I find it much harder to reduce the stroke per length in backstroke than in free. In free, you can glide a long distance in each stroke, but not so in backstroke. What should I work on, the pull, or the kick, or the coordination of the hand and leg? Appreciate any comments.
Grow longer arms, it's hard to say without watching you swim backstroke,
The key areas to focus on are:
1) push off, streamline, & SDK
push off harder, streamline skinny, & SDK further
2) head & body position,
high head & low hips increase a person's drag & stroke count
shoot for the opposite
3) pull,
concentrate on catching more water when pulling,
to increase DPS, do strong pulls & slower recovery, the real goal is to take fewer strokes at race pace.
4) kick
strong steady, & fast
work on faster flutter & bk kicking, plus using it when you swim
5) body shape & proportions
over weight swimmers have more drag to overcome
strong skinny swimmers slice through the water better
6) swim suit
the kind of suit you wear influences on your DPS
tech suits increase slipperyness, float and compress all which increase DPS
Do 25's, counting your strokes
pick different focus items, see if you can lower your count,
also do fast timed 25's & count your strokes
get someone to video you swimming backstroke from different angles
from the: side, head on swimming towards & away, & if possible, underwater
what matters most is, what you're doing underwater when you're swimming backstroke.
I find it much harder to reduce the stroke per length in backstroke than in free. In free, you can glide a long distance in each stroke, but not so in backstroke. What should I work on, the pull, or the kick, or the coordination of the hand and leg? Appreciate any comments.
Grow longer arms, it's hard to say without watching you swim backstroke,
The key areas to focus on are:
1) push off, streamline, & SDK
push off harder, streamline skinny, & SDK further
2) head & body position,
high head & low hips increase a person's drag & stroke count
shoot for the opposite
3) pull,
concentrate on catching more water when pulling,
to increase DPS, do strong pulls & slower recovery, the real goal is to take fewer strokes at race pace.
4) kick
strong steady, & fast
work on faster flutter & bk kicking, plus using it when you swim
5) body shape & proportions
over weight swimmers have more drag to overcome
strong skinny swimmers slice through the water better
6) swim suit
the kind of suit you wear influences on your DPS
tech suits increase slipperyness, float and compress all which increase DPS
Do 25's, counting your strokes
pick different focus items, see if you can lower your count,
also do fast timed 25's & count your strokes
get someone to video you swimming backstroke from different angles
from the: side, head on swimming towards & away, & if possible, underwater
what matters most is, what you're doing underwater when you're swimming backstroke.
I find it much harder to reduce the stroke per length in backstroke than in free. In free, you can glide a long distance in each stroke, but not so in backstroke. What should I work on, the pull, or the kick, or the coordination of the hand and leg? Appreciate any comments.
