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
Do whichever feels better for you. In general there's no speed difference between breathing like Mel Stewart or breathing like most everyone else. But there may be advantages for individuals, such as less neck strain if you tend to go vertical. When I swim fly in the ocean, I breathe to my side so I can see the next wave coming and duck under at the appropriate time. There's a guy at my gym who always breathes to his right... in breaststroke! I don't know why he does it but hey, it seems to work for him.
Always fun to read, your comments I mean.
Not much to add. Go with what feels best. Side breathing for fly isn't klondike. For a lot of people including me, it's more susceptible to create pain/injuries than to prevent them.
But it works for several fly specialists of all levels.
Since my long course season ended on July 11, I've been base-building for the upcoming SCM season. A typical workout runs 2500-3000 yards. A warmup followed by 3 sets of 400-600 yards. The first 2 of these sets are aerobic (backstroke, freestyle, or IM - pick two, rotate daily) and then the third is an anaerobic fly set. One effect of this is that every day, I start the fly set dog tired. Here's what I did today:
800 IM stroke drill on 13:00 (50 left, 50 right, 50 kick, 50 full-stroke. Except breaststroke which is all stroke count - 5 or 6 strokes per 25)
6 x 100 backstroke on 1:30 (fastest 1:13 slowest 1:16; 10+ SDK & 9 or fewer strokes per 25)
100 easy
3 x 200 IM on 3:00 (2:36, 2:36, 2:37)
100 easy
4 x 75 fly on 2:00 (49, 49, 48, 48)
4 x 50 fly on 1:30 (31, 31, 31, 30)
4 x 25 fly on 0:40 (14, 14, 14, 14)
200 easy
(3000 yards, including 800 fly, 55:30, and of course that's only the swimming part of the workout)
I think my fly has changed quite a bit since the Youtube video posted above. I've been focusing on a bigger kick, hands entering shoulder-width apart, and a bigger sine wave. I have no idea what I look like from the pool deck but I do like those times, especially given that I was already tired when the set started.
I literally just started learning fly last Thursday (08/19)! My coach even says I can perform it legally and better than some! Ha ha ha! Now about that speed part... Are there any fun drills I can do to help increase my speed and confirm proper form?
I literally just started learning fly last Thursday (08/19)! My coach even says I can perform it legally and better than some! Ha ha ha! Now about that speed part... Are there any fun drills I can do to help increase my speed and confirm proper form?
underwater dolphin kick, dolphin kick with a kickboard, vertical dolphin kick...
Since my phone has decided to be a :censor: today. I'll not be able to watch that video until I get home @ 11 tonight :(
I just watched it. :afraid:I have my work cut out for me... :blush:
