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The Butterfly Lane

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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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  • I swim with a 71-year old 200 butterflyer that does a similar thing to the Yajima stroke too. I think I see a couple things going on with you... first, it looks like your elbows are dropping out in front. If you're going to do the longer glide stroke, it is super important that you keep your elbows high so you can get as long and powerful of a pull as possible - it'll also help you drive forward on the second kick. The other thing I see is, on the kick as the hands enter the water, you are focusing too much on lifting your hips with the kick and not enough on using it to propel yourself forward. I hope this makes sense, I am terrible at trying to explain technique things without being able to talk with my hands :P Also, by butterfly is an absolute mess right now so take this with a grain of salt! Thanks for your input, JP. I've taken note of the elbows and hips and start thinking about those two issues as I practice my fly. Focusing on going forward (rather than down) has been a challenge for me; however, I keep trying!
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  • I swim with a 71-year old 200 butterflyer that does a similar thing to the Yajima stroke too. I think I see a couple things going on with you... first, it looks like your elbows are dropping out in front. If you're going to do the longer glide stroke, it is super important that you keep your elbows high so you can get as long and powerful of a pull as possible - it'll also help you drive forward on the second kick. The other thing I see is, on the kick as the hands enter the water, you are focusing too much on lifting your hips with the kick and not enough on using it to propel yourself forward. I hope this makes sense, I am terrible at trying to explain technique things without being able to talk with my hands :P Also, by butterfly is an absolute mess right now so take this with a grain of salt! Thanks for your input, JP. I've taken note of the elbows and hips and start thinking about those two issues as I practice my fly. Focusing on going forward (rather than down) has been a challenge for me; however, I keep trying!
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