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
Allen, Nadine, Knelson and Jeff--thanks very much for your thoughts! I think I need to spend some time doing dolphin kick breaststroke to get the wave motion down. I'll probably end up more like Jeff and stay mostly below the water but it'll be a worthwhile experiment.
Also, I agree with Jeff that watching the best and trying to copy them (especially in breaststroke) is not necessarily a good idea. They may have quirks that work for them (or their body type) that aren't universal. And of the four strokes, breaststroke definitely seems to be the one with the most variety in technique.
Allen, Nadine, Knelson and Jeff--thanks very much for your thoughts! I think I need to spend some time doing dolphin kick breaststroke to get the wave motion down. I'll probably end up more like Jeff and stay mostly below the water but it'll be a worthwhile experiment.
Also, I agree with Jeff that watching the best and trying to copy them (especially in breaststroke) is not necessarily a good idea. They may have quirks that work for them (or their body type) that aren't universal. And of the four strokes, breaststroke definitely seems to be the one with the most variety in technique.
