Butterfly, beautiful to watch, difficult to train.
We SDK off every wall.
We're most likely to smack hands with each other and those beside us.
Fly's fun to sprint but no fun when the piano comes down
What did you do in practice today?
the breastroke lane
The Middle Distance Lane
The Backstroke Lane
The Butterfly Lane
The SDK Lane
The Taper Lane
The Distance Lane
The IM Lane
The Sprint Free Lane
The Pool Deck
You look great through the 150, but then you can definitely see the fatigue set in. As you mentioned, you had a hard time keeping your arms above the water on the last 50. I noticed neither of us has a kick where our feet come close to the surface. Contrast this with the video of Mary T Meagher YouTube- Mary T. Meagher where her butt surfaces on every stroke cycle and you can at least see the splash from her feet.
Nice video, by the way! That camera did a good job with the low light conditions.
I've watched this video at least 10 times. My main takeaway is that I have a lazy kick that I have to correct. I've been working on it all week and will continue to drill into it this season. So far, when I kick with greater (but not maximum) amplitude, it pans out like this:
- a 50-second 75 turns into a 48-second 75
- a 32-second 50 turns into a 30-high or 31-low 50
- a 15-second 25 turns into a 14-second 25
How much of that is due to the aftereffects of my recent taper and shave? Too early to say. I will keep up the better kick and see where it takes me this training cycle.
You look great through the 150, but then you can definitely see the fatigue set in. As you mentioned, you had a hard time keeping your arms above the water on the last 50. I noticed neither of us has a kick where our feet come close to the surface. Contrast this with the video of Mary T Meagher YouTube- Mary T. Meagher where her butt surfaces on every stroke cycle and you can at least see the splash from her feet.
Nice video, by the way! That camera did a good job with the low light conditions.
I've watched this video at least 10 times. My main takeaway is that I have a lazy kick that I have to correct. I've been working on it all week and will continue to drill into it this season. So far, when I kick with greater (but not maximum) amplitude, it pans out like this:
- a 50-second 75 turns into a 48-second 75
- a 32-second 50 turns into a 30-high or 31-low 50
- a 15-second 25 turns into a 14-second 25
How much of that is due to the aftereffects of my recent taper and shave? Too early to say. I will keep up the better kick and see where it takes me this training cycle.
