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
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!
I watched both the 25 video, and your 50 Fly from the meet in September, and noticed almost the same thing as Wookiee. It seems as you are reaching forward, your chest, shoulders, upper body are not pressing forward and down, which keeps you flatter on the water. Try getting more of a dolphining motion to your stroke. Try kicking on your stomach, head down, arms at your sides, and with minimal breathing go through the dolphining motion starting with pressing your chest down and continuing the kick through your hips and legs. Get a good feel for this and then start adding the arms, but stretch out in a more relaxed motion out front.
Another thing I just noticed on your 50 video, is that your pull is very wide outside your body, rather than bringing your pull more beneath your body to use the more powerful arm/chest muscles. This will create a stronger stroke, and allow you to go for furthur distances without getting wiped out. :)
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!
I watched both the 25 video, and your 50 Fly from the meet in September, and noticed almost the same thing as Wookiee. It seems as you are reaching forward, your chest, shoulders, upper body are not pressing forward and down, which keeps you flatter on the water. Try getting more of a dolphining motion to your stroke. Try kicking on your stomach, head down, arms at your sides, and with minimal breathing go through the dolphining motion starting with pressing your chest down and continuing the kick through your hips and legs. Get a good feel for this and then start adding the arms, but stretch out in a more relaxed motion out front.
Another thing I just noticed on your 50 video, is that your pull is very wide outside your body, rather than bringing your pull more beneath your body to use the more powerful arm/chest muscles. This will create a stronger stroke, and allow you to go for furthur distances without getting wiped out. :)
