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 ...
Well said. End of story. Us breaststroke hater/runners can all rest on our running skills. I vote for Poolraat's and Heather's calves sight unseen.
Heather:
I'd watch your 100 IM. Come on, we could at least admire the first 50 and see you in the prom dress. I recently swam a 100 IM SCM as well. Fortunately, it was not taped. The 50 splits were very far apart. But my only goal was to beat my secret nemesis. I took it out really fast and my technique eroded at the end. I was probably thrashing I was so tired. :rofl: Is that still Kaitlin? I'm guessing it's someone new.
I don't have runner's calfs anymore ... just flyer calfs, which I think are nice, too ...
It's Amy Van Dyken now ... it was actually a practice 100IM, on tape, I'm not sure I could convert online. I'll grab the digital camera and have a coach tape me when we resume practice in a week and a half ... my backstroke isn't pretty either, the only thing I have going for me is the underwater dolphin kick ...
Well said. End of story. Us breaststroke hater/runners can all rest on our running skills. I vote for Poolraat's and Heather's calves sight unseen.
Heather:
I'd watch your 100 IM. Come on, we could at least admire the first 50 and see you in the prom dress. I recently swam a 100 IM SCM as well. Fortunately, it was not taped. The 50 splits were very far apart. But my only goal was to beat my secret nemesis. I took it out really fast and my technique eroded at the end. I was probably thrashing I was so tired. :rofl: Is that still Kaitlin? I'm guessing it's someone new.
I don't have runner's calfs anymore ... just flyer calfs, which I think are nice, too ...
It's Amy Van Dyken now ... it was actually a practice 100IM, on tape, I'm not sure I could convert online. I'll grab the digital camera and have a coach tape me when we resume practice in a week and a half ... my backstroke isn't pretty either, the only thing I have going for me is the underwater dolphin kick ...
