Are shoulder injuries due solely to improper stroke mechanics

Lindsay: How do you know I haven't been a swim coach? Are you on Terry's payroll? Thanks for the thoughtful answer. I will have to mull it over some more. But I can safely say that I do not fall into the category of swimmers that are unwilling to make changes. I also do not fall into the category of swimmers that are doing fly incorrectly according to your description and my own knowledge of the stroke. As you yourself pointed out, I think it is difficult to be an elite flyer if you're doing the stroke wrong. If you want to improve fly, slow down. Relaxe, and initiate ondulation with the head. Before surfacing, look up. Look at where you're about to surface before your head breaks through the water. That'll bring your upper body in a favorable angle to ease up the recovery. Breathe every stroke is ideal to work on this aspect. Personally, even when I don't breathe, I like to move the head upward ever so slightly. I tend to agree with you on one aspect. Anything can upset an already sore shoulder, including butterfly. So ease up on the volume. Don't exced 25m at the time to keep technical level sufficient. Butterfly will hurt you bad if you commit into distances that trigger heavy fatigue. Cause then you don't have the ressources anymore to recover.

Lindsay: How do you know I haven't been a swim coach? Are you on Terry's payroll? Thanks for the thoughtful answer. I will have to mull it over some more. But I can safely say that I do not fall into the category of swimmers that are unwilling to make changes. I also do not fall into the category of swimmers that are doing fly incorrectly according to your description and my own knowledge of the stroke. As you yourself pointed out, I think it is difficult to be an elite flyer if you're doing the stroke wrong. If you want to improve fly, slow down. Relaxe, and initiate ondulation with the head. Before surfacing, look up. Look at where you're about to surface before your head breaks through the water. That'll bring your upper body in a favorable angle to ease up the recovery. Breathe every stroke is ideal to work on this aspect. Personally, even when I don't breathe, I like to move the head upward ever so slightly. I tend to agree with you on one aspect. Anything can upset an already sore shoulder, including butterfly. So ease up on the volume. Don't exced 25m at the time to keep technical level sufficient. Butterfly will hurt you bad if you commit into distances that trigger heavy fatigue. Cause then you don't have the ressources anymore to recover.