I have used the "Kaizen's" head down, lengthening and rolling technique on working out my crawl and it's coming along. Breasstroke I am not too bad on...and I just want to finesse my technique and such.
What tips do you all have for breaststokers like me? I lengthen and glide smoothly and can move along quite fast while really swimming slowly. I am mostly curious about breathing as the undulations of breaststroke work the traps and neck a bit.
I am trying to get my head face down on my glide, for streamlining etc. Just trying to see what others have to say about their breaststroke breathing.
Rich
Those swimmers,especially Phelps significantly arch their backs when breathing. This obscures the fact that they really don't move their heads much. Ideally you want to have your head in the neutral position all the time. You breathe by raising your torso not your head. The timing is raise at the point where your rapid insweep is lifting your body anyway. Then shoot your arms forward rapidly so you are completly streamlined from the knees up to maximize your kicks efficiency.
Those swimmers,especially Phelps significantly arch their backs when breathing. This obscures the fact that they really don't move their heads much. Ideally you want to have your head in the neutral position all the time. You breathe by raising your torso not your head. The timing is raise at the point where your rapid insweep is lifting your body anyway. Then shoot your arms forward rapidly so you are completly streamlined from the knees up to maximize your kicks efficiency.
