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 ...
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I find myself much more competitive in breaststroke today (age 48) than I was as a high school swimmer. It is one of the great mysteries for me. I swam breastroke in high school only as part of my IM. I never raced breaststroke back then.
But as many have pointed out - my kick is strong and I suppose natural to me. Timing is an ongoing adventure - and I am probably more flat than wave today.
My experience now is that my breaststroke speed comes and goes. Breaststroke is way technical - and small flaws (or improvements) can create big changes in performance.
Nothing to me is worse than backstroke. My *** is almost as fast as my backstroke. I don't swim straight in backstroke and it has no relaxation value at all.
I find myself much more competitive in breaststroke today (age 48) than I was as a high school swimmer. It is one of the great mysteries for me. I swam breastroke in high school only as part of my IM. I never raced breaststroke back then.
But as many have pointed out - my kick is strong and I suppose natural to me. Timing is an ongoing adventure - and I am probably more flat than wave today.
My experience now is that my breaststroke speed comes and goes. Breaststroke is way technical - and small flaws (or improvements) can create big changes in performance.
Nothing to me is worse than backstroke. My *** is almost as fast as my backstroke. I don't swim straight in backstroke and it has no relaxation value at all.
