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.
To reiterate what others have said, it looks like you might be rushing your pull. Once you make your catch, then you should accelerate continuously through the finish. If you try to pull too fast too soon you risk losing your hold on the water.
You have a nice forward extension, but might want to try to cut down a bit on your glide in order to increase your turnover rate, especially when swimming 25's and 50's.
Otherwise it looks pretty good.
To reiterate what others have said, it looks like you might be rushing your pull. Once you make your catch, then you should accelerate continuously through the finish. If you try to pull too fast too soon you risk losing your hold on the water.
You have a nice forward extension, but might want to try to cut down a bit on your glide in order to increase your turnover rate, especially when swimming 25's and 50's.
Otherwise it looks pretty good.
