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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Chris, Great article on the boundary layer around the fingers adding some resistance. I don't know if I can keep finger separation down to one-fifth to two-fifths of a finger to use the boundary layer though. Too much going on and too much to concentrate on the way it is. But it is good to know a little relaxation doesn't hurt.
I notice the article also discusses a deeper pull that I mentioned to Knelson. Yes, I read Counsilman way back then about the S pull. I eventually gave up on it as I gained strength to stroke deeper.
Finally, the article suggests trying to keep the body in air where there is less resistance. I don't doubt this would help, but who can levitate above the water? If one part is up, another is down. I think the better goal is to try to use the deep resistance for stroking and keep the body as straight as practical, primarily the hips up near the top of the water where there is less pressure per square inch to move through. Getting into air? Well, good luck at that, unless you are sprinting really fast I suppose.
Michael Phelps has huge feet that flex far behind his ankles, a hugh wingspan with huge hands and sleeps in a hypobolic chamber with the equivalent air pressure of at 8,500 feet when training. His arms appear to be somewhat thinner than I would expect, but shoulder muscles are enornous. Overall, made for butterfly.
Chris, Great article on the boundary layer around the fingers adding some resistance. I don't know if I can keep finger separation down to one-fifth to two-fifths of a finger to use the boundary layer though. Too much going on and too much to concentrate on the way it is. But it is good to know a little relaxation doesn't hurt.
I notice the article also discusses a deeper pull that I mentioned to Knelson. Yes, I read Counsilman way back then about the S pull. I eventually gave up on it as I gained strength to stroke deeper.
Finally, the article suggests trying to keep the body in air where there is less resistance. I don't doubt this would help, but who can levitate above the water? If one part is up, another is down. I think the better goal is to try to use the deep resistance for stroking and keep the body as straight as practical, primarily the hips up near the top of the water where there is less pressure per square inch to move through. Getting into air? Well, good luck at that, unless you are sprinting really fast I suppose.
Michael Phelps has huge feet that flex far behind his ankles, a hugh wingspan with huge hands and sleeps in a hypobolic chamber with the equivalent air pressure of at 8,500 feet when training. His arms appear to be somewhat thinner than I would expect, but shoulder muscles are enornous. Overall, made for butterfly.
