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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Here, Rich, I resurrected a thread just for you to learn fly. It seems that fins are advocated. Now, I'm off to read those articles.
Butterfly - I just started incorporating butterfly into my daily workouts. My knees give me no trouble doing the dolpin kick. My arms are no longer dragging through the water. I am feeling like a flyer again. Even though I am a slower flyer than I was it feels good to be back at it again.
My only fear on reading all this about the hips and thrusting is that it may aggravate my lumbar disc/pelvic problems...I'll skip serious work on it for now.
It's odd the natural outward turnning of my feet and knees lend themselves to breaststroke, but also to cause low-back/pelvic issues. Add to that some weightlifing injuries, some whiplash, and wear and tear over the 20's...it's no wonder I have a dodgy back...I may try 25 fly tonight for a laugh. I'll let you know. the lifeguards are cool at our Y and you can ask them for stroke advice...which wil make it easier to laugh with them when I look like a dork.
Here, Rich, I resurrected a thread just for you to learn fly. It seems that fins are advocated. Now, I'm off to read those articles.
Butterfly - I just started incorporating butterfly into my daily workouts. My knees give me no trouble doing the dolpin kick. My arms are no longer dragging through the water. I am feeling like a flyer again. Even though I am a slower flyer than I was it feels good to be back at it again.
My only fear on reading all this about the hips and thrusting is that it may aggravate my lumbar disc/pelvic problems...I'll skip serious work on it for now.
It's odd the natural outward turnning of my feet and knees lend themselves to breaststroke, but also to cause low-back/pelvic issues. Add to that some weightlifing injuries, some whiplash, and wear and tear over the 20's...it's no wonder I have a dodgy back...I may try 25 fly tonight for a laugh. I'll let you know. the lifeguards are cool at our Y and you can ask them for stroke advice...which wil make it easier to laugh with them when I look like a dork.
