I watch lap swimmers and many have difficulty learning the breastroke kick. When they swim breastroke, the kick is off. Freestyle and backstroke not nearly the same problems. Butterfly is also difficult to master. As someone who has swim both fly and breastroke, sometimes I fell that *** is harder on you than fly. And in my middle years I'm more of a breastroker. What do you think? Which one is harder?
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Most lap swimmers do not do the underwater pull on breastroke. Try doing a 5 yard pullout for every turn for 500 yards and see if you can hold your breath together. Swimming breastroke in races is a lot different. Many of us breastrokers do the underwater pull more so than butterflyers do the two or more dolphin kicks in races. And a lot of master swimmers will not do the dolphin kicks off of 200 yard fly to preserve their oxgen while breastrokers are more likely do an underwater pull. Believe me doing 200 yard races with the underwater pull is not that fun. And in workouts I have swam the 200 yard fly and the 200 yard breastroke. I can't do much dolphin kick off the turns anymore and the butterfly stroke gets worst each lap but on breastroke I feel lancid acid built up more because of the under water pull.
Most lap swimmers do not do the underwater pull on breastroke. Try doing a 5 yard pullout for every turn for 500 yards and see if you can hold your breath together. Swimming breastroke in races is a lot different. Many of us breastrokers do the underwater pull more so than butterflyers do the two or more dolphin kicks in races. And a lot of master swimmers will not do the dolphin kicks off of 200 yard fly to preserve their oxgen while breastrokers are more likely do an underwater pull. Believe me doing 200 yard races with the underwater pull is not that fun. And in workouts I have swam the 200 yard fly and the 200 yard breastroke. I can't do much dolphin kick off the turns anymore and the butterfly stroke gets worst each lap but on breastroke I feel lancid acid built up more because of the under water pull.
