The Butterfly Lane

DPS Fly: Ida Marko-Varga (Sweden) Thanks to Wookie for calling her to my attention. Stroke count for this 200 SCM fly: 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 9 + 10 = 56 strokes Splits (by my watch, from the YouTube): 29.98 + 33.05 + 33.51 + 32.83 = 2:09.37 Watch: 34_JRmnshC8 Ida Marko-Varga, 200 LCM fly, 2011 WC semi-finals, lane 8, 2:09.56: XFBYaBXMx6w DPS fly: It's an existence proof! This technique CAN be fast! It can also be slow! Swimosaur vs. Peter McCoy @ 2011 Auburn SCY: Stroke count for this 200 SCY fly: 3 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 47 strokes Peter kicks my sorry behind on the last 50 ... coM7NL9kEQA Your comments, please! I've found this technique to be very useful in the 200 fly & 400 IM, where by very useful I mean, I could not swim these events at all using the more common, traditional, high-stroke-count fly. What are the key tricks to making DPS fly faster? How can I beat Peter in February? Mine: + Of course I don't think DPS fly would be all that useful in the 50 & 100 fly & 100 IM. In the 200 IM, maybe a little. I'm most interested in the 400 IM & 200 fly. + Using this technique, perhaps the 400 IM & 200 fly would be more accessible to more masters swimmers. What do you think? Minimize the stroke count! + How the heck do people sustain 9 or 10 strokes per length in an SCY 200 fly? I would die like a dog after 75 yards. There is still some mechanical mystery here that I'm not grasping. How do people do 1650?

DPS Fly: Ida Marko-Varga (Sweden) Thanks to Wookie for calling her to my attention. Stroke count for this 200 SCM fly: 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 9 + 10 = 56 strokes Splits (by my watch, from the YouTube): 29.98 + 33.05 + 33.51 + 32.83 = 2:09.37 Watch: 34_JRmnshC8 Ida Marko-Varga, 200 LCM fly, 2011 WC semi-finals, lane 8, 2:09.56: XFBYaBXMx6w DPS fly: It's an existence proof! This technique CAN be fast! It can also be slow! Swimosaur vs. Peter McCoy @ 2011 Auburn SCY: Stroke count for this 200 SCY fly: 3 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 47 strokes Peter kicks my sorry behind on the last 50 ... coM7NL9kEQA Your comments, please! I've found this technique to be very useful in the 200 fly & 400 IM, where by very useful I mean, I could not swim these events at all using the more common, traditional, high-stroke-count fly. What are the key tricks to making DPS fly faster? How can I beat Peter in February? Mine: + Of course I don't think DPS fly would be all that useful in the 50 & 100 fly & 100 IM. In the 200 IM, maybe a little. I'm most interested in the 400 IM & 200 fly. + Using this technique, perhaps the 400 IM & 200 fly would be more accessible to more masters swimmers. What do you think? Minimize the stroke count! + How the heck do people sustain 9 or 10 strokes per length in an SCY 200 fly? I would die like a dog after 75 yards. There is still some mechanical mystery here that I'm not grasping. How do people do 1650?