When Bruno practices the underwater dolphin portion of his starts, first he goes slow and builds the feeling he wants to maintain when going fast.Think of doing these in slow motion at first. Notice a ...
The catch is the most technical part of your stroke, and an area where small changes can lead to large improvements.The most important thing about your catch is to take advantage of every angle. The i ...
Once you’ve focused on creating the top part of the paddle (straight wrist), it’s important to learn how to use the rest of your arm to propel you.While you set up the pull with your hands and forea ...
Learning the best pull means understanding the importance of your forearm.EVF, or, Early Vertical Forearm, is the definition of a good catch. With the elbow high, the fingers down, and the forearm ver ...
Having good body position is important in every stroke, but it’s really important in butterfly because it sets up the pull.For me, good body position is having the chest go deep and leaving the hands ...
Many swimmers think that the breaststroke pull should be a big, powerful movement. Sometimes, the bigger the pull, the less effective it is.Something that Dave works on is called a mini pull. He reduc ...
Karla combines one stroke of right-arm fly…one stroke of left-arm fly…and three strokes of breaststroke with no breath.The idea is to focus on a big, undulating hip motion on the butterfly, and then ...
To build an effective butterfly, utilize the single-arm drill. When working on single-arm butterfly, make sure you're trying to mimic butterfly, and not freestyle.
Why do it:
Breathing to the side, . ...
If you're going to work on your breaststroke kick, don't just think about how much water you're pushing back, consider your rhythm, and how quickly you can recover your legs for the NEXT kick. In othe ...
