined with *** pull with flutter kick also improves bringing your arms faster forward into streamline position.
Those are my 2 favorite breaststroke drills (other than floating on my back pretending to be working on my breaststroke kick....)
Glad I'm not the only one (and I appear to be in excellent company, though the reverse can't be said for knelson). Can someone explain what the concept is, how to develop it, and what it should feel like?
I will try to get a video made of me doing it...or at least my attempt. Here is a drill to help get the feel.
1) Push off wall in Superman streamline position (neutral head, arms shoulder width apart).
2) Force the hips forward so your torso raises, and the navel moves from facing the bottom to an end point facing the wall. Try not use your arms to pull, just let the hand naturally stay where they are as your body moves.
3) Do 3 thrusts like this then swim BR to the wall. Try to keep that core moving the same way.
Now if you get on with that when you swim think about anchoring the arms at the wide (subjective) part of the pull and bring your hips to the arms with the thrust outlined in drill above (think about holding the water like you would do in FR when you rotate and bring the recovery arm over).
Hope it helps. I'm not saying this is the WHY of some breakthroughs but I think it was a definite part of it. I guess it's like any other stroke, the core is doing the labour, the limbs are the gearing for want of a better analogy.
