Hello fellow-swimmers!
Could you please check out videos of my breaststroke. So far 50m *** is my best distance. But for the last two years I haven’t been able to break 36+ seconds limit (SC).
That’s a snippet of 50m at race speed:
www.youtube.com/watch
I have more videos, but so far the forum allows me to add only one.
Mistakes, drills to fix them, stretching exercises?
I’m total amateur, 35 years old, it’s my 6th year of competitive swimming.
Thanks!
Ha-ha! No, no. Of course I breathe while sprinting.But as I stop I would usually breathe deep and calm, exhaling in water, to let my pulse down.
Ah! to reiterate Allen's point, I think that you can make some incremental improvements to your stroke but if you want to make a jump forward you need to drive more from the hips. Not being a coach, it's quite hard to explain but I think that it's like incorporating a dolphin kick into your kick, without flexing at the knee. You will get some undulation and your feet will rise and fall a little but you shouldn't get downward propulsion from this. Crossing that like will get you DQ'd. This should also keep your hips high in the water and therefore your body should end up nice and flat. I don't know if I described that well at all....
Ha-ha! No, no. Of course I breathe while sprinting.But as I stop I would usually breathe deep and calm, exhaling in water, to let my pulse down.
Ah! to reiterate Allen's point, I think that you can make some incremental improvements to your stroke but if you want to make a jump forward you need to drive more from the hips. Not being a coach, it's quite hard to explain but I think that it's like incorporating a dolphin kick into your kick, without flexing at the knee. You will get some undulation and your feet will rise and fall a little but you shouldn't get downward propulsion from this. Crossing that like will get you DQ'd. This should also keep your hips high in the water and therefore your body should end up nice and flat. I don't know if I described that well at all....
