Part of the University of Alabama's NCAA Championship 200 Medley Relay, Pavel's a fantastic breaststroker from Moscow.

Read more about Pavel and his [**'Bama swimming page**](http://www.rolltide.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3443).

Breaststroke - Pavel Romanov

**2017 FALL COLLECTION**, or **WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW!**

From below water, we see the width of the kick is just to the shoulders.

From above, we notice he doesn't draw his feet up very high.  This helps to reduce the resistance of the recovery, still allows him to push the water back with his feet, and keep a high tempo for sprint breaststroke.

PREVIEW - Breaststroke Legs

**2017 FALL COLLECTION**, or **WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW!**

Pavel's hips stay very close to the surface.  This helps to achieve a high rate for sprinting.

He draws his hips forward with the lift of the chin and the insweep of the pull.  This sets up the quick kick.

PREVIEW - Breaststroke Hips

**2017 FALL COLLECTION**, or **WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW!**

Pavel shows another example of the head LIFT of the contrasted with how low and in-line the head gets during extension.

Remember, lifting the head is to impact the draw of the hips to set up the kick.  Getting the head BACK down into line is imperative.

PREVIEW - Breaststroke Head

**2017 FALL COLLECTION**, or **WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW!**

Shallow and quick hands help Pavel to split his 23.40 to help win the 200 Medley Relay.

Sending the hands forward, and allowing the body to draw the hands down into the catch.

PREVIEW - Breaststroke Hands

Even for a sprint breaststroker, Pavel's focus is getting back to a stable and balanced bodyline on each stroke.

PREVIEW - Breaststroke - Pavel Romanov

Pavel breaks down how he approaches the breaststroke with a flutter kick drill.