Which stroke easiest to learn, which easiest to swim WELL?
Former Member
Do you agree that the stroke that was the easiest (or first) for you to learn may well not be the stroke that you eventually swim the best?
So which stroke was the easiest for you learn?
Which do you find easiest to swim to near perfection?
I learned breaststroke the first but have never worked on improving it--unlike the other strokes, it doesn't seem to be so complicated. Freestyle seems to have infinite room for improvement?
Do you agree that the stroke that was the easiest (or first) for you to learn may well not be the stroke that you eventually swim the best?
Backstroke is my best stroke now but when I first started swimming I was quite poor at it, my dad said it looked like I was swimming while sitting in a chair. It took a couple years before it clicked.
Butterfly came very easily to me, even in my first summer-league season as a child and it was love at first stroke. My summer-league coach had to tell me to stop swimming only fly during the warmup. I remained a butterflyer (and backstroker) through college.
Do you agree that the stroke that was the easiest (or first) for you to learn may well not be the stroke that you eventually swim the best?
Backstroke is my best stroke now but when I first started swimming I was quite poor at it, my dad said it looked like I was swimming while sitting in a chair. It took a couple years before it clicked.
Butterfly came very easily to me, even in my first summer-league season as a child and it was love at first stroke. My summer-league coach had to tell me to stop swimming only fly during the warmup. I remained a butterflyer (and backstroker) through college.
