We had a videotaping session in practice on Wed and I got some video of my butterfly. I've been trying to work on my butterfly lately but I could really use some pointers and suggestions for specific things to work on and how to work on them.
Clearly the turnover is too slow. Lack of range of motion in my shoulders doesn't allow me to keep my hands at the surface while my chest is down the way that people like Phelps do. In the underwater side view it looks like my hips sink way too much and then don't quite make it back up to the surface, but I don't know what to do about that other than a quicker recovery.
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Thanks Ande, I have to say I'm tempted to catch a plane to Texas!
Timing has been difficult because the pace clocks are way out of sync, but I'll see what I can do when I get back to the pool, right now I'm going through a large box of kleenex a day...
jmeyer, I think you are right about breathing late, I'm trying to work on that. Did you really mean entering too wide? Generally feedback has been to enter wider, which I've been working on and am finding feels better.
I found an amazing slow motion shot on the Go Swim Butterfly with Misty Hyman that perfectly illustrates the timing of the kick during the recovery, the downward movement of the thighs is definitely what pops her hips up (along with the shoulders coming down), and then her knees go up as much as her ankles go down, which keeps that kick relatively shallow. Phelps' kick is similar. My knees don't go back up so my ankles end up really deep. And my kick is too late, my hips have already sunk. Lots to work on!
Thanks Ande, I have to say I'm tempted to catch a plane to Texas!
Timing has been difficult because the pace clocks are way out of sync, but I'll see what I can do when I get back to the pool, right now I'm going through a large box of kleenex a day...
jmeyer, I think you are right about breathing late, I'm trying to work on that. Did you really mean entering too wide? Generally feedback has been to enter wider, which I've been working on and am finding feels better.
I found an amazing slow motion shot on the Go Swim Butterfly with Misty Hyman that perfectly illustrates the timing of the kick during the recovery, the downward movement of the thighs is definitely what pops her hips up (along with the shoulders coming down), and then her knees go up as much as her ankles go down, which keeps that kick relatively shallow. Phelps' kick is similar. My knees don't go back up so my ankles end up really deep. And my kick is too late, my hips have already sunk. Lots to work on!
