Greetings one and all. I'd like to get some feedback regarding a 100yd fly I swam last November (it's taken me some time to getting around to posting this). I'm in the yellow cap. I have some ideas on what I need to work on, but I'd like to get other opinions. My time was a :58.3 (approx.). 24 years ago I could swim it in :54xx, would like to get closer to that if possible. Thanks in advance. :D
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Your body dolphin looks real good. Like Allen mentions, perhaps a more straight arm low to the water recovery may help. Try laying your arms on the surface at shoulder width and letting your chest drop in. Try and make the recovery as relaxed as possible, this is your chance to rest. If you are tight firing your antagonistic muscles (the muscles NOT responsible for the arm or limb movement), you will tighten up. I'm not sure if you are doing a key hole arm pull, but try and experiement with arms entering at shoulder width, catching and then pulling back and toward the midline. Finish the stroke all the way out.
Try drilling the stroke with no breath 25's to imprint the correct feel, then work in your breathing.
It was a strong performance!
Your body dolphin looks real good. Like Allen mentions, perhaps a more straight arm low to the water recovery may help. Try laying your arms on the surface at shoulder width and letting your chest drop in. Try and make the recovery as relaxed as possible, this is your chance to rest. If you are tight firing your antagonistic muscles (the muscles NOT responsible for the arm or limb movement), you will tighten up. I'm not sure if you are doing a key hole arm pull, but try and experiement with arms entering at shoulder width, catching and then pulling back and toward the midline. Finish the stroke all the way out.
Try drilling the stroke with no breath 25's to imprint the correct feel, then work in your breathing.
It was a strong performance!
