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 ...
My goal is to go sub :40, but that probably means I need to start working on it at practice ... hmmm ...
Coach Muppet suggests working on Breaststroke in practice. :thhbbb:
Sometime before SCYnats 05, an inter-team bet was made to crown the "King of the 100 IM." I knew I had no shot, but gave it a try, and that would mean I would need to improve my breaststroke. A lot of it is timing and cadence. Watch the best. Learn from them. I recall swimming most of a workout breaststroke one day (it was a short workout, SCM).
I did/do a lot of breaststroke with dolphin kick (to work on the wavy motion and a strong pull) and a lot of 1pull/2kick breastroke to get the glide and body position down.
It helped tremendously. Dropped a couple seconds (sub 1min), didn't win the bet, but impressed the breastrokers and in my animal swim, didn't lose much ground on the breaststrokers.
My goal is to go sub :40, but that probably means I need to start working on it at practice ... hmmm ...
Coach Muppet suggests working on Breaststroke in practice. :thhbbb:
Sometime before SCYnats 05, an inter-team bet was made to crown the "King of the 100 IM." I knew I had no shot, but gave it a try, and that would mean I would need to improve my breaststroke. A lot of it is timing and cadence. Watch the best. Learn from them. I recall swimming most of a workout breaststroke one day (it was a short workout, SCM).
I did/do a lot of breaststroke with dolphin kick (to work on the wavy motion and a strong pull) and a lot of 1pull/2kick breastroke to get the glide and body position down.
It helped tremendously. Dropped a couple seconds (sub 1min), didn't win the bet, but impressed the breastrokers and in my animal swim, didn't lose much ground on the breaststrokers.
