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
Actually Fort, my love, I must disagree slightly. I think it's okay to swim tired fly. Not when you stroke is completely falling apart but when it hurts (tired muscle pain not ripping muscle pain or joint pain).
If you want to swim the 100 or 200 fly in meets you are very likely to die a bit in your stroke and technique. So you need to know that you can push through that. Last night we did a long set and I did 1/2 of every 100 fly my arms were really tired at the end but it was a great time to focus on technique and to really stretch out the stroke. I think it helps mentally as well.
The catch (haha) is that you have to know the difference between hurting yourself and pushing yourself.
Actually Fort, my love, I must disagree slightly. I think it's okay to swim tired fly. Not when you stroke is completely falling apart but when it hurts (tired muscle pain not ripping muscle pain or joint pain).
If you want to swim the 100 or 200 fly in meets you are very likely to die a bit in your stroke and technique. So you need to know that you can push through that. Last night we did a long set and I did 1/2 of every 100 fly my arms were really tired at the end but it was a great time to focus on technique and to really stretch out the stroke. I think it helps mentally as well.
The catch (haha) is that you have to know the difference between hurting yourself and pushing yourself.
