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?
This seems sufficient to do the 50 fly and the 90 fly. (I just endure the last 10 yards of the 100.)
That's awesome funny! Now that I think of it, I guess I actually swim a 75 fly and endure the last 25yds of it.
Over the past 3 weeks I've had to swim with the local age group team because my regular pool is being renovated/repaired. I was spoiled in that I could find times to swim when I'd either have the lane to myself, or could just split the lane with one other swimmer.
Since it had been over 20 years since I swam with a group, I wasn't sure how I'd handle fly (I was sure I'd be smacking these poor kids). The coach told us to time the strokes so we wouldn't have to break stroke. I knew what he meant but didn't think I could do it. However, I've been able to time it and not run into anyone. I have to scrunch up my shoulders a little more than normal, but so far it's been working. There are times when I've had to stroke, do some extra underwater dolphins, and then start back up again, but I've still been able to keep the rhythm going.
Long story short, it's possible to swim fly with others. It may not be an ideal stroke, but it can be done. I've actually swam more fly with this team than I would have done on my own anyway. Good luck.
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This seems sufficient to do the 50 fly and the 90 fly. (I just endure the last 10 yards of the 100.)
That's awesome funny! Now that I think of it, I guess I actually swim a 75 fly and endure the last 25yds of it.
Over the past 3 weeks I've had to swim with the local age group team because my regular pool is being renovated/repaired. I was spoiled in that I could find times to swim when I'd either have the lane to myself, or could just split the lane with one other swimmer.
Since it had been over 20 years since I swam with a group, I wasn't sure how I'd handle fly (I was sure I'd be smacking these poor kids). The coach told us to time the strokes so we wouldn't have to break stroke. I knew what he meant but didn't think I could do it. However, I've been able to time it and not run into anyone. I have to scrunch up my shoulders a little more than normal, but so far it's been working. There are times when I've had to stroke, do some extra underwater dolphins, and then start back up again, but I've still been able to keep the rhythm going.
Long story short, it's possible to swim fly with others. It may not be an ideal stroke, but it can be done. I've actually swam more fly with this team than I would have done on my own anyway. Good luck.
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