Aug 10, 2021 - 21st Century Breaststroke
Entire week was a suggestion from Shirley - This could be YOU!
Monday - Glenn Line
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3244-breaststroke-the-line>
2:00 start swimming
2:10 - age is showing - arms aren’t straight in extension
2:11 - head remaining down into outsweep
2:21 - see the Y
2:33 - point the toes
2:39 - draw the feet
3:34 - surface tension vs. underwater
Tuesday - Felipe
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2617-breaststroke-head>
:18 - eyes up or eyes down
:36 - hips forward
1:07 - vid stops with arms extended directly forward
1:50 - eyes down under
2:08 - arms extended - eyes down - prior to kick thrust
2:25 - eyes down showing under arms
2:47 - body parallel to the surface
2:51 - eyes down while the hands begin outsweep
Wednesday - Roque
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/486-arm-pull-hands>
:17 - every stroke starts and stops in streamline
:22 - body disappears behind the hands
:29 - more streamline
:39 - feet together too
:53 - eyes showing under arms on extension
1:00 - hands move from slow to fast
1:15 - fast hands forward
1:45 - circle hands
2:31 - hands extended before feet thrust
Thursday - Haufler - Hands Pulling back too far
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1504-the-problem-leading-with-the-elbows>
:11 - showing the noodles limiting the backward pull
:18 - start with head up
:34 - over the lane line
:55 - above water practice
1:17 - over the mirror
I say more often then not… LESS IS MORE in breaststroke
Friday - Glenn - Thumblock outsweep
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3258-breaststroke-thumb-lock-outsweep>
1:36 - start of swimming
1:40 - lock thumbs and squeeze the head between the arms
Put pressure against the thumbs, trying to pull them apart
Then let them SNAP out, which moves the hands to the catch quicker than the head can rise.
Use the outward leverage of the thumbs to bring the arms tighter around the head… locking the head down.
Saturday - Davo - Mini Pull
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/195-mini-pull>
The epitome of less is more
:18 - arms barely bend
Breaststroke is a mathematical equation
:37 - even thinking small, the pull can look normal
Keep hands and elbows in front of shoulders
Sunday - Head-Down Pull
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1041-breaststroke-head-down-pull>
:09 - hands sweep out prior to eye lift
:32 - eyes under arms
:43 - snorkel and paddles
Keep eyes down through the entire phase
1:31 - with snorkel… come up for a fake breath
Delay the head lift
1:56 - back to full stroke with a focus on head down during outsweep
Questions:
Do the elite breaststrokers even conscientiously squeeze the elbows together at the end of the pull, or do they just keep their elbows high throughout?
It’s about engaging the lats and back
I notice that when my head was not totally submerged before (when I was 8 seconds faster in the 50, about 30 years ago lol), it was easier to initiate the pull with high elbows because my head was at a higher position than my arms, and I was sort of pulling down
In a sprint, the head may not go under.
Also, point the arms to the corners during extension
My coach told me to do a drill, where I try to push my hands deeper in the water in the recovery, and do 2 breaststroke kicks for one pull.
2-down 1-up - favorite drill… but it’s more about the UP than the down. We shouldn’t practice an extreme down because of the fall of the body and the aim. Think FORWARD.
Shirley - Irena
Underwater pull timing:
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1921-breaststroke-underwater-pullout-update>
:10 - old rule - legs rigid
:21 - dolphin during pulldown
:35 - dolphin first
No underwater pull
<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2608-breaststroke-no-underwater-pullout>
:13 - underwater pull stopping point
:27 - good underwater
:33 - no underwater
:44 - no underwater
1:19 - no underwater
1:37 - masters swimmer
