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.
I've noticed there is very little time the arms spend outstretched before starting the outsweep regardless of distance. The difference is in the 200 or 400 IM, it seems the outsweep is a bit more relaxed and takes slightly more time than the outsweep in the 50 or 100 where the arm pull must contribute more and increase the turnover.
Just my observations. I've never seen a breastroker in a race situation hold the streamline for two seconds before beginning the outsweep.
I've noticed there is very little time the arms spend outstretched before starting the outsweep regardless of distance. The difference is in the 200 or 400 IM, it seems the outsweep is a bit more relaxed and takes slightly more time than the outsweep in the 50 or 100 where the arm pull must contribute more and increase the turnover.
Just my observations. I've never seen a breastroker in a race situation hold the streamline for two seconds before beginning the outsweep.
