One thing I noticed with the more advanced breaststroke (a beard, e moses, etc) is the swimmer holding the streamline after the kick for 1-2 secs before starting the insweep on each stroke. When watching age groupers I don't see much of this. They tend to not hold their glide much at all and its a continuous reach to insweep.
Is this because the age groupers don't have a strong enough kick yet to get the most of the glide and streamline? I'd love to start having my daughters work on the right way to do the stroke at an early age.
Parents
Former Member
The amount of time you hold your streamline position shouldn't be a subjective limit. You can objectively evaluate breakout times by having your coach use the Hillmen Chart. Coaches have a difficult time teaching this advanced skill to youngsters but it certainly should be taught. How quickly a swimmer picks up and how long they hold onto certain skills will vary like the weather in Michigan. Good luck!
P.S. If you're not a coach I hope you don't get into
the vicarious position some parents work their way into~ or
try to coach their own children :fish2:
The amount of time you hold your streamline position shouldn't be a subjective limit. You can objectively evaluate breakout times by having your coach use the Hillmen Chart. Coaches have a difficult time teaching this advanced skill to youngsters but it certainly should be taught. How quickly a swimmer picks up and how long they hold onto certain skills will vary like the weather in Michigan. Good luck!
P.S. If you're not a coach I hope you don't get into
the vicarious position some parents work their way into~ or
try to coach their own children :fish2:
