The Butterfly Lane

That's what I was trying to get at when I was talking about the kick. I just didn't say it as well. Here's the big thing I see - it looks like you bend pretty deliberately at the hips. That's what I was getting at about it looking like a deliberate motion, when it should not be. It appears to create a disjointed kick. So it almost looks like you are kicking with your upper legs, rather than your core. It should start as your chest goes down and, as Dan said, create a whip. Hard to compare perspectives, but if you look at the instructional video you post, at 35:30, there is an underwater video. It looks like his body makes a smooth sine wave. It appears to my very novice eyes that the bend at the hips was more pronounced in the second video. I get what you are saying, and I also get what Dan and ganache are explaining as well. What my brain comprehends and what my body spits out are two different things! :dunno: It feels like I am doing the right thing; however, the video shows otherwise. Today, I concentrated on trying to loosen up my hips more and stretch forward. I don't have it on video; however, my husband watched and said he could see a difference. Overall, he thinks my stroke is looking better. I still have a long way to go, though, from what I see on this thread and what I see in my video. I'll be heading over to Europe for a bit and will have a chance to swim here and there, so I will keep working on it!

That's what I was trying to get at when I was talking about the kick. I just didn't say it as well. Here's the big thing I see - it looks like you bend pretty deliberately at the hips. That's what I was getting at about it looking like a deliberate motion, when it should not be. It appears to create a disjointed kick. So it almost looks like you are kicking with your upper legs, rather than your core. It should start as your chest goes down and, as Dan said, create a whip. Hard to compare perspectives, but if you look at the instructional video you post, at 35:30, there is an underwater video. It looks like his body makes a smooth sine wave. It appears to my very novice eyes that the bend at the hips was more pronounced in the second video. I get what you are saying, and I also get what Dan and ganache are explaining as well. What my brain comprehends and what my body spits out are two different things! :dunno: It feels like I am doing the right thing; however, the video shows otherwise. Today, I concentrated on trying to loosen up my hips more and stretch forward. I don't have it on video; however, my husband watched and said he could see a difference. Overall, he thinks my stroke is looking better. I still have a long way to go, though, from what I see on this thread and what I see in my video. I'll be heading over to Europe for a bit and will have a chance to swim here and there, so I will keep working on it!