Hey, im very confused right now about the breastroke and how to do it properly. The one that my coach taught me was very different from the one that i was in the Olympics or youtube. There is the one where when your hand comes out the water its a bit open and the other one thats closed. Should the pull be wide or small? Should it comes out of the water?? Should the arms be beside your beside your chest or in front of it?? Please someone help getting confused and dont want to waste more time learning the wrong stroke, thx
Breastroke was my favorite thing in HS and college and is rapidly becoming it again as I re-learn how to swim it under the new rules. I completely agree that lately there is tremendous variation between swimmers in this stroke. There is the rapid turnover folks like Adam Peaty and Lilly King and there is the longer glide folks like Kevin Cordes and the amazing young Russian world SCM record holder Kiril Prigoda. (Youtube Mr. Pragoda and note his stroke is identical between his 50 and 200 and he only varies the tempo.)
What I'm finding fascinating is that this variation is leading me to find out what works for me as a 50+ Master's swimmer. In my case and as compared to how I swam it years ago, I am leaning towards the Cordes side of things. My body type and inclination seems to favor a bit of a glide instead of the purely rapid turnover.
Side note: there has been much fuss made over a college swimmer who does no underwater pull outs after each turn. Preferring one swift dolphin kick then right into rapid turnover stroke. From what I understand this mainly benefits the swimmer of shorter stature while taller folks still benefit from the pull outs. YMMV.
Breastroke was my favorite thing in HS and college and is rapidly becoming it again as I re-learn how to swim it under the new rules. I completely agree that lately there is tremendous variation between swimmers in this stroke. There is the rapid turnover folks like Adam Peaty and Lilly King and there is the longer glide folks like Kevin Cordes and the amazing young Russian world SCM record holder Kiril Prigoda. (Youtube Mr. Pragoda and note his stroke is identical between his 50 and 200 and he only varies the tempo.)
What I'm finding fascinating is that this variation is leading me to find out what works for me as a 50+ Master's swimmer. In my case and as compared to how I swam it years ago, I am leaning towards the Cordes side of things. My body type and inclination seems to favor a bit of a glide instead of the purely rapid turnover.
Side note: there has been much fuss made over a college swimmer who does no underwater pull outs after each turn. Preferring one swift dolphin kick then right into rapid turnover stroke. From what I understand this mainly benefits the swimmer of shorter stature while taller folks still benefit from the pull outs. YMMV.
