After the I.M. thread and watching my daughter at her meet I got to wondering if being good at certain strokes has anything to do with heredity. If you read the I.M. thread you know that I am terrible at the breaststroke. Today my daughter had to do the 100 I.M. She was second after the fly and doing the backstroke. She had at least a 1/4 of a pool length on the two swimmers behind her. All the parents around me were commenting on how good she looked. I told them to wait and see what happens on the breaststroke. What do you know the two swimmers behind her caught her and past her on the breaststroke. She dropped down to fourth place. Is she destined to be a terrible breaststroker like me? Keep in mind that she has always done lessons at the Y and not with me.
Interesting, because my daughters legs have grown quite long in proportion to everything else this year. I am 4 inches taller, yet her hips are at the same height as mine, and my legs are not short. This year her breastroke has plateaued a lot and in talking with one of her coaches, I was told she is not finishing her kick before her next pull. Her private coach is working on that, and will hopefull straigten it out, because she loves breastroke!
Interesting, because my daughters legs have grown quite long in proportion to everything else this year. I am 4 inches taller, yet her hips are at the same height as mine, and my legs are not short. This year her breastroke has plateaued a lot and in talking with one of her coaches, I was told she is not finishing her kick before her next pull. Her private coach is working on that, and will hopefull straigten it out, because she loves breastroke!
