I could use some advice from experienced breaststrokers on the proper pull technique. I have a naturally good breaststroke kick, which probably makes up 90% of my propulsion at this point. I know that breaststroke is the stroke with the most potential for me, but I seem unable to get the right feel for the pull. Every once in a while I have one of those really smooth swims where I can feel myself riding the wave, but I cannot recreate that at will.
I've tried the hand paddles drill where I swim BR with the paddles on backwards so they are not attached to my hands at all. I can keep the paddles on pretty easily. I think I'm using the right basic technique, at least based on all the descriptions I've been able to find. Yet when I swim ***, my coach says that my arms look "stiff", like I'm not turning them in enough.
I would like to understand what the proper pull should look like and feel like, before I start increasing my yardage and intensity.
TIA
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If you want to get a sense of how the velocity changes during the underwater pull phase, here is some good video with a corresponding velocity graph. There are a number of videos to view. All the breaststrokers in these video's were Division I swimmers with 100 yard times between 56.8 and 57.8 There is also a link to a research paper that was recently presented at one of the top international symposiums from last summer on the page.
www.teamtermin.com/velocity_meter_video.shtml
Hope that helps....
If you want to get a sense of how the velocity changes during the underwater pull phase, here is some good video with a corresponding velocity graph. There are a number of videos to view. All the breaststrokers in these video's were Division I swimmers with 100 yard times between 56.8 and 57.8 There is also a link to a research paper that was recently presented at one of the top international symposiums from last summer on the page.
www.teamtermin.com/velocity_meter_video.shtml
Hope that helps....
