Putting the butt into butterfly

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Does anyone have a good drill to help me get my butt to ride up high in butterfly? Jon
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    Does anyone have a good drill to help me get my butt to ride up high in butterfly? Jon I don't have a drill but I can give you a couple focus points that I use that you can think of while doing one arm fly or full fly. Nothing will sink your hips and prevent them rising up like breathing late will. Get someone to watch you do several strokes without breathing and see if your hips are higher, if so it is likely a breath timing issue. Try to breath during the final third of the pull (i.e. the push phase) and have your face back in the water before your hands recover, if you see your hands recovering you are likely breathing too late. Try thinking about throwing your arms forward and stretching out toward the end of the pool, with the right timing your chest will drop into the water rather than you pressing the chest down. When you are really extended out toward the end of the pool it seems to raise the hips and you should find that the kick is more effective at popping your hips up. Well, that's my experience anyway.
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    Does anyone have a good drill to help me get my butt to ride up high in butterfly? Jon I don't have a drill but I can give you a couple focus points that I use that you can think of while doing one arm fly or full fly. Nothing will sink your hips and prevent them rising up like breathing late will. Get someone to watch you do several strokes without breathing and see if your hips are higher, if so it is likely a breath timing issue. Try to breath during the final third of the pull (i.e. the push phase) and have your face back in the water before your hands recover, if you see your hands recovering you are likely breathing too late. Try thinking about throwing your arms forward and stretching out toward the end of the pool, with the right timing your chest will drop into the water rather than you pressing the chest down. When you are really extended out toward the end of the pool it seems to raise the hips and you should find that the kick is more effective at popping your hips up. Well, that's my experience anyway.
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