The latest threads clearly reveal that the vast majority of masters swimmers wish breaststroke did not exist (except Peter, Allen, Aquafeisty, and a possiblely experimenting SCY freestyler). So why does everyone hate breaststroke? :mad:
I'll go first. I hated it when I was young because it was too slow, I never learned how to do it right, and I never learned the wave action because it didn't exist when I was young. I can't seem do get the timing right now. And I have no excuse. Unlike my shoulder, my knees are fully intact. Not sure I have the gumption or time to put in 100,000 yards for a complete overhaul on a stroke I don't swim in meets. But I'd like to be able to fake it in IMs ...
If it is swam right, it takes a whole lot of energy to go all out but yet you don't go fast! I love the feeling off the underwater pullouts but feel like I'm moving in slow motion between the walls! I've learned some "new" techniques (wave breaststroke) that have helped my speed but I still feel S-L-O-W. It is such a finesse stroke and I don't seem to have it!:dunno:
If it is swam right, it takes a whole lot of energy to go all out but yet you don't go fast! I love the feeling off the underwater pullouts but feel like I'm moving in slow motion between the walls! I've learned some "new" techniques (wave breaststroke) that have helped my speed but I still feel S-L-O-W. It is such a finesse stroke and I don't seem to have it!:dunno:
