Hi,
36 years ago, I competed in butterfly and backstroke, and my breaststroke was severely slow. I've returned to swimming for about one year and now is as fast in freestyle as back then. However, my breaststroke is now faster than backstroke and butterfly is the slowest of the three. The 100m pace of my breaststroke now is faster than my 1k freestyle, which is surprisingly satisfying (for me).
What does this physiologically indicate? I just look to see what are missing for swimming butterfly and backstroke.
Thanks
Interesting way to calculate where we stand per stroke, or event, is by using the event rankings database for the age group. Just find the percentage and compare to the other stroke.
Somehow, in practice, I cannot get my time (any event) even close to what I can do in race. (5 seconds difference per 100m approximately). But either in relative (age-group records) or absolute (time) term, my breaststroke is currently superior to my butterfly and my backstroke. 36 years ago, my butterfly and backstroke were much faster than my breaststroke. I doubt if technique alone can be the reason because I haven't really worked on any of them specifically. So I question whether physiological change (due to age) might be the cause.
Interesting way to calculate where we stand per stroke, or event, is by using the event rankings database for the age group. Just find the percentage and compare to the other stroke.
Somehow, in practice, I cannot get my time (any event) even close to what I can do in race. (5 seconds difference per 100m approximately). But either in relative (age-group records) or absolute (time) term, my breaststroke is currently superior to my butterfly and my backstroke. 36 years ago, my butterfly and backstroke were much faster than my breaststroke. I doubt if technique alone can be the reason because I haven't really worked on any of them specifically. So I question whether physiological change (due to age) might be the cause.
