All this back and forth between the breaststrokers and the freestylers (in particular) is all just in fun, right? I realize everyone has their favorite stroke (well, except for the IMers). I can't really swim anything other than freestyle, but I do enjoy the occasional bit of breaststroke (as long as I'm not in a big hurry and my knees are feeling okay). I think it allows me to concentrate on the catch fairly well which should help my freestyle, especially because I can actually watch what my hands and forearms are doing, not just guess based on "feel". So I guess in part I treat breastroke as a stroke drill for freestyle.
Yes? No? Maybe?
Thx,
Skip Montanaro
So why do it at all?
I do it because I love it! Fly is my favorite. I just have to be really careful to not overdo or my shoulders suffer.
But if you don't like it, I wouldn't do it. Fly is hard to learn from scratch. It took me awhile to re-learn it as a master after my 24 year break. As long as you're doing some breaststroke or backstroke to give yourself and your shoulders a break and work different muscle groups, that should be fine.
Rich: In my experience, most breaststrokers can learn to do fly, but it doesn't always work in reverse. Many flyers (like me) never learn to do breaststroke very well.
So why do it at all?
I do it because I love it! Fly is my favorite. I just have to be really careful to not overdo or my shoulders suffer.
But if you don't like it, I wouldn't do it. Fly is hard to learn from scratch. It took me awhile to re-learn it as a master after my 24 year break. As long as you're doing some breaststroke or backstroke to give yourself and your shoulders a break and work different muscle groups, that should be fine.
Rich: In my experience, most breaststrokers can learn to do fly, but it doesn't always work in reverse. Many flyers (like me) never learn to do breaststroke very well.
