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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You have a great body dolphin. I wanted to show you Cseh's stroke so you don't think you need to re invent the wheel. Your fly looks real good. And I really appreciated it. I didn't know that such a successful swimmer was performing this sort of stroke. Thanks a lot.
For what it's worth (always little embarrassing to post our bad little clips after that of Phelps and Cseh), I got clipped tonight. That's "dry" (no wup before) after 4 days of inactivity but you can see that there's a slight improvement. I got to keep the pace moderate though otherwise I get back to my old habits. Should be ready for mid April though:
YouTube- Just a little 50m Butterfly done at moderate speed
Sorry for lazy first kick. My focus was elsewhere. Now, my problem is that after entry, the arm adduction continues. I may enter near shoulder width but continues to bring my hands together hence this small splash. But it's better than it was though. Never ending story, that's why I like this stroke so much.
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Predrag, if you notice, I cheat on the second kick. I still don't know if it's right or wrong. I haven't addressed that yet. But if you look at my butt on second kick I raise it back to the surface. I am not suggesting this is what you should do though, but since it's inline with your topic. I do that by instinct, again I think it's bad. I think I could get more forward momentum on second kick if I wasn't doing this.
You have a great body dolphin. I wanted to show you Cseh's stroke so you don't think you need to re invent the wheel. Your fly looks real good. And I really appreciated it. I didn't know that such a successful swimmer was performing this sort of stroke. Thanks a lot.
For what it's worth (always little embarrassing to post our bad little clips after that of Phelps and Cseh), I got clipped tonight. That's "dry" (no wup before) after 4 days of inactivity but you can see that there's a slight improvement. I got to keep the pace moderate though otherwise I get back to my old habits. Should be ready for mid April though:
YouTube- Just a little 50m Butterfly done at moderate speed
Sorry for lazy first kick. My focus was elsewhere. Now, my problem is that after entry, the arm adduction continues. I may enter near shoulder width but continues to bring my hands together hence this small splash. But it's better than it was though. Never ending story, that's why I like this stroke so much.
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Predrag, if you notice, I cheat on the second kick. I still don't know if it's right or wrong. I haven't addressed that yet. But if you look at my butt on second kick I raise it back to the surface. I am not suggesting this is what you should do though, but since it's inline with your topic. I do that by instinct, again I think it's bad. I think I could get more forward momentum on second kick if I wasn't doing this.
