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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Karen,
Dominico is not the best to copy. What he did well was stay underwater for 0.8 to 0.9 seconds out of every stroke.
Do you have VirtualDub program? Do a Google search and download it.
Then download jpegs of Amanda Beard and Kitijama.
View them in slow motion backwards and forwards.
The hands should be extended between 2 inches and 6 inches below the waters surface. From there you can either do a pull or a outwards scull.
Remember body ballance. Anything you do in one direction will affect the other end of the body.
That is why for every inch you raise your head, your hips will sink 2 inches. Same for extending your hands too deep, you break the streamline.
Karen,
Dominico is not the best to copy. What he did well was stay underwater for 0.8 to 0.9 seconds out of every stroke.
Do you have VirtualDub program? Do a Google search and download it.
Then download jpegs of Amanda Beard and Kitijama.
View them in slow motion backwards and forwards.
The hands should be extended between 2 inches and 6 inches below the waters surface. From there you can either do a pull or a outwards scull.
Remember body ballance. Anything you do in one direction will affect the other end of the body.
That is why for every inch you raise your head, your hips will sink 2 inches. Same for extending your hands too deep, you break the streamline.
