Despite the fact that I have been swimming forever (played Div I water polo in college) I never learned to swim butterfly very well (at all). I'm recovering from shoulder surgery (old injury -- torn labrum/stretched capsule) and eager to begin swimming again. When I am as close to 100 percent as possible, is it still possible to learn to become a decent flyer? I'm 46, pretty overweight, and want this comeback to be my last one. (I think the local team must be fed up with me showing up every other year for a few months then disappearing). And I'd like to be somebody who does every stroke, every set, finally.
Any and all advice is welcome.
Cherub
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Unless you really want to give your surgeon more work - go really slow with fly. If you really have to - start with drills and a strong kick. I have found that doing a multiple kick set helps get me into fly shape. For example - 12 x 100 with every third 100 fly - start the first 25 with one stroke for each 5 kicks the the next 25 with 4kicks per stroke, then 3, then 2.
Unless you really want to give your surgeon more work - go really slow with fly. If you really have to - start with drills and a strong kick. I have found that doing a multiple kick set helps get me into fly shape. For example - 12 x 100 with every third 100 fly - start the first 25 with one stroke for each 5 kicks the the next 25 with 4kicks per stroke, then 3, then 2.
