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The Butterfly Lane

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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
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  • Question: For somebody who has had past neck and shoulder injuries (and major shoulder surgery) unrelated to swimming, what would be a less stressful breathing technique for fly; traditional breathing or turning my head to the side to breathe? I'm more concerned with avoiding injury than being faster. I plan on being in this for the long haul... Do whichever feels better for you. In general there's no speed difference between breathing like Mel Stewart or breathing like most everyone else. But there may be advantages for individuals, such as less neck strain if you tend to go vertical. When I swim fly in the ocean, I breathe to my side so I can see the next wave coming and duck under at the appropriate time. There's a guy at my gym who always breathes to his right... in breaststroke! I don't know why he does it but hey, it seems to work for him.
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  • Question: For somebody who has had past neck and shoulder injuries (and major shoulder surgery) unrelated to swimming, what would be a less stressful breathing technique for fly; traditional breathing or turning my head to the side to breathe? I'm more concerned with avoiding injury than being faster. I plan on being in this for the long haul... Do whichever feels better for you. In general there's no speed difference between breathing like Mel Stewart or breathing like most everyone else. But there may be advantages for individuals, such as less neck strain if you tend to go vertical. When I swim fly in the ocean, I breathe to my side so I can see the next wave coming and duck under at the appropriate time. There's a guy at my gym who always breathes to his right... in breaststroke! I don't know why he does it but hey, it seems to work for him.
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