I decided to learn butterfly this week(so far I have been swimming freestyle and breaststroke).I watched a ton of videos of butterfly and know the basics of that stroke.However, I was wondering if some people here remember their first time trying to swim it and how soon after you first tried it you figured it out, because I don't seem to coordinate all the movements right and my effort is pretyy much over once i throw my hands over the water for the first time(that's when i lose my kick).I thought maybe I should do it in phases, so I would like to see if someone could suggest some separate drills or something that would gradually lead to a better feel of the entire stroke.
Thanks a lot.
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My first experience with fly came at age 9....and let's just say it still isn't my favorite stroke......I could never seem to get it "just right", and ended up looking like a total fool, no matter what we tried.
Finally, (there's a positive side to this story, I swear!) we went through and did a bunch of drills to get my kick down (breaststroke pull with butterfly kick was a favorite) and did some one arm drills (Catch-up) and, believe it or not, pull-buoys and hand paddles also came into play trying to get this poor girl to learn butterfly.
The kick drill is still my favorite though.
My first experience with fly came at age 9....and let's just say it still isn't my favorite stroke......I could never seem to get it "just right", and ended up looking like a total fool, no matter what we tried.
Finally, (there's a positive side to this story, I swear!) we went through and did a bunch of drills to get my kick down (breaststroke pull with butterfly kick was a favorite) and did some one arm drills (Catch-up) and, believe it or not, pull-buoys and hand paddles also came into play trying to get this poor girl to learn butterfly.
The kick drill is still my favorite though.
