I have been practising with a masters team since June 17. It has been 3 months and my 25m breaststroke seem to be stuck at 20 secs. It is very frustrating and even increasing the stroke rate and tempo did not seem to help.
At a slow pace, my stroke count is 7 and time wise 20 to 25 seconds. At faster tempo, stroke count increases to 13 -15, and time still 20 seconds. 50m length wise, the lowest stroke count was 16.
Anyone have an idea why this is happening and what I can work on to improve? I have a meet coming up in November and I hope to better than 20 secs...
Thanks in advance guys.
It is very hard to diagnose the problem without seeing your stroke. A video would make helping much easier. Water Rat has good advice. How far are you getting on your pullouts? Are you making sure to start each pull when the kick is completely finished and you are maximally streamlined. How tall are you? 13-15 strokes/25M is a lot of strokes, implying to me you are either overlapping your strokes(starting the pull before the kick is finished) or shortening your pull &/or kick, or not getting a good catch in the pull &/or kick.
It is very hard to diagnose the problem without seeing your stroke. A video would make helping much easier. Water Rat has good advice. How far are you getting on your pullouts? Are you making sure to start each pull when the kick is completely finished and you are maximally streamlined. How tall are you? 13-15 strokes/25M is a lot of strokes, implying to me you are either overlapping your strokes(starting the pull before the kick is finished) or shortening your pull &/or kick, or not getting a good catch in the pull &/or kick.
