Hi. So I'm an American high school swimmer originally from Korea who is 16 years old. I wanted to ask you all about how I can improve and build up endurance for fly.
Here is a little bit about me physically and mentally just in case it can help me out by letting you know what kind of person I am so you can analyze my problem more thoroughly. First of all, I'm a sophomore in high school with a height of 6'0" and weigh 150 lb and have been swimming for 8 months (started around February or March of 2017), I've been on club swim (Irvine Novaquatics) for 4 months off and on because I played water polo, I regularly lift weights at the gym (around 3 or 4 times a week, all body work out something similar to www.bodybuilding.com/.../jasonlezak1.htm and just quickly, the max for some basic things which I do 10 reps of, 17.5 lb dumbell each arm shoulder extention, 30 lb standing overhead barbell tricep extention, 30 lb each side bench press, 120lb lat pull downs, 550lb leg press, 140lb leg curl), I go to club swim practices 80% of the time (4 out of 5 in a week), and have the will power to swim alone during the weekend to improve my stroke technique. Some of my pr's for some swims are: 50 free;26.9, 100 free;1:03, 100 ***;1:17, 200 ***;2:57, 100 back;1:21, 100 fly;1:27. Im legit willing to do anything to get better at 100 fly.
My main problem is that I can't do more than 50 fly. I know that my butt comes up after doing the stroke (angulation), I usually glide along the surface but after the turn on the 25, I suddenly just break and doing the recovery becomes really hard. I've swam the 100 fly once and it was just terrible. I was chilling on the first 25 but after that, I just broke down. As I said, my 100 fly is worse than my 100 *** by 10 seconds, although I know that it should be the other way around. I tried doing drills that focus on just the arm motion for fly using a buoy on my leg, left right full stroke drill, butterfly kicks rotating 90 degrees after each 25 kick, and mostly just about everything that I could find online. What am I doing wrong? I just can't seem to get the endurance for it.
Sorry for such a long post but I wanted to list out every possible thing that I could be doing wrong.
I've been on club swim (Irvine Novaquatics) for 4 months off and on
Fly is the most physically taxing stroke. No amount of dryland weight lifting will prepare your body for fly. One of my kids' club coaches has said if you miss a week in the water, it is like missing 2 months in other sports. And I believe it based on my experience just trying to keep fit. If you want to fix your fly, you need to fix the "off and on" part of your club swimming routine. If that isn't fixed, then to be honest, you need to fix your expectations......I'm not trying to be critical, I understand your frustration. But the simple fact of the matter is that you get out what you put in. My daughter just turned 13 and is a 58.8 second 100 fly swimmer......her normal week is about 14 hours in the water, and in the Summers it is 19 hours. Other than the breaks the team takes, she has never missed more than 2 days in a row (due to health reasons).
I've been on club swim (Irvine Novaquatics) for 4 months off and on
Fly is the most physically taxing stroke. No amount of dryland weight lifting will prepare your body for fly. One of my kids' club coaches has said if you miss a week in the water, it is like missing 2 months in other sports. And I believe it based on my experience just trying to keep fit. If you want to fix your fly, you need to fix the "off and on" part of your club swimming routine. If that isn't fixed, then to be honest, you need to fix your expectations......I'm not trying to be critical, I understand your frustration. But the simple fact of the matter is that you get out what you put in. My daughter just turned 13 and is a 58.8 second 100 fly swimmer......her normal week is about 14 hours in the water, and in the Summers it is 19 hours. Other than the breaks the team takes, she has never missed more than 2 days in a row (due to health reasons).
