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
I think the palms down idea is a theory that makes more sense to coaches than swimmers.It can be taught,but the best now seem palms up.Hands over the surface,at the surface,or just under the surface on the recovery doesn't seem to matter as long as you shoot forward,not up.
I think the palms down idea is a theory that makes more sense to coaches than swimmers.It can be taught,but the best now seem palms up.Hands over the surface,at the surface,or just under the surface on the recovery doesn't seem to matter as long as you shoot forward,not up.
