I saw a post on these forums with a link to a site discussing the future of breaststroke and the idea of NOT breathing every stroke. I can see how it might be advantageous, especially in a 50.
For those not familiar, the idea is that during your main stroke phase, every other stroke you pull as though you're going to take a breath, you still come up but not nearly as much as a breathing stroke. It seems to me (this, having not tried it yet) that this would allow you to not only conserve energy but also actually deliver more force to the water due to a more opportune angle to move forward. It also seems like it would allow you to stay in a lower stroke, also allowing for a quicker and more effective streamline each non-breathing stroke.
Well, my question is this, do you guys think that it's a good idea to start working toward this sort of stroke, also, if I have a meet tonight should I risk it?
I think that for the 50 it is a definite plus, but what about the 100? My 100 Breaststroke time is a 1:07.16 currently so I would be more than just a bit outside of the 40 second rule for no breathing. I'm also worried that breathing less means that my pullout will be less effective due to a lack of oxygen, is this concern warranted?
My 50 time is currently a 30.19, I really want to get it under 30 seconds. Do you guys think that not breathing each stroke will make a significant difference?
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I'll be posting videos of my performance tonight. This first one was my 200 IM, a personal best, My breaststroke was terrible here, as well as just about everything else but the only way to improve is through criticism. What should I work on to make sure my stroke doesn't deteriorate as badly as it did?
Also, why does my left arm look as bad as it does? How do I fix my sprinkler kick on the Backstroke?
My 50 Breaststroke looked strong, the turn was fast, how can I improve on it? How should I change my stroke/timing to go faster?
My 100 wasn't great, all of my turns were short (finishing on a half stroke :S) and my pullouts were weak to say the least, my 50 Pullouts were much better. Fix me! :(
200IM: Decent example of my stroke when it's falling apart.
www.youtube.com/watch
200 Medley Relay: My Sprint Breaststroke, I am second here.
www.youtube.com/watch
100 Breaststroke: Not a best time but still a 1:08. My turns were ALL terrible, and my pullouts were no better. :(
www.youtube.com/watch
Notably, I did try and breathe every other stroke on my 50, rather, lifting my head much less on my non-breathing stroke.
I'll be posting videos of my performance tonight. This first one was my 200 IM, a personal best, My breaststroke was terrible here, as well as just about everything else but the only way to improve is through criticism. What should I work on to make sure my stroke doesn't deteriorate as badly as it did?
Also, why does my left arm look as bad as it does? How do I fix my sprinkler kick on the Backstroke?
My 50 Breaststroke looked strong, the turn was fast, how can I improve on it? How should I change my stroke/timing to go faster?
My 100 wasn't great, all of my turns were short (finishing on a half stroke :S) and my pullouts were weak to say the least, my 50 Pullouts were much better. Fix me! :(
200IM: Decent example of my stroke when it's falling apart.
www.youtube.com/watch
200 Medley Relay: My Sprint Breaststroke, I am second here.
www.youtube.com/watch
100 Breaststroke: Not a best time but still a 1:08. My turns were ALL terrible, and my pullouts were no better. :(
www.youtube.com/watch
Notably, I did try and breathe every other stroke on my 50, rather, lifting my head much less on my non-breathing stroke.
