Alright swimmers here we go.
I've got a couple more questions.
These are pretty closely related as far as the nature of them so I'm going to combine
those two questions into one response.
But I'll deal with each of the individual issues that swimmers are dealing with.
On the first one, we've got one from Lamduan.
I hope I'm saying that right.
But also from Sunny and Warm.
So I'm going to hit on both of these topics because they're pretty close so hopefully
I will give you something that will help you out in the process.
Lamduan asks, with her elbow high, that's the one that she likes..she like s the traditional
style of freestyle.
She is unsure about how far back to pull on the underwater pull.
With free, back, and butterfly you want to keep something in mind you actually want a
circular stroke.
You want something that is going to maintain a circular motion while you are swimming.
You really don't want to have a straight line approach.
That's where you pull through the water and then you finish straight back here and then
you have to start your stroke moving forward again.
With those strokes you want to have a circular motion that keeps a continuous flow with your
stroke.
In order to do that you want to be able to round it off at the end.
At the back of your stroke you want to be able to come through and you want to be able
to finish the stroke, with a full stroke, but you also want to be able to round that
stroke so can continually have that circular flow of energy through the water.
Sunny and Warm's question has to do with the butterfly stroke and her's is really about
the underwater pull phase.
The butterfly stroke, a lot of people think that it's a really hard stroke, but it's really
not.
There's another piece of the puzzle that you've got to keep in-line--you've got to have in
there.
The butterfly stroke has one little added piece, making sure that the stroke stays continuous
and has that forward motion.
With the arm stroke, it's not as easy as freestyle and backstroke to be able to bring the arm
forward--it just kinda flows with the stroke.
If you want that smooth, effortless butterfly stroke there's a little piece on the underwater
pull that you have to earn it.
The arms don't naturally come forward with the stroke, that's a motion that you are going
to have to generate.
But there are tricks to it.
Just like with the freestyle stroke you want to be able to have that continuous, forward,
circular motion with the stroke.
But on the underwater pull with butterfly---when you get towards the end of the stroke you've
got to earn that next stroke by making sure that you are strong and are still accelerating
through the stroke on the tail end.
Because if you are weak through here...then you are going to have to ugh...get your arms
to come back forward.
That's one of the boogers that frustrate a lot of butterflyers, they have trouble bringing
their arms back forward.
it makes their stroke real choppy, inconsistent and they think that it is a very hard stroke
because they can't keep that continuous motion going forward while they are swimming.
So butter flyers, on the tail end make sure that you earn that next stroke by accelerating
through the underwater pull, that will give you that extra momentum to snap those arms
forward.
Also with the butterfly stroke, you want to make sure that you round the edges on the
tail end because with the circular motion, which is what you want with butterfly, you
want to make sure that you are not finishing straight back--and then you have to start
a forward circular motion again with your shoulder and with your stroke.
You want to be able to round it at the end so your arms whip around in that circular
motion.
That's the best way to do butterfly because if you take that straight line approach, finishing
straight back.
Then you have to start that motion coming forward again.
but if you round the tail end, if you round it out, it allows that whip to come through
nice and smooth with your arms.
Instead of a 'you generating the force', the force of the stroke helps you to whip your
arms around on the next stroke.
So I hope that helps, I hope that answers the questions.
and if it didn't then ask me another one and I will give another response and try to help
you out a little bit more.
I hope everyone lout there is doing awesome.
If you've got any questions or concerns then please let me know and I'll do my best to
answer.
Good luck out there swimmers...Take Care