RE: Help me improving my breastroke times.

secondheart — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 05:32:20 GMT

Can't comment on stroke because there aren't any clear under water shots. In your 100 race, check how much further your competitors are getting on their pull outs than you. I believe I could see your forehead on your pullout on the 50 turn, this would slow momentum and "pop" you up early and short, keep your head down well into the first stroke.

RE: Help me improving my breastroke times.

Allen Stark — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 01:36:31 GMT

In your 50 and 100 it was very hard to see what your arms and legs were actually doing.I did notice on the 50 at the breakout in both the start and turn that your first pull at the surface was wider and slower than your pulls thereafter. The underwater view was much more helpful.You are not getting much out of your pull.Many breaststrokers pull too far back,but you look to be doing little more than a scull on your pull. Work on pulling further back for more power. On your kick recovery you a bending too much at the hip. Practice the recovery by bending only at the knees. Good drills for this are kicking on your back or vertical kicking while facing and holding on to the wall so that if you bend at the hips it bonks your knees. Some bending at the hips does help generate more power,but it needs to be late in the recovery,really right at the catch,to minimize resistance. You are bending at the hips too early and too far.