So I am fine tuning my stroke for my first meet. I am noticing that my hands during the underwater recovery really drag, and I can't figure out a hand position that will stop it.
I take a big pull (how I was taught), way deeper on my chest than my regular pull, so the hands have a long way to go along my body. Am I still supposed to do this?
Any general comments regarding starts and turns welcome, too.
Luckily, my meet is LCM, so I only have to worry about it on the start next week.
Thanks for any help. BTW, swam a 36 (50Y) from the wall at the end of practice today, which is great for me, so thanks again to everyone who has helped me out. :chug:
what do you other breaststrokers think?
fly kick right after the arms split from streamline (i.e. before the down stroke) or after the downstroke as the arms come to the side?
i have always done the latter, but i see some of the fastest breaststrokers in the world do the former. which do some you guys prefer?
Nobody seems to DQ the elite swimmers for this, but there are definitely USMS judges that will DQ you unless your arm movement is quite pronounced. I used to do it first and thought it was faster, but went back to doing the kick at the end of my pulldown after getting DQ'd for it. Be careful.
what do you other breaststrokers think?
fly kick right after the arms split from streamline (i.e. before the down stroke) or after the downstroke as the arms come to the side?
i have always done the latter, but i see some of the fastest breaststrokers in the world do the former. which do some you guys prefer?
Nobody seems to DQ the elite swimmers for this, but there are definitely USMS judges that will DQ you unless your arm movement is quite pronounced. I used to do it first and thought it was faster, but went back to doing the kick at the end of my pulldown after getting DQ'd for it. Be careful.
