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
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Bizarre Observation and Tip that some may find useful
I am still rather new to this fly mullarkey and still unfit. In sessions when we are doing one length sprints ( still with fins for me :whiteflag: ) , I found that I would find it really tough going, and would have to drop to single arm or free. I would then seem to recover and carry on as before. The next length would be absolutely fine
Then I noticed this happened when I was going down the pool rather than up ........Why ? The pull of the moon ? ley lines ? I checked the pool jets to see whether they were responsible ... answer No
The explanation was simple. Going down the pool, the pool deck is about 2 feet above the waterline, with starting blocks on top. Going up the pool, the pool deck is waterline. Inevitably it seems my gaze was inevitably drawn to the pool end - whatever its height, and when the pool end is much higher my stroke is compromised and fails earlier. By deliberately keeping my gaze at water level at all times the problem has disappeared ! :D
Must try it on breastroke too and see if anything happens
Bizarre Observation and Tip that some may find useful
I am still rather new to this fly mullarkey and still unfit. In sessions when we are doing one length sprints ( still with fins for me :whiteflag: ) , I found that I would find it really tough going, and would have to drop to single arm or free. I would then seem to recover and carry on as before. The next length would be absolutely fine
Then I noticed this happened when I was going down the pool rather than up ........Why ? The pull of the moon ? ley lines ? I checked the pool jets to see whether they were responsible ... answer No
The explanation was simple. Going down the pool, the pool deck is about 2 feet above the waterline, with starting blocks on top. Going up the pool, the pool deck is waterline. Inevitably it seems my gaze was inevitably drawn to the pool end - whatever its height, and when the pool end is much higher my stroke is compromised and fails earlier. By deliberately keeping my gaze at water level at all times the problem has disappeared ! :D
Must try it on breastroke too and see if anything happens
