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
there are 2 things that are required to do fly:
1) timing
2) strength/endurance
if you dont have the strength/endurance to keep your timing...you die
if you dont have the timing it doesnt matter how much strength/endurance you have...you will die
when you lose either you go vertical and its "game over man, game over!
Steve...I agree...the other part I think plays a role is as we age is "core strength". When the core dies, the legs die, then the arms die and you go vertical. as I age I am trying to do more core strength training a 2-3 days a weeks.
Steve...I agree...the other part I think plays a role is as we age is "core strength". When the core dies, the legs die, then the arms die and you go vertical. as I age I am trying to do more core strength training a 2-3 days a weeks.
jim, would you care to share what you do for your core work?
somehow i dont think my blue bell ice cream core workout is doing the trick!
jim, would you care to share what you do for your core work?
somehow i dont think my blue bell ice cream core workout is doing the trick!
Steve,
anytime...I have a gym set up in my garage!
Thanks. I am pretty sure my timing can be fine-tuned to relax during the arm/chest in the water, but my strength/endurance isn't too bad (especially relative to other strokes). I have been working on this for 2 yrs (granted I started from near beginning as I haven't swam since HS). It is okay, as I am slowly improving as I am now swimming 12-14k yards/wk. vs.
The other issue maybe I am not breathing enough. I do one breath and then no breath. For a 50 or 75 that is fine (at practice, perhaps at a meet that will be okay for a 100), but when I turn to go from 75, I fatigue and feel short-of-breath (SOB)--unless I go slow, 100 yds 1:14 slow. I also feel SOB when I try to do B-fly sets in a normal training interval manner--I need more rest than the prescribed rest time.
So, I will try to do sets where I breathe more frequently 2 breaths and then no breath. Will see.
I am humbly placing a couple of 50 yd. fly videos; quality of video isn't (I have to work on it) great, but hopefully viewable. I am still trying to improve getting my head down before arms, relaxing my hands and arms as they enter, and pressing my chest more. At my Masters program, coaching has been minimal on my fly, so please be ruthless in your criticisms and comments; do not worry about hurting feelings. This is the first time I loaded something onto YouTube (pretty darn easy). Thank you in advance.
https://youtu.be/tXcJDlYvCMUhttps://youtu.be/ALfTl8km9Ug
I am humbly placing a couple of 50 yd. fly videos; quality of video isn't (I have to work on it) great, but hopefully viewable. I am still trying to improve getting my head down before arms, relaxing my hands and arms as they enter, and pressing my chest more. At my Masters program, coaching has been minimal on my fly, so please be ruthless in your criticisms and comments; do not worry about hurting feelings. This is the first time I loaded something onto YouTube (pretty darn easy). Thank you in advance.
https://youtu.be/tXcJDlYvCMUhttps://youtu.be/ALfTl8km9Ug
I can’t swim fly as well as you so am not one to make any kind of constructive criticism, but I’d be surprised if your coach would say anything other than ‘good job’.
