I know their are many factors why some people are freestylers or breastrokers or flyers or backstrokers. Body type is one factor and interest is another. I wonder about the influence of first coaches as a kid, my first coach ran a swim school and she was on the Dutch National team in the early 1940's. She was a breastroker and seem to emphisized the kick in the stroke.So she practice the kick with me and of course breastroke was one of my beststrokes during the age group period and in masters its my best stroke as an adult when I returned in my 40's. So does anyone else agree that first coaches in either age-group or novice swimming or masters swimming influences the strokes we tend to be better at.
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Somehow I got the kick right in *** early on as a kid, so that became my favorite stroke because I'm lazy and I could loaf during the *** sets and still keep up with everyone else during practice. I don't think it was the result of coaching, but just perception or dumb luck on my part that I understood the motion. Once it was my favorite, somewhere along the way I started actually trying and won a few races.
I had a great butterfly stroke when I was younger, the result of a coach who had himself competed at high levels in butterfly. It almost became my favorite just because I seemed to understand the stroke and "get it" sooner than the other kids on the team. In other words, I liked it because I could show off. But remember that I'm lazy, and even with a good stroke butterfly takes effort. So it was back to ***.
Freestyle and backstroke always seemed like chores, something that had to be done. I couldn't find anywhere in the stroke to rest, so the laziness in me prevented my choosing either of those strokes. Plus, I hate flip turns. I can do them just fine, but they take too much effort.
Now I really don't have a favorite. I swim them all during my workouts, but I guess they all take too much effort nowdays to pick one above the others. Maybe I should take up boating and let a motor do the work for me.
Somehow I got the kick right in *** early on as a kid, so that became my favorite stroke because I'm lazy and I could loaf during the *** sets and still keep up with everyone else during practice. I don't think it was the result of coaching, but just perception or dumb luck on my part that I understood the motion. Once it was my favorite, somewhere along the way I started actually trying and won a few races.
I had a great butterfly stroke when I was younger, the result of a coach who had himself competed at high levels in butterfly. It almost became my favorite just because I seemed to understand the stroke and "get it" sooner than the other kids on the team. In other words, I liked it because I could show off. But remember that I'm lazy, and even with a good stroke butterfly takes effort. So it was back to ***.
Freestyle and backstroke always seemed like chores, something that had to be done. I couldn't find anywhere in the stroke to rest, so the laziness in me prevented my choosing either of those strokes. Plus, I hate flip turns. I can do them just fine, but they take too much effort.
Now I really don't have a favorite. I swim them all during my workouts, but I guess they all take too much effort nowdays to pick one above the others. Maybe I should take up boating and let a motor do the work for me.
