Hi,
I'm a butterfly beginner and currently having problem with my hips sinking too much when my arms start with the recovery. I posted some videos at my blog (http://blog.grkovic.com/?p=30) Hips sink so much that first downkick barely lifts them above them the water. Sometimes, they don't even come out.
If anybody would have any suggestions, I would appreciate it a lot.
Thanks.
- Predrag.
Here is a recent article on the site on learning fly. Perhaps it will help:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
Michael Phelps has a DVD out on practicing fly. I've found it useful.
What I don't find useful is trying to emulate Olympians racing. I am not in their brains or bodies, I do not have their individual balance (or trade-off) of glide and stroke (and what happens to glide in fly if you start the stroke as soon as your hands enter the water?), I do not have their physique, and so on.
One of Phelps's drills demonstrated on his DVD is to take an extra dolphin kick with hands and arms in pre-catch position before starting the stroke.
Here is a recent article on the site on learning fly. Perhaps it will help:
www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
Michael Phelps has a DVD out on practicing fly. I've found it useful.
What I don't find useful is trying to emulate Olympians racing. I am not in their brains or bodies, I do not have their individual balance (or trade-off) of glide and stroke (and what happens to glide in fly if you start the stroke as soon as your hands enter the water?), I do not have their physique, and so on.
One of Phelps's drills demonstrated on his DVD is to take an extra dolphin kick with hands and arms in pre-catch position before starting the stroke.
