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 always thought that Butterfly was the stroke that everyone hated and that you had to be born with a natural ability to do it. :p
I think everyone is born having a best stroke/strokes. Its just the least amout of people are born breastrokers. It really comes down to gentics more than coaching as to what your best stroke is. But as you grow, things change. I was born a sprint breastroker but ended up being a sprint freestyler, breaststroke is my secondary stroke now.
I always thought that Butterfly was the stroke that everyone hated and that you had to be born with a natural ability to do it. :p
I think everyone is born having a best stroke/strokes. Its just the least amout of people are born breastrokers. It really comes down to gentics more than coaching as to what your best stroke is. But as you grow, things change. I was born a sprint breastroker but ended up being a sprint freestyler, breaststroke is my secondary stroke now.
