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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... I'm thinking that something similar is what causes my stroke to work so much better when I use a wider arm entry and extend my shoulders forward as I enter? That seems to let my chest "fall" downward instead of me "pressing" it downward, and my butt also seems to rise, in the sort of "pivot" motion I've observed in good fliers....
Very well put! And, I forgot to mention that nugget, so thanks for the reminder.
Yes! I also thrust the shoulders forward as well, as i'm 'opening up the chest' (as they say in yoga class), which results in the movement you just described.
i've been encouraged a lot lately to use the 'one armed fly' drill to get a better understanding of the timing. when i had it properly demonstrated to me recently, being told to pay particular attention to the head movement, the light bulb went on... so you may want to pursue that approach as well.
Sounds like you got all the information you need... and they you just need to work on it. (ha-ha, yeah rite! "just").
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Have Fun!
... I'm thinking that something similar is what causes my stroke to work so much better when I use a wider arm entry and extend my shoulders forward as I enter? That seems to let my chest "fall" downward instead of me "pressing" it downward, and my butt also seems to rise, in the sort of "pivot" motion I've observed in good fliers....
Very well put! And, I forgot to mention that nugget, so thanks for the reminder.
Yes! I also thrust the shoulders forward as well, as i'm 'opening up the chest' (as they say in yoga class), which results in the movement you just described.
i've been encouraged a lot lately to use the 'one armed fly' drill to get a better understanding of the timing. when i had it properly demonstrated to me recently, being told to pay particular attention to the head movement, the light bulb went on... so you may want to pursue that approach as well.
Sounds like you got all the information you need... and they you just need to work on it. (ha-ha, yeah rite! "just").
:">
Have Fun!
