Butterfly tip of the week

I just read the Speedo tip of the week about "muscling" the recovery in buttetfly. I'm definitely that guy. I love the butterfly and want to swim faster, but seem to be stuck with the same times over and over. I'm sure my recovery has something to do with it. Any advice out there beyond the speedo tip of the week or is it really a mental thing that I've turned physical?Well many different things can be said about bf recovery. It all comes down to what your actual flaw(s) (if any) are. I'd say that recovery is a lot about timing, especially timing with the head motion. Even when I don't breathe, my head is moving up and down. This ondulation of the head serves the recovery and balance in general. It also better initiates the ondulation. So that would be my number one advice. *Plan* you timing by initiating every phase of it by the head first. Don't hesitate to breathe every cycle to better learn to integrate recovery with head movements. Look at where you're about to breathe before actually breathing and make sure your head reaches the water before the hands/arms (at the end of the recovery).

I just read the Speedo tip of the week about "muscling" the recovery in buttetfly. I'm definitely that guy. I love the butterfly and want to swim faster, but seem to be stuck with the same times over and over. I'm sure my recovery has something to do with it. Any advice out there beyond the speedo tip of the week or is it really a mental thing that I've turned physical?Well many different things can be said about bf recovery. It all comes down to what your actual flaw(s) (if any) are. I'd say that recovery is a lot about timing, especially timing with the head motion. Even when I don't breathe, my head is moving up and down. This ondulation of the head serves the recovery and balance in general. It also better initiates the ondulation. So that would be my number one advice. *Plan* you timing by initiating every phase of it by the head first. Don't hesitate to breathe every cycle to better learn to integrate recovery with head movements. Look at where you're about to breathe before actually breathing and make sure your head reaches the water before the hands/arms (at the end of the recovery).