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Breaststroke - Sculling at the Wall

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Jul 06, 2010 03:00AM | 0 comments 0 comments

Sculling at the Wall is a great drill for learning how to move your hands from side to side (rather than pulling back) in breaststroke.


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Breaststroke - Breath Control

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Jun 15, 2010 04:50AM | 2 comments 2 comments

To really excel at breaststroke, you need to be able to control your breathing...and not just the breathing in, but also the breathing OUT!


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Breaststroke - Separation Drill

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | May 25, 2010 09:01AM | 11 comments 11 comments

In breaststroke, timing is everything, and knowing when to initiate the kick is a critical element in that timing. Steve Haufler's Separation Drill does a great job in over-teaching this simple step to a great breaststroke.


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Breaststroke - Narrow Kick with Roque Santos

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | May 11, 2010 06:42AM | 18 comments 18 comments

If you're going to learn a great breaststroke kick, why not go to the best. Roque Santos, 200 breaststroke U.S. Olympian and multiple masters world record holder, shows us a couple tricks to an effective kick.


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Breaststroke - Band Kick

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Nov 24, 2009 08:00AM | 8 comments 8 comments

Too often, especially when kicking with a board, many swimmers search for the most power possible, which causes the legs and knees to go too wide.


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Breaststroke - Underwaters

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Nov 03, 2009 06:00AM | 11 comments 11 comments

Such a simple drill, but carrying a good amount of teaching. Underwaters isn't just about finding out how long you can hold your breath; in fact, these can be quite dangerous if done alone, or to a point beyond discomfort. So, BE CAREFUL.


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Breaststroke - Flow with Fins

By Barbara Hummel to Breaststroke | Jun 16, 2009 06:02AM | 4 comments 4 comments

Using fins - especially a Monofin - can help you simulate race-pace breaststroke in practice. Here's how to do it.


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Breaststroke - Underwater Kick

By Barbara Hummel to Breaststroke | Jun 09, 2009 09:00AM | 11 comments 11 comments

This week's DOTW features Erik Vendt and one of his favorite breaststroke drills for working on the recovery of the kick.


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Breaststroke - Double Underwater Pull

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | May 05, 2009 08:00AM | 11 comments 11 comments

Learning to get the most out of every underwater pull can make the difference between winning and losing any race that has breaststroke in it. One of the oldest stand by drills to help with this, is the Double Underwater Pull.


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Breaststroke - Pulldown and Arm Recovery

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Feb 24, 2009 09:14AM | 11 comments 11 comments

During the breaststroke underwater pullout, the arms pull down during the power phase, and then recover back UP to start the first stroke. This week's drill will help you isolate and work on this move -- the arm recovery after the breaststroke pulldown.


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Breaststroke - Shark-Fin Kick

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Jan 20, 2009 08:00AM | 0 comments 0 comments

So you've been working on a nice, undulating breaststroke... getting your body to ride up and down and flow through the water. Now along comes a drill that looks like a throwback to the days of waterbug, flat breaststroke.


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Breaststroke - 4-Stroke Free Breast

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Dec 30, 2008 08:03AM | 2 comments 2 comments

Getting into the groove of a flowing breaststroke isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Mixing up the strokes sometimes gives you an advantage toward this, if only for a few strokes.


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Breaststroke - Underwater Pull, Power Phase

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Dec 23, 2008 09:03AM | 2 comments 2 comments

Until FINA decides on the rules for the underwater pull, we'll give a quick illustration of what's "legal" in the U.S., as well as a few fine points that need to be considered no matter what the rules end up being.


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Breaststroke - Timing the Kick

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Dec 09, 2008 09:34AM | 10 comments 10 comments

A great coach recently said that the biggest problem with breaststroke is "the kick." This confirms our belief that working on when and how you initiate the kick is a much bigger concern than most people think.


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Breaststroke - The Stroke

By Glenn Mills to Breaststroke | Dec 09, 2008 09:29AM | 12 comments 12 comments

Here's a quick example of a complete breaststroke stroke cycle. While the subject isn't exactly contemporary, the technique is, at the very least, solid and should serve as decent reference material.



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