I finally got some video to post for feedback on my Breaststroke; (must be breaststroke video day today). Many of you have offered me breaststroke workouts advice to me on another thread, and I have also tried to follow all your related feedback to others and incorporate it. Here is my best shot:
www.youtube.com/.../NhsXEoPiuQg&rel=1
For background, I swim a 35 second 50SCY and a 1:15 100SCY, trying to make a 32 sec 50 and a 1:10 sec 100 to qualify for Nationals in 40-44 category.
Thanks for any and all help!!
Great job.I always do a dry warmup right up until I get on the blocks.About 30 min before the race I start walking around and stretching then I start bouncing and swinging my arms with increasing vigor until called to the blocks.
As to increasing DPL,make sure you REALLY stretch your arms forward on the recovery.The more you can narrow your shoulders the less the drag and the further you can"ride the glide." Try to see how few strokes you can take and keep any form at all.Pull,kick,glide,glide,glide.Then add just a little tempo.Really work the pull kick and glide and see how fast you can swim a 50 with 6 strokes.Then keep trying to lower the time without increasing the stroke count.Practice,practice,practice.(My best practice set was 10x50 *** on the minute keeping the time under 40 and the stroke count at 5 after the pullout.)
Great job.I always do a dry warmup right up until I get on the blocks.About 30 min before the race I start walking around and stretching then I start bouncing and swinging my arms with increasing vigor until called to the blocks.
As to increasing DPL,make sure you REALLY stretch your arms forward on the recovery.The more you can narrow your shoulders the less the drag and the further you can"ride the glide." Try to see how few strokes you can take and keep any form at all.Pull,kick,glide,glide,glide.Then add just a little tempo.Really work the pull kick and glide and see how fast you can swim a 50 with 6 strokes.Then keep trying to lower the time without increasing the stroke count.Practice,practice,practice.(My best practice set was 10x50 *** on the minute keeping the time under 40 and the stroke count at 5 after the pullout.)
