As a new swimmer, and being 47 years old, I basically swim freestyle and a little *** (have trouble keeping my kick legal). Today, during my morning workout provided me by this very website, a dolphin kick was necessary. Quickly donning my zoomers (I suck at kick) I proceeded down the pool. Seeing as it still took me forever, I had a lot of time to ponder lifes meaning. For me its "Start early if you want to swim fly." For although two years into my swimming career, no way I can do fly. Even if I had the strength to get my arms out of the water that long...I am so rhythmic challenged I will never pull it together. Oh well, I feel comfortable swimming free, and so far the lack of the additional events hasnt hurt me none. Anyone out there learn to swim fly at such an advanced age?
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I started flying at 22 years of age but had done all of the other strokes from about 5. The crawl stroke is probably the most benifit to swimming fly. I even did butterfrog before Terry L invented it. I never practiced a lot of fly, never worked more than 100 fly during a workout but did a lot of dolphin kicking. When I do fly workouts now I do repeats of 25s and occasionally 50s.
If I were to race I could do a 100 but never do any 100s in training.
I started flying at 22 years of age but had done all of the other strokes from about 5. The crawl stroke is probably the most benifit to swimming fly. I even did butterfrog before Terry L invented it. I never practiced a lot of fly, never worked more than 100 fly during a workout but did a lot of dolphin kicking. When I do fly workouts now I do repeats of 25s and occasionally 50s.
If I were to race I could do a 100 but never do any 100s in training.
