Hello, I'm a UK swimmer (41) who took up swimming following a running injury 4 years ago. A familiar scenario to many. My freestyle and breaststroke is OK and infact I do fairly well in a breaststroke set at the club.
My butterfly is like a stone in the water however. I have chatted to other members , the coach, and watched the good guys, but it does not seem to happen. I get no real leg power on a kick in, kick out rhythym for each arm pull. I know the power comes from the stomach as well as the legs and I know rhythym is important. Has anybody had any great moments of enlightenment. No amount of drill work seems to make a huge difference. Any ideas ?
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I actually encourage people to use full fins when learning. It makes the kick stronger for beginner swimmers as they are learning to get up out of the water with both arms. It also allows them to do more distance at each practice until they are comfortable doing the stroke. Again, most of this is personal preference. But I do use this on the age group kids I coach. Works really well with them.
I actually encourage people to use full fins when learning. It makes the kick stronger for beginner swimmers as they are learning to get up out of the water with both arms. It also allows them to do more distance at each practice until they are comfortable doing the stroke. Again, most of this is personal preference. But I do use this on the age group kids I coach. Works really well with them.
