Lately I've not been making friends.
I am hitting people during fly. Sometimes it is from another lane since I recover my right arm over the lane line, and sometimes it is a lane mate. I have a 76" reach so I am roughly as wide as a lane.
I try to look and f I see someone I can sometimes do an alligator arm recovery, but this does not always work. People come up fast and you can't always get out of the way.
Is there a trick to this, or is hitting part of the deal?
Sometimes I'll lead so I can at least do a 25 without an issue, but anything over a 25 and I am now paranoid.
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Do one-arm fly when necessary, but it shouldn't be too often because it is easier than two-arm fly. I disagree with the poster who said it is a hard habit to break in a race, I've never had the slightest bit of trouble with this. (One-handed turns, on the other hand...!)
I tried to be polite swimming fly with 6 aggressive swimmers in my lane. Unfortunately, I ended up swimming one arm fly for most of the sets. Instead, I adopted the aggressive style and it works well for us flyers as a group.
If someone could explain to me how I need to swim friendly, perfect stroke fly, I'd love to learn. When executing a less aggressive stoke my coaches complained that I cut my stroke short, my kick was too weak, my turn over was too slow (I was pausing too long after hand entry), and my head was too high during the breath (I was attempting to sight for the flyers coming the other way.) Plus, my heart rate really drops when I switch to one arm and that kind of training does NOT help me during my 200 fly races. Many thanks!
The only time I swim with less experienced swimmers (like at masters meet warm ups), I pretty much avoid full stroke fly completely until the sprint lane is open.
Do one-arm fly when necessary, but it shouldn't be too often because it is easier than two-arm fly. I disagree with the poster who said it is a hard habit to break in a race, I've never had the slightest bit of trouble with this. (One-handed turns, on the other hand...!)
I tried to be polite swimming fly with 6 aggressive swimmers in my lane. Unfortunately, I ended up swimming one arm fly for most of the sets. Instead, I adopted the aggressive style and it works well for us flyers as a group.
If someone could explain to me how I need to swim friendly, perfect stroke fly, I'd love to learn. When executing a less aggressive stoke my coaches complained that I cut my stroke short, my kick was too weak, my turn over was too slow (I was pausing too long after hand entry), and my head was too high during the breath (I was attempting to sight for the flyers coming the other way.) Plus, my heart rate really drops when I switch to one arm and that kind of training does NOT help me during my 200 fly races. Many thanks!
The only time I swim with less experienced swimmers (like at masters meet warm ups), I pretty much avoid full stroke fly completely until the sprint lane is open.
