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 can't say that I love the stroke but it sure does present it's own unique challenges to learn correctly. I recently found the "rhythm" to my own breastroke, (although ithas a nasty habit of coming and going when I least expect it). It is a much slower lap time but I was quite pleased to look in the adjacent lane and find myself not so far behind a freestroking high school swim team member. I agree the energy expediture is probably 3:1 to freestyle, but the finesse of the breastroke is quite sublime once accomplished. I'll not break any yardage, distance or speed records but the accomplishment was well worth the energy expediture.
I can't say that I love the stroke but it sure does present it's own unique challenges to learn correctly. I recently found the "rhythm" to my own breastroke, (although ithas a nasty habit of coming and going when I least expect it). It is a much slower lap time but I was quite pleased to look in the adjacent lane and find myself not so far behind a freestroking high school swim team member. I agree the energy expediture is probably 3:1 to freestyle, but the finesse of the breastroke is quite sublime once accomplished. I'll not break any yardage, distance or speed records but the accomplishment was well worth the energy expediture.
