So, I am a so-so butterflyer--go 27.5 in the 50 yds and 1:04 IN THE 100 (59 yds old). I can only maintain body position and foreward motion if I am going around :32 on the 50's. I can't maintain any form and swim slower. Anything slower than this and I take on a cork like profile--all bobbing. I would like to learn to swim the 200 but there is no way in this life that I can maintain a :32 sec split--I want to know how I should train/what I should do to smooth out my form, swim slower and be able to hit ~ :36 sec's on the 50's. A mid 2::20's on the 200 would suit me fine.
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Herb what are you doing to learn to swim slower but longer?
Sorry, like I said I have the same issue. I can't do it either. I only have a sprint fly stroke that gives me enough momentum before it falls apart - which I can do for at most 100 (haven't even tried 200 since my youth).
Breathing every stroke seems popular but that only makes it harder for me.
Herb what are you doing to learn to swim slower but longer?
Sorry, like I said I have the same issue. I can't do it either. I only have a sprint fly stroke that gives me enough momentum before it falls apart - which I can do for at most 100 (haven't even tried 200 since my youth).
Breathing every stroke seems popular but that only makes it harder for me.
