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
Fly use to be decent for me but now it a struggle. Any suggestions on how to do the recovery and release point into the recovery?
I'm definitely no expert (I learned to swim fly this past June at the ripe old age of 55), but I am taking a stroke class at my local Masters club and last night the entire hour was dedicated to fly.
The way the coach explained it was to use a keyhole-shaped pull after your hands enter the water at shoulder width, and as your hands pass your mid-section (the bottom part of the keyhole), to give a hard push past your hips and make sure your hands are bent at the wrist and pointing backward as you start the recovery (for the hand/wrist position, think of newer jets with the little winglets that point upward on the end of the wings).
I had some pretty good success with this. My biggest issue is getting enough hip rotation and pushing down with my chest to initiate a nice "snap" motion for the kicks. After about 15 yards, my backend starts to sink, which results in my not being able to get my arms completely clear of the water.
Good luck. If you swam it before, I'm sure you'll swim it again. :)
Fly use to be decent for me but now it a struggle. Any suggestions on how to do the recovery and release point into the recovery?
I'm definitely no expert (I learned to swim fly this past June at the ripe old age of 55), but I am taking a stroke class at my local Masters club and last night the entire hour was dedicated to fly.
The way the coach explained it was to use a keyhole-shaped pull after your hands enter the water at shoulder width, and as your hands pass your mid-section (the bottom part of the keyhole), to give a hard push past your hips and make sure your hands are bent at the wrist and pointing backward as you start the recovery (for the hand/wrist position, think of newer jets with the little winglets that point upward on the end of the wings).
I had some pretty good success with this. My biggest issue is getting enough hip rotation and pushing down with my chest to initiate a nice "snap" motion for the kicks. After about 15 yards, my backend starts to sink, which results in my not being able to get my arms completely clear of the water.
Good luck. If you swam it before, I'm sure you'll swim it again. :)
