Breaststrokers are constantly getting run-over in warm-ups or practices. Sorry, sprinters! Whether you are a club, high school, or collegiate breaststroker, there will be sets where you watch your teammates get plenty of rest on the wall and you barely make the interval.
Fifties on , anyone? Changing your pullout can be both a positive and negative experience. Pullouts for breaststrokers are like putting on your best pair of goggles. You rely on them and you just do it naturally. But with the pullout rules constantly changing, this old reliable part of our race gets confusing, frustrating, but also incredibly rewarding.
Breaststrokers always have to be ready to adapt. Breaststroke is all about timing. If one thing is off your whole stroke is off, there is no getting around it. From the kick and pull to not gliding into the walls, timing is something that needs to practiced every time breaststrokers swim the stroke or the race will not be successful. As difficult as it is in practice, focusing on timing is worth it! In breaststroke, you are very limited to when you can breathe. Every breaststroker knows the pain of not being able to breathe or having trouble making the send off, but only the passionate breaststrokers understand the fury of a Backstroker which you the breaststroker have wished to be for so long complaining about how easy breaststroke is.
They who can make the intervals with minimal effort, actually absorb air, and have very little technique involves whatsoever. To most breaststrokers, the only stroke that rivals the hardness of breaststroke is butterfly, but even they cannot diss their stroke. Our breathing also must be timed especially when swimming all out. We may have our faces out of the water, but we risk getting water up our nose or inhaling water far more than any other swimmer.
The biggest problem is when the kick alternates.. I kind of misread the title of the post. My comment was meant as a breaststroker strength rather than struggle.
But you guys got that. I heard people like kevin cordes can kick under 30…. A wider kick? An adjustment in body position? Extra work on the rhythm? All good questions. There are many things that work for some but not for others, so have fun trying new things and finding where your breaststroke is best. The Masters swimmers he currently coaches include national champions, All Americans, and world record holders, who have swum to more than Top 10 swims and 30 world records in just the past 5 years.
Throughout his career Bay has taught thousands how to swim or how to swim better. Please enter a valid email address. Thank you for signing up. We see you are using Internet Explorer as your browser. Microsoft no longer supports Internet Explorer so you will experience issues on our website and others. All great breaststrokers have these things in common: They know how much of their speed comes from the kick and how much comes from the pull.
You may be able to muscle through other strokes with a weak kick, but not in breaststroke. They push with the kick rather than wedge the legs together.
This means they can feel the pressure on the water on the instep of the foot and the inside of the calves. They bring the heels to the buttocks and not the knees to the chest. Take your breath during the in-sweep, using the inward catch to lift out of the water.
The moment after the push-off or dive is when you are at your fastest, and capitalizing on this speed with a good pullout should not be a wasted opportunity. This starts with a rigid streamline and keeping your arms close to your body during the recovery. Whether you place your one allowed dolphin kick before the arm pulldown after the glide or at the end of the pull-down before the recovery , the important thing is to get in a strong kick and put a good amount of effort into every underwater.
Jasmine has over 13 years of competitive swimming experience and is a marketing professional by trade. Jasmine enjoys merging her swimming history with her natural marketing abilities, to deliver valuable swimming and performance content. Greetings swimmers, coaches, and swimming enthusiasts!
Very interested coach here…. Is there a video anywhere of someone doing the drill? I coach a few swimmers that suffer from poor connectedness and would love to integrate it into a workout. I only wish I was in the room with Psychodad when he reads this to witness an occurrence of spontaneous combustion.
No combustion here; just admiring this wonderful article. Connectedness IS the key, in addition to the way you position your body before the press.. That is why I am always against go to streamline quick and then kick hard preaching — makes no sense.
You kick before your get to streamline position! It is the gravity stupid! You cannot swim breaststroke if your focus is on kicking mostly.
Cordes is as good as he is because of the press, that Bridger talks about. He gets the most out of his kick because of his press and dry back — and he is exceptional because of that.
Not enough on world level though. Keep these coming.
0コメント