The Butterfly Lane

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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  • Sorry if this has already been discussed. I’m too lazy to read through 41 pages. My post is about breathing. To me, getting enough oxygen in any stroke is key. Note that the world’s best 200 flyer and the world’s greatest female distance freestyler breathe every stroke. I noticed while watching the most recent US nationals that all men in the A final took breaths every stroke in 200 fly, and most also in the fly leg of IM. I noticed most females were breathing in a pattern of 2 up 1 down in 200 fly. For both men and women this is different from how it used to be when coaches taught breathing every other stroke in fly. (Of course Kelsi dahlia didn’t breathe once in 50 fly). so what do people think about breathing every stroke in 2 fly? Why do fewer females breathe every stroke?Does it help or hinder your distance per stroke? Does breathing every stroke result in more even splits? Does extra oxygen actually improve speed or just makes swimming fly feel easier? Or does it? Seems like no matter how much I hold back or breathe during the front half of a fly race, the back half never feels any easier.
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  • Sorry if this has already been discussed. I’m too lazy to read through 41 pages. My post is about breathing. To me, getting enough oxygen in any stroke is key. Note that the world’s best 200 flyer and the world’s greatest female distance freestyler breathe every stroke. I noticed while watching the most recent US nationals that all men in the A final took breaths every stroke in 200 fly, and most also in the fly leg of IM. I noticed most females were breathing in a pattern of 2 up 1 down in 200 fly. For both men and women this is different from how it used to be when coaches taught breathing every other stroke in fly. (Of course Kelsi dahlia didn’t breathe once in 50 fly). so what do people think about breathing every stroke in 2 fly? Why do fewer females breathe every stroke?Does it help or hinder your distance per stroke? Does breathing every stroke result in more even splits? Does extra oxygen actually improve speed or just makes swimming fly feel easier? Or does it? Seems like no matter how much I hold back or breathe during the front half of a fly race, the back half never feels any easier.
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