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 ?
Originally posted by Shaky
But I still laugh when I think about doing butterfly with closed fists.
I remember a guy who was doing the 100 fly in his first masters meet. (He had swam in HS.) After the first 50, his wedding ring was starting to slip off. For his 2nd 50, he swam with a closed fist to keep the ring on. (He ended up negative splitting. :cool: )
Originally posted by Shaky
But I still laugh when I think about doing butterfly with closed fists.
I remember a guy who was doing the 100 fly in his first masters meet. (He had swam in HS.) After the first 50, his wedding ring was starting to slip off. For his 2nd 50, he swam with a closed fist to keep the ring on. (He ended up negative splitting. :cool: )
