Breaststroke Styles

Former Member
Former Member
I have been swimming freestyle only workouts since I gave up competitive swimming 30 yrs. ago. At the time I was a fairly competitive High School Breaststroker ( 1:10 @ 100yds. ). This was before the new style stroke with the old fashion frog kick etc. My question is, I would like to get faster again at breaststroke....do I need to change my whole stroke to fit the " New " style or is there some combination of old and new styles that I could combine to fit my less than gumby like self. I guess I am just trying to figure out where to start again. At the time I am training alone but will be looking to join a team soon. I have seen a lot of masters swimmers who are swimming as fast or faster than when they were younger. I would like to join them. thanks, Paul