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
Parents
Former Member
Recent articles by Terry Heggy on our USMS site on Butterfly, Top Half and Bottom Half. The first one, link is: www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
It has a section on squeezing shoulder blades to assist arm recovery (I copy/pasted the relevant portion below). I do not quite get the usefulness of this drill, does anyone understand and think it is useful?
Start with a squeeze
As you initiate your arm recovery, squeeze your shoulder blades together to lift the arms, rather than forcing your shoulders to do all the work.
Drill—Float face-down in the water with both arms at your hips and then squeeze your back to slowly swing your arms across the water into the forward catch position (without kicking). You’ll find that a good shoulder blade squeeze will enable a relaxed recovery without forcing you to levitate out of the water.
Great article, thanks for bringing that up. I can’t figure out a way to subscribe to those posts. I will have to try the drill next time I get in the water.
Recent articles by Terry Heggy on our USMS site on Butterfly, Top Half and Bottom Half. The first one, link is: www.usms.org/.../articledisplay.php
It has a section on squeezing shoulder blades to assist arm recovery (I copy/pasted the relevant portion below). I do not quite get the usefulness of this drill, does anyone understand and think it is useful?
Start with a squeeze
As you initiate your arm recovery, squeeze your shoulder blades together to lift the arms, rather than forcing your shoulders to do all the work.
Drill—Float face-down in the water with both arms at your hips and then squeeze your back to slowly swing your arms across the water into the forward catch position (without kicking). You’ll find that a good shoulder blade squeeze will enable a relaxed recovery without forcing you to levitate out of the water.
Great article, thanks for bringing that up. I can’t figure out a way to subscribe to those posts. I will have to try the drill next time I get in the water.
