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
I changed my breaststroke twice in my career. The first time was in 1994. I was told to lift my head higher to help my body position. It didn't work. I was swimming slower with the "new" stroke because my hand speed slowed down considerably.
I didn't get the opportunity to fully change it until 1997, to the stroke I use today. It's a mix of the stroke I swam as a teenager, with a little wave action mixed in. It works wonders for me.
So Karen, I know what you mean about changing your stroke and going slower. Now's the time to fix it. But you have to be seriously committed to doing it, or it won't happen.
Start by understanding the type of stroke that works for you through drills. Once you find that happy medium, continue those drills, and don't change.
It took me six months to fully get the stroke I learned in 1997 down. I still have to do drills to keep my mind focused on it, but it's not as bad as it was then.
I changed my breaststroke twice in my career. The first time was in 1994. I was told to lift my head higher to help my body position. It didn't work. I was swimming slower with the "new" stroke because my hand speed slowed down considerably.
I didn't get the opportunity to fully change it until 1997, to the stroke I use today. It's a mix of the stroke I swam as a teenager, with a little wave action mixed in. It works wonders for me.
So Karen, I know what you mean about changing your stroke and going slower. Now's the time to fix it. But you have to be seriously committed to doing it, or it won't happen.
Start by understanding the type of stroke that works for you through drills. Once you find that happy medium, continue those drills, and don't change.
It took me six months to fully get the stroke I learned in 1997 down. I still have to do drills to keep my mind focused on it, but it's not as bad as it was then.
