I'm new at the butterfly stroke and struggle to do 6x33yds with a freestyle return(100 ft pool) in one workout. I do these with a full recovery (3 min). After that I'll have to switch to some other stroke because I'm pretty much shot.
What are typical workouts and distances that strong flyers do that I should try to build to? I'm thinking that 10x50's would be a great goal?
For folks new at butterfly, a good drill I've used in teaching is a kick-heavy butterfly cycle: 4 kicks for every arm-pull.
One of the hardest things for a new fly swimmer to do is get both arms out of the pool, especially when exhaustion sets in at the end of each 25. This drill lets the swimmer focus on the arm movement w/o as much of the tired effects. An added side effect of this drill is that with the extra kicks per cycle, the swimmer has added energy (from the extra kick) helping push forward the body and aid in getting those arms out of the water.
For folks new at butterfly, a good drill I've used in teaching is a kick-heavy butterfly cycle: 4 kicks for every arm-pull.
One of the hardest things for a new fly swimmer to do is get both arms out of the pool, especially when exhaustion sets in at the end of each 25. This drill lets the swimmer focus on the arm movement w/o as much of the tired effects. An added side effect of this drill is that with the extra kicks per cycle, the swimmer has added energy (from the extra kick) helping push forward the body and aid in getting those arms out of the water.
