All,
I swim with a masters group a few times a week.
In full stroke freestyle over 800m I keep pace with a number of my peers, but lose about 50m over 800m when we switch to arms only w/ pull buoy.
Clearly an opportunity for improvement - but I'm a little stumped. My kick is not strong - frankly I struggle on kick sets.
I'd be interested in any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong (or doing so right when I add the legs).
I shoud probably add, I've been working on this for some time and its baffled a fair few coaches!
Guyster.
Pull buoys have their good and bad points. Using them too much can be a good way to destroy the rotation in your stroke. Use a junior-sized one only on free and do not use one on backstroke.
The main benefit of pull-buoys is to give someone the proper feel of good body position. Too many, however, get dependent on it and never acquire good body position without it. Lots of the times it is used by poor kickers who can't keep up without it.
Watch it in combining a pull buoy and paddles as this puts a serious strain on the shoulders. If you must do it, keep the distances short. Better for masters swimmers to use each (paddles or pull buoys) without the other.
Pull buoys have their good and bad points. Using them too much can be a good way to destroy the rotation in your stroke. Use a junior-sized one only on free and do not use one on backstroke.
The main benefit of pull-buoys is to give someone the proper feel of good body position. Too many, however, get dependent on it and never acquire good body position without it. Lots of the times it is used by poor kickers who can't keep up without it.
Watch it in combining a pull buoy and paddles as this puts a serious strain on the shoulders. If you must do it, keep the distances short. Better for masters swimmers to use each (paddles or pull buoys) without the other.
