Butterflyers

I agree with the Fortress about age limiting the efficiency of the Fly. Probaly not only age, but the fact that older masters train less. If I swim well, or reasonably well, the first 25 meters of a 50 meter fly, then my problem is not being able to swim, but having the stamina to go the full 50. I am not even thinking yet of a 100 meter butterfly, but who knows? I got all confused and flustered and confounded by this frog versus dolphin kick issue. Recently, with less swimmers at the pool, our coach has begun giving me some "private" lessons on the fly. He is correcting small mistakes here and there in style. As I mentioned earlier, I died at the end of a 50 meter long course, even though bettering my pitiful time by 2 full seconds. But I did manage to go the whole way with no gliding after the hand entry. The gliding is what made if for me possible to swim the whole distance without going into butterstruggle, but I was going nowhere speedwise. I also believe the reason a lot of us swim the freestyle is that it is easier to swim. For our next racing calendar year which goes from March through November, I plan on doing some different strokes such as the *** and even maybe a backstroke. I can swim those strokes because I use to swim the I.M. medley, but I sure hate them, specially the backstroke where I fill in all my sinuses with water. Maybe I could try and swim the darn thing with nose clips and no goggles, and die of lack of air instead of water spillage into my brain via a communication between the diverse sinuses. Finally, I will practice more the Fly, on alternate days, because our training is pretty much standard for all, modifying only some distances, so not much Fly included. billy fanstone.

I agree with the Fortress about age limiting the efficiency of the Fly. Probaly not only age, but the fact that older masters train less. If I swim well, or reasonably well, the first 25 meters of a 50 meter fly, then my problem is not being able to swim, but having the stamina to go the full 50. I am not even thinking yet of a 100 meter butterfly, but who knows? I got all confused and flustered and confounded by this frog versus dolphin kick issue. Recently, with less swimmers at the pool, our coach has begun giving me some "private" lessons on the fly. He is correcting small mistakes here and there in style. As I mentioned earlier, I died at the end of a 50 meter long course, even though bettering my pitiful time by 2 full seconds. But I did manage to go the whole way with no gliding after the hand entry. The gliding is what made if for me possible to swim the whole distance without going into butterstruggle, but I was going nowhere speedwise. I also believe the reason a lot of us swim the freestyle is that it is easier to swim. For our next racing calendar year which goes from March through November, I plan on doing some different strokes such as the *** and even maybe a backstroke. I can swim those strokes because I use to swim the I.M. medley, but I sure hate them, specially the backstroke where I fill in all my sinuses with water. Maybe I could try and swim the darn thing with nose clips and no goggles, and die of lack of air instead of water spillage into my brain via a communication between the diverse sinuses. Finally, I will practice more the Fly, on alternate days, because our training is pretty much standard for all, modifying only some distances, so not much Fly included. billy fanstone.