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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Every one can make sooooo many changes in their strokes. It even seems that some of the changes don't work and if you listen too many coaches who all have differant theories we get into trouble. Sometimes it is better to get back to basics and only make minor changes. Sometimes the major changes do not help and only confuse... I would say get back to the stroke you took for granted and just tweek it a bit.
George
Every one can make sooooo many changes in their strokes. It even seems that some of the changes don't work and if you listen too many coaches who all have differant theories we get into trouble. Sometimes it is better to get back to basics and only make minor changes. Sometimes the major changes do not help and only confuse... I would say get back to the stroke you took for granted and just tweek it a bit.
George
