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.
predrag,
You have alot of the puzzle solved.
The two big things I see are rushing and trying to breathe too early and not sinking your chest and head below your arms on entry. You need to catch the water better with a more vertical forearm and higher elbows. Your elbows are sinking. As you complete your catch, your chest should start rising from boyancy. Your pull is too deep and too wide near it's completion. When you complete the pull your hands should insweep more toward the midline of your body. Near the completion of the pull, just as your arms are exiting, you should sneak your breath. Stay low and keep your shoulders low. Recover your arms low to the water surface and have the head enter prior to the arms. Try to lay your arms on the surface of the water and at the same time "kick" your hips to the surface. the second kick can many times be a smaller stablizing kick. Keep your hand wrist at the correct position through the recovery to help initiate the next catch.
You have a great kick and you will be real fast once you become flatter and higher in the water. Watch the expert below.
YouTube- Michael Phelps - Butterfly 01
predrag,
You have alot of the puzzle solved.
The two big things I see are rushing and trying to breathe too early and not sinking your chest and head below your arms on entry. You need to catch the water better with a more vertical forearm and higher elbows. Your elbows are sinking. As you complete your catch, your chest should start rising from boyancy. Your pull is too deep and too wide near it's completion. When you complete the pull your hands should insweep more toward the midline of your body. Near the completion of the pull, just as your arms are exiting, you should sneak your breath. Stay low and keep your shoulders low. Recover your arms low to the water surface and have the head enter prior to the arms. Try to lay your arms on the surface of the water and at the same time "kick" your hips to the surface. the second kick can many times be a smaller stablizing kick. Keep your hand wrist at the correct position through the recovery to help initiate the next catch.
You have a great kick and you will be real fast once you become flatter and higher in the water. Watch the expert below.
YouTube- Michael Phelps - Butterfly 01
