I practiced a few lenghts of breaststroke the other day and had an instructor watch me. He suggested pulling the arms in almost a dog -paddle like fashion, with the hands going no more than shoulder width all the way through the stroke. It did this a few times and it felt pretty good. However, it looks like recommendations on this site and others is to open the arms much wider and higher in the water.
Is this the newer method? Perhaps, he just knows the way that he was taught many years ago. I assume that stroke technique recommendations change over time and there's some debate over what works and what doesn't. Is this an accurate statement???
As always, thanks for your insight!
:wave:
How wide your pull should be depends on your hand speed and strength.The wider your pull the more power you can generate on the insweep,but the wider it is the more likely it is to throw off your timing and the harder it is to not have a dead spot in the insweep to recovery transition.Try what works best for you.I would disagree in I believe that your stroke should not change during taper.
How wide your pull should be depends on your hand speed and strength.The wider your pull the more power you can generate on the insweep,but the wider it is the more likely it is to throw off your timing and the harder it is to not have a dead spot in the insweep to recovery transition.Try what works best for you.I would disagree in I believe that your stroke should not change during taper.
