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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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  • Two things that I see from your video have to do with the recovery. 1) Your arms are crashing down into the water. This is pulling your body at a downward angle. You want to try to land them softly on top of the water. Instead of forcing them into the water, try stretching them toward the wall, like you are reaching to touch it. 2) Allow your arms to land slightly wider than shoudler width. This will allow the upper body to sink into a position where the arms can anchor high on the water. As you try this, it will feel weird but weird is good. I like to imagine that my arms are pointed to where the lane lines and wall meet each other. Thanks for your advice, Wookiee! This has been biggest problem with fly to try and overcome; my arms crashing down. Even when it feels like I am bringing them around for a soft landing, I watch the video and still see them crashing. I will work on your suggestions- thanks!
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  • Two things that I see from your video have to do with the recovery. 1) Your arms are crashing down into the water. This is pulling your body at a downward angle. You want to try to land them softly on top of the water. Instead of forcing them into the water, try stretching them toward the wall, like you are reaching to touch it. 2) Allow your arms to land slightly wider than shoudler width. This will allow the upper body to sink into a position where the arms can anchor high on the water. As you try this, it will feel weird but weird is good. I like to imagine that my arms are pointed to where the lane lines and wall meet each other. Thanks for your advice, Wookiee! This has been biggest problem with fly to try and overcome; my arms crashing down. Even when it feels like I am bringing them around for a soft landing, I watch the video and still see them crashing. I will work on your suggestions- thanks!
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