When I swim breaststroke, I use the outsweep and insweep type of pull. I don't focus on pulling back at all. I read it somewhere that you should also focus on pulling back. WHen I tried doing that, my hands got stuck and my timing is off. Anyone has any thoughts?
Also, how wide should you pull? I sweep out to 12-15 inches outside my shoulder width, anchor my hands, then start insweep? I am concerned it might be too wide. When I tried anchoring my hands narrower, I don't feel as powerful of an insweep.
Thanks.
I've been swimming this stroke for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long that I've never truly thought too much about the mechanics of it. I'm not much into the physics of it.
That doesn't mean I don't think about the technique. You always want the pull to be one continuous motion from outsweep to recovery. DO NOT stop the movement under your chest/when you lift to breathe. The drag coefficients are too great at that point.
My point is: Do the stroke that feels the best for you. I could never swim like Liesel Jones. And Amanda Beard's stroke requires more flexibility than I have. I swim somewhere in between. But that's the way I like it.
Swim it slow to find the feel for the water. Then when you've got the new technique down, build up to swimming it fast. It should feel the same.
I've been swimming this stroke for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long that I've never truly thought too much about the mechanics of it. I'm not much into the physics of it.
That doesn't mean I don't think about the technique. You always want the pull to be one continuous motion from outsweep to recovery. DO NOT stop the movement under your chest/when you lift to breathe. The drag coefficients are too great at that point.
My point is: Do the stroke that feels the best for you. I could never swim like Liesel Jones. And Amanda Beard's stroke requires more flexibility than I have. I swim somewhere in between. But that's the way I like it.
Swim it slow to find the feel for the water. Then when you've got the new technique down, build up to swimming it fast. It should feel the same.
