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
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There was a woman from out of town who swam with our team last week. She had these new Speedo breaststroke fins:
www.kastawayswimwear.com/product.asp
I was quite skeptical. I'm always worried about hurting my knees. (I tried some other fins a few years ago that were supposedly OK for breaststroke, and they immediately hurt my knees.)
Anyway, I tried her fins for 50 meters. WOW. They are unique. They didn't seem to put any strain on my knees at all. When I got back to the wall, she said, "Now take them off and try to swim." It was a strange feeling. I think the fins, if used regularly, would help to speed up the "whip" portion of the kick.
Anna Lea
There was a woman from out of town who swam with our team last week. She had these new Speedo breaststroke fins:
www.kastawayswimwear.com/product.asp
I was quite skeptical. I'm always worried about hurting my knees. (I tried some other fins a few years ago that were supposedly OK for breaststroke, and they immediately hurt my knees.)
Anyway, I tried her fins for 50 meters. WOW. They are unique. They didn't seem to put any strain on my knees at all. When I got back to the wall, she said, "Now take them off and try to swim." It was a strange feeling. I think the fins, if used regularly, would help to speed up the "whip" portion of the kick.
Anna Lea
