**Step #4:  Butterfly Timing (Putting It All Together…two different ways)
Separation Drill with Arms First**
When the swimmer is ready to put all the parts together, I have her do a separation drill.

I guide her through the entire movement. 

We start in the Butterfly Float position.  I guide her through a pull and recovery, then through a complete body dolphin. 

Next, she tries it on her own.

This is what she sees in the mirror…arms only…body dolphin only…head stays in neutral.

If she can do one cycle well, I move on to multiple cycles, keeping the movement more continuous. 

Watch what I do after the first cycle…and this is very important. As she is rising up after the first body dolphin, I start the next pull as she begins to come up and before her shoulders break the surface.

Here you can see it from another angle.  The pull starts as the swimmer begins to come up and before her shoulders break the surface.

Next, she tries multiple cycles without my guidance.  You want her to pull to come up…not come up to pull.


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Butterfly Timing - Separation Drill with Arms First