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.
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Coaches and writers often talk about power, all I care about is the distance covered. In an breaststroke cycle of pull, kick and glide, most swimmers go less than 2 feet forwards during the pull. The remaining 5-7 feet is covered by the kick and glide. Body position and streamlining means more than pure power.
So the real question is, How far do you go during the kick and glide? Do your knees extend down and stop you dead in the water?
Coaches and writers often talk about power, all I care about is the distance covered. In an breaststroke cycle of pull, kick and glide, most swimmers go less than 2 feet forwards during the pull. The remaining 5-7 feet is covered by the kick and glide. Body position and streamlining means more than pure power.
So the real question is, How far do you go during the kick and glide? Do your knees extend down and stop you dead in the water?
