Please, help my butterfly stroke!!!

Easy and all others confused about swimming butterfly, In the short axis strokes (fly and ***), the legs are as important as the arms, sometimes moreso. Kick hard and completely every stroke, and you will find yourself swimming downhill, as some have described it. In order to improve your kick, you must do core exercises, sit ups, crunches, and back lifts. Kick in workout, do these dryland exercises, and everything else will come together. Easy, in your video, you are swimming uphill for two reasons. 1. you are not kicking enough or at all, and 2. your arm recovery is too pronounced. It is good that you have shoulder flexibility, but don't use it in that manner, it makes your hands slap the water on entry, rather than knifing into it (thumbs first, sweep out, pull back and in).

I am not surre if I would pick Michael Heather to give butterfly instruction, but, I sure would pick him to help me get out of a bar fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I simply enjoy the act of swimming the stroke a great deal more. When done properly, it feels and looks like the most beautiful stroke of the four. Exactly where my obsession is coming from. i love the feel of fly when it clicks. I think what kaptain and funky say about the kicking and core are my key weakness. i'm a triathlete who likes to swim and run more than cycle (which doesn't make me a great triathlete) so my ankle flexibitly is bad and to top it off i have pretty small feet. I know my kick is the weakest link of both my fly and my free. gotta fix this.

you took 24 strokes in your race looked really tired on your last 4 figure out how to take fewer strokes SDK further take it out a little easier watch YouTube - 100 LCM Butterfly - World Record

He is making a play on words using your forum name - Easy. Your English is far more understandable than most Italian you would find here.

For me, butterfly has gone from seeming like a battle to becoming much more fluid. My endurance has improved, and I simply enjoy the act of swimming the stroke a great deal more. When done properly, it feels and looks like the most beautiful stroke of the four. Funny because I approach this stroke the same way as you do. And I also think that it is (by far) the most fascinating to experiment and look at. A lot of folks miss this as they are put too much energy to it. When done at endurance pace, Butterfly is a slow stroke. If you want to book sets of 100s or 200s, better let the breaststrokers go first. Tonight main set was (to a stroke of our choice) 200 fast some longish cool down 4x50 fast some longish cool down 4x50 fast I couldn't wait but committing to the first 200. Since it was the first time I was increasing the pace a bit this year (I'd usually book my 200s easy in 3:40 roughly) I was very conservative. No kick. But the undulation was still there and the first 100 was very easy. Anyway long story short I saved too much because I was able to sprint the last 50. Finished in 3:05 - I was pleased, and ready for the bunch of 50s. - - - Easy, your English is great already. "Take it easy" means... well. I should I put this. Be cool, stay on the relaxed side. Anyway, your thread is very fun.

Thank Captain SDK, your comments are right! A few days ago I read in this forum the discussion on Strong Core, (lower torso, right???...is that correct???) Yesterday on evening I tried a workout focusing ONLY on core strong ALWAYS,... abdomianl strong, keep the posture, navel towards the spine, kick starts from the abdominal... Well, in all strokes, first in the underwater DK I noticed a great improvement, swimming near of the surface, more responsive and effective, the recovery of the arms is more relaxed, body strong, legs loose but more effective, differnt fall into the water and weight shift forward (not I agree that the leg must kick too hard, for me to be ripple,a whip...) I've undestand that the core strong and the posture is the soul of the swim...I think it could be the solution to my problem...please correct me...!!! Easy

1) Ur muscling every inch / Molecule crusher 2) No Kick...timing wrong 3) utilize the laws of motion / inertia/ action reaction principle 4) Your hands are too deep out front/ soft out front/ near topwater quadrant 5) Your head should enter water slightly before or at same time as your hands/ UNIT MOVEMENT 6) Hand extension in back with a release at same time...hands release outward and almost recover by theirselves / medial rotation out front 7) Prediction: Shoulder Pain eventually Suggestion...Force Kick to work...kick hands back..kick hands forward. Swim a few 1000 yd fly's and exagerate the glide out front letting your hands return to the surface or top water quad before u pull.Think..Hands forward and hips up......Head...enter with hands unit movement....Good Luck :) Easy

This Thread is fun. Keep it Easy -- but not too easy ;-)

This Thread is fun. Keep it Easy -- but not too easy ;-) Sorry Solar Energy, but I dont understand all the words or significated, what you mean??? Excuse me, what I have write is correct? Easy