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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Well, I swim the breastroke in races and the pullout can hurt if you are almost going full speed. If you swim *** like a turtle with your head above water or slightly dip it, it takes less energy than other strokes, but if you read Wayne breastroker site, speed breastroke gives you less opportunity to pause between strokes and also the coach of the Unversity of Michigan states, that competitive breastrokers at the elite level need more rest on their intervals than freestylers or backsrokers In my experiance its freestyle or backstroke that are easier to be lazier at. But in workouts I usually do less all out freestyles or backstrokes for speed. I'm not putting down freestylers but most novice swimmers tend to do better at it than they do at either breastroke or fly. Some swim breastroke like a turtle and can do several laps but their kick is off. On the other hand many of them have less problems with freestyle or backstroke except flip turns or side breathing on freestyle. Also, flip turns effect me too now after the 500 yard mark but I'm not in the shape like I was when younger. Another reason that the underpull on breastroke or fly effects me as well.
Well, I swim the breastroke in races and the pullout can hurt if you are almost going full speed. If you swim *** like a turtle with your head above water or slightly dip it, it takes less energy than other strokes, but if you read Wayne breastroker site, speed breastroke gives you less opportunity to pause between strokes and also the coach of the Unversity of Michigan states, that competitive breastrokers at the elite level need more rest on their intervals than freestylers or backsrokers In my experiance its freestyle or backstroke that are easier to be lazier at. But in workouts I usually do less all out freestyles or backstrokes for speed. I'm not putting down freestylers but most novice swimmers tend to do better at it than they do at either breastroke or fly. Some swim breastroke like a turtle and can do several laps but their kick is off. On the other hand many of them have less problems with freestyle or backstroke except flip turns or side breathing on freestyle. Also, flip turns effect me too now after the 500 yard mark but I'm not in the shape like I was when younger. Another reason that the underpull on breastroke or fly effects me as well.
