i have been doing more fly than i use to do and my freestyle is feeling stronger, does fly help freestyle or am i just getting stronger
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Beth,
TI is one school of thought that advocates a shorter follow through on fly. The descriptive term used is that when you feel you chest sliding over your hands, karate chop them to the side and start your recovery.
The idea behind this is to emphasize swimming fly with a body wave, and deemphasize muscling through the stroke with your arms. To get a more detailed description of this style, go to the H2Ouston Swim Club web site (www.h2oustonswims.org) in the Articles section, read "Slip Slid'n' Away" and "Vive Le Papillon." I use this style myself, and I find an abbreviated pull and recovery helps me maintain my timing. The body wave dolphin is basically an elaborate one-beat butterfly. With only one "kick" per arm stroke, I find I do not have the time to push my arms all the way back to full extension, and still recover them before my chest presses back in the water.
It is one school of thought. I find it necessary to even think about doing any distance fly. In fact, my goal is to get my stroke good enough to become "that guy" as Emmett describes him in his first article.
Matt
Beth,
TI is one school of thought that advocates a shorter follow through on fly. The descriptive term used is that when you feel you chest sliding over your hands, karate chop them to the side and start your recovery.
The idea behind this is to emphasize swimming fly with a body wave, and deemphasize muscling through the stroke with your arms. To get a more detailed description of this style, go to the H2Ouston Swim Club web site (www.h2oustonswims.org) in the Articles section, read "Slip Slid'n' Away" and "Vive Le Papillon." I use this style myself, and I find an abbreviated pull and recovery helps me maintain my timing. The body wave dolphin is basically an elaborate one-beat butterfly. With only one "kick" per arm stroke, I find I do not have the time to push my arms all the way back to full extension, and still recover them before my chest presses back in the water.
It is one school of thought. I find it necessary to even think about doing any distance fly. In fact, my goal is to get my stroke good enough to become "that guy" as Emmett describes him in his first article.
Matt
