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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Surely the Fortress would not have said this, it must have been Bunny Girl:
"I am actually a vocal distance free hater. I always say, "oh no, not another 400 free." I'd much rather work on *** than pounding out junk yardage doing long free."
And Scarlett says to Rhett: I think I am going to faint here.
I have always liked breastroke even though I wasn't great at it; technique wise pretty good, swift, NOT. But I liked the stroke, but it too, took a great deal of energy being underwater so long on turns.
And Bunny Girl: I used to always swim 50,100,200back and those aren't distance, but I had it then, I have lost it now, so distance free is now my swim by design. I think many people who don't like distance don't like it because they can find it boring; something I had to overcome, too. But I am heavily protected now with dementia so I can't tell the difference:rofl:.
Donna
Surely the Fortress would not have said this, it must have been Bunny Girl:
"I am actually a vocal distance free hater. I always say, "oh no, not another 400 free." I'd much rather work on *** than pounding out junk yardage doing long free."
And Scarlett says to Rhett: I think I am going to faint here.
I have always liked breastroke even though I wasn't great at it; technique wise pretty good, swift, NOT. But I liked the stroke, but it too, took a great deal of energy being underwater so long on turns.
And Bunny Girl: I used to always swim 50,100,200back and those aren't distance, but I had it then, I have lost it now, so distance free is now my swim by design. I think many people who don't like distance don't like it because they can find it boring; something I had to overcome, too. But I am heavily protected now with dementia so I can't tell the difference:rofl:.
Donna
