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
Hi habu, thanks for posting the video! You have a good stroke overall, but there are a few issues I see that you can work on to improve even further. First of all it looks like you are lifting your chest a bit too high in the water when you breathe. Keeping a lower profile will reduce resistance created by the water and help you move forward at a faster rate. You can also work on making sure you finish your stroke completely, - currently, your finish is too early, which is causing you to sacrifice some of the power of the pull, especially in longer distance butterfly. The timing and power of your kick needs some attention and I think that will be key to future improvement - you can see that there is no clear finish of the second kick, and the timing of the kick also isn't quite right. The fact that your hips are not popping up out of the water demonstrates that you are not finishing the kick as much as you should be. Finally, as yourself mentioned, try to build up overall conditioning to help get you through a distance like the 200 without the technique breaking down too much. Best of luck in your continued training!
Hi habu, thanks for posting the video! You have a good stroke overall, but there are a few issues I see that you can work on to improve even further. First of all it looks like you are lifting your chest a bit too high in the water when you breathe. Keeping a lower profile will reduce resistance created by the water and help you move forward at a faster rate. You can also work on making sure you finish your stroke completely, - currently, your finish is too early, which is causing you to sacrifice some of the power of the pull, especially in longer distance butterfly. The timing and power of your kick needs some attention and I think that will be key to future improvement - you can see that there is no clear finish of the second kick, and the timing of the kick also isn't quite right. The fact that your hips are not popping up out of the water demonstrates that you are not finishing the kick as much as you should be. Finally, as yourself mentioned, try to build up overall conditioning to help get you through a distance like the 200 without the technique breaking down too much. Best of luck in your continued training!
