Last summer I got some video of various swimmers at a club in Montreal and I put together some videos that compare two swimmers' butterfly timing:
Above water comparison:
YouTube- Butterfly Stroke Comparison
Below water comparison:
YouTube- Underwater Comparison Of Butterfly Strokes
Above and below of just the lower swimmer:
YouTube- Alfonso Split Screen Butterfly
I wrote some thoughts about the differences in timing here:
mymsc.ca/.../butterfly_stroke_timing
In addition to the timing there are some other issues like kicking from the knee, but I am interested in what approach people would suggest to help this swimmer improve his stroke, whether it be an approach to changing his timing or something else.
I've got a couple swimmers in my club that have similar timing issues and are having a hard time changing.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
I just was at a clinic by Dennis Baker and several participants had a similar problem to Alphonso's.He brings his hands too close together on the recovery,then he drops them too deep and brings them back up before the recovery.If his entry was shoulder wide and he kept his hands at the surface until beginning the pull his timing would be better.
I just was at a clinic by Dennis Baker and several participants had a similar problem to Alphonso's.He brings his hands too close together on the recovery,then he drops them too deep and brings them back up before the recovery.If his entry was shoulder wide and he kept his hands at the surface until beginning the pull his timing would be better.
