Now I will stir the pot, everyone should have the latest Swim magazine, with the great woman breaststroker from San Diego. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well several photos are showing her doing the breathing and pull wrong, again in my opinion. She is coming up way high and the head and eyes are looking down the pool. I call that swimming like a woman, or Amanda Beards old style. Even Brandon mentions he tries to get her to look down.
More and more women now swim breaststroke like the men, head down at all times and not coming up very high. Remember for every inch the head comes up the hips will sink two inches. I went to a development meet in November, the young hot shots. Only one girl in the entire group swam with a high head position.
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This will be a real interesting year for swimmming. There will be a lot of world records broken in trials and the Olympics. In my opinion all the mens breaststroke records are soft. It may take a 58 and 2:07+ to win the mens gold. The women have developed the speed they need this last year. A 1:04 and 2:20+ is possible.
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I should also say the timing I use. You can never swim as fast as you can push off the wall underwater, I have a tight streamline so I go a full 3 seconds before pulling down for the 50, 100 and 200 races. For the 50 I count one and kick to the surface, I count two for the 100 and I count three for the 200. I can sometimes make 12 yards on just the first three seconds before the pulldown.
I should also say the timing I use. You can never swim as fast as you can push off the wall underwater, I have a tight streamline so I go a full 3 seconds before pulling down for the 50, 100 and 200 races. For the 50 I count one and kick to the surface, I count two for the 100 and I count three for the 200. I can sometimes make 12 yards on just the first three seconds before the pulldown.
