I just started doing this this week and have already felt an improvement in my stroke. So I was just curious to know if anyone else breathes to the side on fly?
If you do, do you keep your head to the side, or do you flip back and forth between front and side? What advatages to you notice to side breathing as compared to front? How to you make adjustments for the arm you can't see?
If you don't, have you ever considered trying it? What advantages to you see in breathing to the front as compared to the side?
Just thought it would be interesting to find out about different peoples swimming styles.
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Special thanks to Dima. The clips on the site were great to watch, but they did take a while to download.
And thanks to Craig for bringing up those points.
I recall trying to breath to the side when Mel Stewart won gold, but it didn't work too well for me. I've also tried it on Breaststroke, but it didn't seem to help much either.
With Butterfly, I found that what works best is to kick. The more I work on my butterfly kick, the better my butterfly is. And I hate kicking. But my favorite events are the 100 and 200 fly.
I notice that when I get tired I bring my whole body way out of the water trying to breath and I'm just killing myself by acting like a big anchor. Staying close to the water whether you breathe to the side or straight ahead is key.
If you want to swim faster, read Ande's stuff:
www.swimfasterfaster.com
There's no silver bullet...
...and unfortunately there's no substitute for work.
Thanks for the thread. :D
Special thanks to Dima. The clips on the site were great to watch, but they did take a while to download.
And thanks to Craig for bringing up those points.
I recall trying to breath to the side when Mel Stewart won gold, but it didn't work too well for me. I've also tried it on Breaststroke, but it didn't seem to help much either.
With Butterfly, I found that what works best is to kick. The more I work on my butterfly kick, the better my butterfly is. And I hate kicking. But my favorite events are the 100 and 200 fly.
I notice that when I get tired I bring my whole body way out of the water trying to breath and I'm just killing myself by acting like a big anchor. Staying close to the water whether you breathe to the side or straight ahead is key.
If you want to swim faster, read Ande's stuff:
www.swimfasterfaster.com
There's no silver bullet...
...and unfortunately there's no substitute for work.
Thanks for the thread. :D
