Hi all, I'm new back into swimming after taking the last 14 or so years "off". When I was last swimming, the wave style breaststroke was really just coming into its own and I never fully got it down. I'm trying to train it now but I have a question--are people still pulling their hands out of the water with each stroke? These seems like a terrible waste of effort if you're just going to push back down into a streamline... Thanks for your thoughts!
Keith
Let's not forget Allen Stark and Jim Clemmons!
Seems like I see Hansen with his hands skimming above the water on the recovery.
I'd be interested in what the breaststrokers have to say about the motion of the underwater pull, as well. I feel like my hands are slipping water.
Hard to argue with the world record holder, but it seems to me like skimming the water would create resistance... Why not keep them just below the surface? What am I missing?
Thanks for all of the responses so far!
Let's not forget Allen Stark and Jim Clemmons!
Seems like I see Hansen with his hands skimming above the water on the recovery.
I'd be interested in what the breaststrokers have to say about the motion of the underwater pull, as well. I feel like my hands are slipping water.
Hard to argue with the world record holder, but it seems to me like skimming the water would create resistance... Why not keep them just below the surface? What am I missing?
Thanks for all of the responses so far!
