Question for all the flyers. I watched a new fly video with Christine Magnuson(olympic butterfly medalist from 2008).
She and her coach Matt Kredich were discussing the difference about crashing on entry and landing on entry for fly.
I get the crashing part really well. I can't figure out how to "land" on the fly entry. While the video is really informative, they didn't discuss much how to focus on landing on entry.
Any thoughts on how to "land" vs "crash" on entry?
Also maybe make sure you are not diving your hands down. They should enter like freestyle, nice and shallow and about shoulder width and hardly any splash. Then gently slide them out to good place for catch, let 'em sink down to good water for catch, and pull away.
But this is what I have been told. And yes, that second kick to catapult your body over the water seems to help. And I think I've been told to have already breathed and put my face back in the water before I recover my arm-o-las. So your head is already in the water as those arms fly over, gently, to softly enter like freestyle.
Someone said to imagine the pool asking "Why do you hate me so much? Why do keep slapping me around?"
Whoa, too much diet Coke! What else shall I comment on tonight? I am really bad at fly! But I sure do try to do soft entry.
Geez. Really must :bed:
Buen suerte.
Also maybe make sure you are not diving your hands down. They should enter like freestyle, nice and shallow and about shoulder width and hardly any splash. Then gently slide them out to good place for catch, let 'em sink down to good water for catch, and pull away.
But this is what I have been told. And yes, that second kick to catapult your body over the water seems to help. And I think I've been told to have already breathed and put my face back in the water before I recover my arm-o-las. So your head is already in the water as those arms fly over, gently, to softly enter like freestyle.
Someone said to imagine the pool asking "Why do you hate me so much? Why do keep slapping me around?"
Whoa, too much diet Coke! What else shall I comment on tonight? I am really bad at fly! But I sure do try to do soft entry.
Geez. Really must :bed:
Buen suerte.
