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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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.
Hi SolarEnergy, I have this "problem" as well. You will see it on my videos in first blog post. I haven't figured out why it's happening. At first I thought I push my hands too deep that I start bending forward, but I doubt it. Then I thought that my second kick (I called it first in my blog post :)) creates too much upforce instead of forward force, so the body jumps up too much. I'm really curious if you have some explanation about it, preferably with some physics ;)
Best regards.
- Predrag.
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.
Hi SolarEnergy, I have this "problem" as well. You will see it on my videos in first blog post. I haven't figured out why it's happening. At first I thought I push my hands too deep that I start bending forward, but I doubt it. Then I thought that my second kick (I called it first in my blog post :)) creates too much upforce instead of forward force, so the body jumps up too much. I'm really curious if you have some explanation about it, preferably with some physics ;)
Best regards.
- Predrag.
