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
Kept that stroke together really nicely considering you were worried about the altitude! To be honest, I think you just need more "oomph," especially from your mid/lower body. The stroke pattern looks good, the timing looks good, you're doing underwaters, you're just not driving much with your legs - that includes off the start and turns too. Perhaps the answer is to work on your strength a bit.
I would say, two things from a purely technique standpoint, first off, I think you need a bit more bend in your legs on the second kick to keep your feet from coming so far out of the water; secondly, gotta keep that front arm in the water on your turns - the mnemonic I was taught was "elbow your brother, call your mother" for the leading/trailing arms on open turns. Should be more of a vertical rotation - like a reverse flip turn - than a horizontal one.
Kept that stroke together really nicely considering you were worried about the altitude! To be honest, I think you just need more "oomph," especially from your mid/lower body. The stroke pattern looks good, the timing looks good, you're doing underwaters, you're just not driving much with your legs - that includes off the start and turns too. Perhaps the answer is to work on your strength a bit.
I would say, two things from a purely technique standpoint, first off, I think you need a bit more bend in your legs on the second kick to keep your feet from coming so far out of the water; secondly, gotta keep that front arm in the water on your turns - the mnemonic I was taught was "elbow your brother, call your mother" for the leading/trailing arms on open turns. Should be more of a vertical rotation - like a reverse flip turn - than a horizontal one.
