I've been swimming regularly for fun and fitness for 2-3 years now and have become reasonably proficient in freestyle and backstroke. I swim on my own--no coach or masters group.
I'd like to learn the other two strokes. Which of the two should I tackle next? My guess is that breastsroke would be easier to learn and easier on the shoulders but I'm game for either one.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Originally posted by ande
tackle both
breastroke seems easy, but it's difficult to swim correctly
ande
You've got that right! I was a breaststoker in high school over 26 years ago - we couldn't submerge the head. Since then I've been swimming for triathlon so I focus on crawl.
But this year I joined a USMS club and actually swam a few meets. So I've been trying to teach myself the new wave style of breaststroke. It's not as exhausting as fly but it seems to have a lot of the same rhythm. And that rhythm seems harder to keep if you swim it easy.
And strangely, even though I've been swimming primarly crawl for so many years, in the meets, breaststroke is still my best stroke :)
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Originally posted by ande
tackle both
breastroke seems easy, but it's difficult to swim correctly
ande
You've got that right! I was a breaststoker in high school over 26 years ago - we couldn't submerge the head. Since then I've been swimming for triathlon so I focus on crawl.
But this year I joined a USMS club and actually swam a few meets. So I've been trying to teach myself the new wave style of breaststroke. It's not as exhausting as fly but it seems to have a lot of the same rhythm. And that rhythm seems harder to keep if you swim it easy.
And strangely, even though I've been swimming primarly crawl for so many years, in the meets, breaststroke is still my best stroke :)
