Why are some of us breaststrokers terrible at backstroke. Most of my swimming career except at around 12 to 14 years old. I'm been a terrible backstroker. Is it because breaststroke uses very different muscles. Fly has never been as bad as back but fly of course came from ***. Freestyle as a youth was the 3rd best stroke and and as an adult the 2nd best stroke. I know some breastsrokers mastered the stroke and some can't do free too good or fly.
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This is true, I consider breastroke to be my best event, and I can't do backstroke to save my life. In college, I was a 45 (free) 49 (fly) 56 (***) and what kept me from being an IMer, 1:01 (back). I could not do it! and still can't today.
I blame it on the fact that my face is out of the water in backstroke. I start to daydream, looking at the clouds (or counting tiles on the ceiling) or worst of all, trying to make heads and tails on what those cannucks were thinking when they build the Olympic Park natatorium, there's not a striaght line to be found on that ceiling. :D
This is true, I consider breastroke to be my best event, and I can't do backstroke to save my life. In college, I was a 45 (free) 49 (fly) 56 (***) and what kept me from being an IMer, 1:01 (back). I could not do it! and still can't today.
I blame it on the fact that my face is out of the water in backstroke. I start to daydream, looking at the clouds (or counting tiles on the ceiling) or worst of all, trying to make heads and tails on what those cannucks were thinking when they build the Olympic Park natatorium, there's not a striaght line to be found on that ceiling. :D
