I've heard a lot of stories about how if you don't know how to do fly properly you could seriously wreck your shoulders.
One story one of my friends told me that a friend of hers dislocated her shoulder in the middle of a race.
I do want to try it but I'm a bit intimidated to tell the truth. Plus, I'll look ridiculous the first time I try :blush:. Total embarrassment I'd predict.
Any tips to get over the fear?
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I've heard a lot of stories about how if you don't know how to do fly properly you could seriously wreck your shoulders.
Start thinking about butterfly in term of a puzzle you need to put together, not something threatening.
If you suffer learning the BF, that is because you didn't put the first pieces of this puzzle first.
And the very and absolute first piece of this puzzle is body undulation. This fact no one can argue, so it's a good investment. It is the engine of this stroke. Most power generated by the stroke is related to this. And this thing is actually very fun to learn, and you can't possibly run out of breath or suffer learning it.
Then once you got that in place, with the breathing at the right time and first and second kick that occur when they should, you may add an arm to the puzzle. While doing this, you may prefer to breathe on the side, it's easier.
Most people spend a lot of time performing the 1arm BF drill prior attempting to add the other arm. Before adding the other arm, you could try BF front breathing pattern. Then you do very short distances full stroke, or longer distances with fins.
I'll try to give you a little demo of all this in a very near future. Can't guarantee that the quality of the clip will be good, but that should help.
I've heard a lot of stories about how if you don't know how to do fly properly you could seriously wreck your shoulders.
Start thinking about butterfly in term of a puzzle you need to put together, not something threatening.
If you suffer learning the BF, that is because you didn't put the first pieces of this puzzle first.
And the very and absolute first piece of this puzzle is body undulation. This fact no one can argue, so it's a good investment. It is the engine of this stroke. Most power generated by the stroke is related to this. And this thing is actually very fun to learn, and you can't possibly run out of breath or suffer learning it.
Then once you got that in place, with the breathing at the right time and first and second kick that occur when they should, you may add an arm to the puzzle. While doing this, you may prefer to breathe on the side, it's easier.
Most people spend a lot of time performing the 1arm BF drill prior attempting to add the other arm. Before adding the other arm, you could try BF front breathing pattern. Then you do very short distances full stroke, or longer distances with fins.
I'll try to give you a little demo of all this in a very near future. Can't guarantee that the quality of the clip will be good, but that should help.
