During breaststroke, my coach tells us that we should look downwards and never to the front, and keep our heads down. However, all the videos I've seen of great Olympic and Worlds breaststrokers such as Hansen and Kitajima look forward when they take their breaths. Even Phelps looks only slightly downwards but mainly forwards when taking a breath. In fact, the women breaststrokers supposedly swimming "like men" are the major swimmers that swim breaststroke with their heads down (Kirk, Hardy...).
So why are the male breaststrokers swimming with their heads up when everyone has told me to keep the head down during breaststroke?
Re; your question,does forcibly dropping your head slow you down? Probably! For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,so if you force your head down something,usually your rear,will come up. Some people can use this as part of their undulation(wave),but most will have too much up and down motion.
Re; your question,does forcibly dropping your head slow you down? Probably! For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,so if you force your head down something,usually your rear,will come up. Some people can use this as part of their undulation(wave),but most will have too much up and down motion.
