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
Qualifying for OT at 12 is remarkable. Didn't Amanda Beard swim in her first at 14?
Cowsvils: Yes, I do feel like the BrS (better Fort?) fins have helped my kick. No, I do not loose my feel for the water without them. I use the fins mainly for kick sets. Due to the way the fins work my kick, I found that my timing gets thrown off if I try to use them for swim sets.
Fort: At the risk of firing up the breaststrokers out there, "BS" is how I feel about it. The abbreviation seems appropriate. I'll never describe myself as a breaststroker (you'll understand why at zones), but in an effort to be a well rounded swimmer, I make an attempt at it from time-to-time. Kick sets are also good for the inner thigh muscles.
Now for the mommy brag-- My daughter (14) won the 50 *** by more than 1 second at the summer league "A" championships over the weekend!:woot:
First off, yay for Mini-Imspoiled for her BR victory! My 12 year old won the 50 BR this weekend too! And the 100 IM -- she can officially really kick my butt in that event now. Where did our daughters get the BR genes?!
I'll try the BR fins on kick sets too. Did some regular BR with them. I didn't think almost anything helped the inner thighs. Worth it just for that!
The 12 year's name is Annie Zhu. She's phenomenal to watch. Beautiful strokes. But she's almost 6 feet tall at age 12. Here's the link to the SW news article www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../15226.asp.
Qualifying for OT at 12 is remarkable. Didn't Amanda Beard swim in her first at 14?
Cowsvils: Yes, I do feel like the BrS (better Fort?) fins have helped my kick. No, I do not loose my feel for the water without them. I use the fins mainly for kick sets. Due to the way the fins work my kick, I found that my timing gets thrown off if I try to use them for swim sets.
Fort: At the risk of firing up the breaststrokers out there, "BS" is how I feel about it. The abbreviation seems appropriate. I'll never describe myself as a breaststroker (you'll understand why at zones), but in an effort to be a well rounded swimmer, I make an attempt at it from time-to-time. Kick sets are also good for the inner thigh muscles.
Now for the mommy brag-- My daughter (14) won the 50 *** by more than 1 second at the summer league "A" championships over the weekend!:woot:
First off, yay for Mini-Imspoiled for her BR victory! My 12 year old won the 50 BR this weekend too! And the 100 IM -- she can officially really kick my butt in that event now. Where did our daughters get the BR genes?!
I'll try the BR fins on kick sets too. Did some regular BR with them. I didn't think almost anything helped the inner thighs. Worth it just for that!
The 12 year's name is Annie Zhu. She's phenomenal to watch. Beautiful strokes. But she's almost 6 feet tall at age 12. Here's the link to the SW news article www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../15226.asp.
