Lately I've been getting into breaststroke and fly, but I can't seem to find any enjoyment in backstroke. With the other strokes I have a real feeling for my body moving in the water, but with backstroke I might as well be running on land.
For those of you who enjoy backstroke, what do you like about it? What am I missing? Where's the fun in backstroke?
The fun is:
when you've been trying for 8 years to break your personal best time of 1:09 100SCM back (achieved as a summer-leaguer), never coming close, and then suddenly, as the final event of 11 at a 3 day meet, 3 months removed from nearly having a destroyed your knee...
knocking a second and a half off that PB.
Great job, Muppet! You and SwimmieAvs really burned up the pool!
I like backstroke for the cool starts and turns and underwater SDKs. Plus, it comes pretty naturally to me. So it's one stroke I don't have to obsessively dwell on technique and I can just enjoy. But fly is much more fun.
The fun is:
when you've been trying for 8 years to break your personal best time of 1:09 100SCM back (achieved as a summer-leaguer), never coming close, and then suddenly, as the final event of 11 at a 3 day meet, 3 months removed from nearly having a destroyed your knee...
knocking a second and a half off that PB.
Great job, Muppet! You and SwimmieAvs really burned up the pool!
I like backstroke for the cool starts and turns and underwater SDKs. Plus, it comes pretty naturally to me. So it's one stroke I don't have to obsessively dwell on technique and I can just enjoy. But fly is much more fun.
