It seems to me that over the last few years there has been a real revolution in the breaststroke. During the 90's nearly everybody was swimming (or trying to swim) the dolphin *** stoke with the upper body nearly perpendicular with the water surface and the swimmer trying to leap forward. During the last few years I have noticed a return to the more classical breaststroke, particularly in the 200m. in general there seems to be more of a mix of *** strokes. Has anybody else noticed this?
I too have noticed a shift back to the flat kick driven ***. This ironically coming after I spent a year fixing my stroke and going from the flat stroke to the lunging dolphin stroke. I noticed a huge difference in my 200m br.
Which was faster? I have changed my stroke this year by recovering with palms out rather than in as suggested in a USMS Swimmer article. I have also concentrated on keeping my head down. This made me much faster in a 50, and a bit faster in 100 and 200. I have been swimming the Beautiful Stroke since 1955, when it was still underwater. I have used many different strokes in those years. My stroke is much flatter now than last year and the coach says all of my power is going forward. I was not undulating too much as it was. Definitely have a higher turnover.
I too have noticed a shift back to the flat kick driven ***. This ironically coming after I spent a year fixing my stroke and going from the flat stroke to the lunging dolphin stroke. I noticed a huge difference in my 200m br.
Which was faster? I have changed my stroke this year by recovering with palms out rather than in as suggested in a USMS Swimmer article. I have also concentrated on keeping my head down. This made me much faster in a 50, and a bit faster in 100 and 200. I have been swimming the Beautiful Stroke since 1955, when it was still underwater. I have used many different strokes in those years. My stroke is much flatter now than last year and the coach says all of my power is going forward. I was not undulating too much as it was. Definitely have a higher turnover.
