Improve Butterfly without actually swimming it.

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Before I get started, I just want to say that I'm already aware of how nothing can be better than simply swimming the stroke. Anyways, I swim at my city's community center pool and it is quite crowded in the lap lanes, on top of that, the people are not exactly polite. I need to work on my butterfly(and other strokes too, but mostly fly) for when my school's swim season starts, so it's pretty important. Does anyone know any good drills or weight sets that I can possibly do to improve my butterfly without much time in the water? (I'm kinda starting to get sick of playing frogger every day trying to avoid people) Thanks! Oh, on a side note, whenever I swim for a while, I get really noticeable dark circles under my eyes, does anyone know the cause?
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  • Hello Alex:o) I know what you mean about practice. We have that problem here also. Well everyone is very nice but it is hard to practice the back and fly when you have a lot of people in the pool. If anything if I were you I would at least swim the fly and swim around them. That is what I do. The kick you should be able to get in with a kick board. Pushups will help you strengthen your arms. I swim a 200 fly non stop every practice. That helps also. Other than that I can't think of anything else.
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  • Hello Alex:o) I know what you mean about practice. We have that problem here also. Well everyone is very nice but it is hard to practice the back and fly when you have a lot of people in the pool. If anything if I were you I would at least swim the fly and swim around them. That is what I do. The kick you should be able to get in with a kick board. Pushups will help you strengthen your arms. I swim a 200 fly non stop every practice. That helps also. Other than that I can't think of anything else.
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