One of my goals in the 2004 short course season is to swim the 200 fly and complete it without embarassing myself. I am looking for anyone who can provide me with some training guidelines / tips.
Thanks
Originally posted by cinc310
Since fly came from breaststroke, no one excepts breaststrokers to breath everyother stroke in a 200 yard breaststroke. That would take too much oxygen. So, why are we taught to breath everyother stroke in fly which also has another underwater pullout as well.
Because breathing in fly forces you to raise your head and results in dropped hips for most swimmers. Whereas, breathing in breaststroke doesn’t throw off your stroke like it does in fly.
Speaking of breathing every other stroke in breaststroke, I remember a high school swimmer in the early 80’s who would breathe every other and was quite good at it. Although, I'm not sure because of it or despite of it.
Originally posted by cinc310
Since fly came from breaststroke, no one excepts breaststrokers to breath everyother stroke in a 200 yard breaststroke. That would take too much oxygen. So, why are we taught to breath everyother stroke in fly which also has another underwater pullout as well.
Because breathing in fly forces you to raise your head and results in dropped hips for most swimmers. Whereas, breathing in breaststroke doesn’t throw off your stroke like it does in fly.
Speaking of breathing every other stroke in breaststroke, I remember a high school swimmer in the early 80’s who would breathe every other and was quite good at it. Although, I'm not sure because of it or despite of it.
