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
To work on the "kick up," do you think it's helpful to kick while on your back (so that the "kick up" is a "kick down")? Do you think in general dolphin kicking on your back is a good way to train for fly kicking? I ask because a lot of people on my team kick on their back for fly kick, but it always seems a bit strange to me. So, I'm wondering now if there is a good reason for it, other than wanting more access to oxygen.
I'll be curious to see what chowmi says. But, for me, to train for fly, you should dolphin kick primarily on your stomach. I dolphin kick a ton on my back, but it doesn't seem to completely fix my up kick in fly, which is probably a weak spot for me as well. To work on this, I'll do shooters where I dolphin kick on my belly, back, left side, right side and do twirling shooters where I change position every two kicks. This helps you balance and kick in every direction in the water. I also find a monofin helps with kicking correctly.
James,
That sucks. It's hard to do fly in an overrun pool. If you can occasionally get a solo lane in the Y to do AFAP stuff, it would be worth it.
To work on the "kick up," do you think it's helpful to kick while on your back (so that the "kick up" is a "kick down")? Do you think in general dolphin kicking on your back is a good way to train for fly kicking? I ask because a lot of people on my team kick on their back for fly kick, but it always seems a bit strange to me. So, I'm wondering now if there is a good reason for it, other than wanting more access to oxygen.
I'll be curious to see what chowmi says. But, for me, to train for fly, you should dolphin kick primarily on your stomach. I dolphin kick a ton on my back, but it doesn't seem to completely fix my up kick in fly, which is probably a weak spot for me as well. To work on this, I'll do shooters where I dolphin kick on my belly, back, left side, right side and do twirling shooters where I change position every two kicks. This helps you balance and kick in every direction in the water. I also find a monofin helps with kicking correctly.
James,
That sucks. It's hard to do fly in an overrun pool. If you can occasionally get a solo lane in the Y to do AFAP stuff, it would be worth it.
