You downkicked while you were pulling
Your legs went proactive
Your arms slammed
You heaved when you should have surged
You yawed when you should have pitched
You lost track of your legs
You hemmed when you should have hawed
YOU KNOW YOUR BUTTERSTRUGGLE WHEN -
You are worried about your looks
Your breathing is like a woman in labor
You got a mouthful
You've redefined top dead center
Your arms lost their lift
You got a literal ton of feedback
Gulls are circling
Kids are drowning
Parents
Former Member
Keather- I tried leading with my head and letting the water wash over my head...and I went down like the Edmund Fitzgerald.
BillS- you reached an epiphany; that was it, gone, never to be experienced again 'till the final butterfly Rapture.
I've tried this insidious stroke all my swimming life, whether following published tips, close correction from a coach (including giving Richard Quick a glimpse of what 'hopeless' really means), building it up in little pieces, using flippers to 'feel' the right stroke ad nauseum. The fact is, for me, I do my best butterfly only under two conditions: I must be in really, really good shape (happens once every decade or so) & it must be in a race. Then I can fool most observers for a 50 or even a 100 & have had coaches say "where did that come from?".
I don't have any idea.
Keather- I tried leading with my head and letting the water wash over my head...and I went down like the Edmund Fitzgerald.
BillS- you reached an epiphany; that was it, gone, never to be experienced again 'till the final butterfly Rapture.
I've tried this insidious stroke all my swimming life, whether following published tips, close correction from a coach (including giving Richard Quick a glimpse of what 'hopeless' really means), building it up in little pieces, using flippers to 'feel' the right stroke ad nauseum. The fact is, for me, I do my best butterfly only under two conditions: I must be in really, really good shape (happens once every decade or so) & it must be in a race. Then I can fool most observers for a 50 or even a 100 & have had coaches say "where did that come from?".
I don't have any idea.
