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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I am just as bad as other writers, I have said " 90% of the power from the kick comes from the last 6-8 inches!" How's that for generalization.
I deal in theoretical ideals, what would be the perfect stroke etc. Ideally 90% of the power would come from the ankle snap!
Matthias, kick breaststroke on your back, if your knees are coming out of the water at all, then concentrate on pulling the heels to your butt. Also spread the knees apart some.
I am just as bad as other writers, I have said " 90% of the power from the kick comes from the last 6-8 inches!" How's that for generalization.
I deal in theoretical ideals, what would be the perfect stroke etc. Ideally 90% of the power would come from the ankle snap!
Matthias, kick breaststroke on your back, if your knees are coming out of the water at all, then concentrate on pulling the heels to your butt. Also spread the knees apart some.
