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.
youtube.com/watch
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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Thanks Zegmal, I've always found it paradoxical that the one-kick fly style eliminates what two-kick fliers call the "big" kick (kicking the hands out of the water). One would think that you would drop the "little" kick (kicking the hands into the water). This probably says something about the importance of the little kick in reorienting the body out of the elevated shoulder position and the role of the kick in issues other than propulsion. The drill in the video deals with the second (hands exit) kick, while I'm referring to the first (hands enter) kick.
Possibly it might just come down to focusing on finishing the kick at the same time the hands reach full extension and enter the water. I'm feeling much better today and am looking forward to getting back in the water and playing with this. Provided the current heavy snowfall warning doesn't close things down... :frustrated:
Thanks Zegmal, I've always found it paradoxical that the one-kick fly style eliminates what two-kick fliers call the "big" kick (kicking the hands out of the water). One would think that you would drop the "little" kick (kicking the hands into the water). This probably says something about the importance of the little kick in reorienting the body out of the elevated shoulder position and the role of the kick in issues other than propulsion. The drill in the video deals with the second (hands exit) kick, while I'm referring to the first (hands enter) kick.
Possibly it might just come down to focusing on finishing the kick at the same time the hands reach full extension and enter the water. I'm feeling much better today and am looking forward to getting back in the water and playing with this. Provided the current heavy snowfall warning doesn't close things down... :frustrated:
