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.
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Hey,
SolarEnergy, There is more than one way to fly. Your's is very similar to Cseh, who is, after one of the best flyers in the world. Does he splash as much?
Anyway, I'm not very gifted on the physical/fitness side. I absolutely need to cut on drag as much as I possibly can in order to book podiums at our next Provincial Championship (equivalent to you guys' State Championship).
I think Phelps Butterfly is a better vehicle for folks like me. It is safe (shoulders), extremely efficient and as a bonus, very good looking.
I'll soon post some footage of what's been my bf transformation so far. Next big test is a meet in February for which I'd like to take the 50m down under 30sec.
Then you should do 1 arm fly and focus on dragging your thumb on the surface of the water during the recovery.
Thanks pwolf for this advice. I haven't done a lot of this so far. My strategy lies more on full stroke training. In a 2.5k workout, I usually accumulate at least 1 full kilo of butterfly during which I focus on:
- Recovering the arms as fast as possible in order to get both hands in from, at shoulder width asap
- Performing this recovery while keeping both hands close to the surface
- Making sure I do not add any "arm" downward momentum upon hand entry. I just put my body weights to this entry and that's all.
Hey,
SolarEnergy, There is more than one way to fly. Your's is very similar to Cseh, who is, after one of the best flyers in the world. Does he splash as much?
Anyway, I'm not very gifted on the physical/fitness side. I absolutely need to cut on drag as much as I possibly can in order to book podiums at our next Provincial Championship (equivalent to you guys' State Championship).
I think Phelps Butterfly is a better vehicle for folks like me. It is safe (shoulders), extremely efficient and as a bonus, very good looking.
I'll soon post some footage of what's been my bf transformation so far. Next big test is a meet in February for which I'd like to take the 50m down under 30sec.
Then you should do 1 arm fly and focus on dragging your thumb on the surface of the water during the recovery.
Thanks pwolf for this advice. I haven't done a lot of this so far. My strategy lies more on full stroke training. In a 2.5k workout, I usually accumulate at least 1 full kilo of butterfly during which I focus on:
- Recovering the arms as fast as possible in order to get both hands in from, at shoulder width asap
- Performing this recovery while keeping both hands close to the surface
- Making sure I do not add any "arm" downward momentum upon hand entry. I just put my body weights to this entry and that's all.
