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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Originally posted by DAP
Thanks for the pointers. I'll give the butterfly drill a try. It may take some time to get the undulating body motion of the kick right. Maybe belly dancing lessons would work. ;)
I've always thought that fly is more about strength than technique. If you are able to get your upper body completely out of the water with one strong stroke, then I would say the technique is all you need to learn, but if not, then getting stronger will natually make fly easier to perfect. Doing one fly pull and having your arms re-enter the water will naturally put you in an undulating type of motion. As kids, I'll never forget what our coach always told us about doing fly-- to think of it as being a snake crawling over barrels. :D
Originally posted by DAP
Thanks for the pointers. I'll give the butterfly drill a try. It may take some time to get the undulating body motion of the kick right. Maybe belly dancing lessons would work. ;)
I've always thought that fly is more about strength than technique. If you are able to get your upper body completely out of the water with one strong stroke, then I would say the technique is all you need to learn, but if not, then getting stronger will natually make fly easier to perfect. Doing one fly pull and having your arms re-enter the water will naturally put you in an undulating type of motion. As kids, I'll never forget what our coach always told us about doing fly-- to think of it as being a snake crawling over barrels. :D
