080823 - Zoom - Summer Camp Breaststroke

Theme of the Week

**What We Taught at Summer Swim Camp: Breaststroke – LINE. LINE. LINE.**

Great breaststrokers are obsessed with their LINE. That’s why it’s the #1 breaststroke skill we teach at summer swim camps. This week, four Olympic breaststrokers show us what a great line looks like. Three drills will help you find your own best line.

**Monday**

**Glenn Mills EP: Breaststroke – The Line!)**

Glenn starts this week's discussion on how to escape surface tension in breaststroke. It's all about the LINE.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3244-breaststroke-the-line> 

2:04 - Nearly Streamline

2:10 - Arms extended and eyes should be showing below the arms while in extension

2:33 - Point and lock the toes

2:36 - Unique signature

2:43 - Lift the legs into the “line”

3:35 - Transition from freestyle (surface tension) to the line (no surface tension)

** Tuesday**

**Anton McKee: Breaststroke Head**

Icelandic Olympian (and Fukuoka finalist in the 200 breast) Anton McKee shows us an overhead view of a great breaststroke line.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2311-preview-breaststroke-head> 

:04 - The Line

:08 - slight tuck of the chin to get down

:08 - slight lift to get back into the line

:10 - out sweep starts while still in the line

:19 - completely submerged

:20 - comes up fully ahead of the bow wave

:26 - popping up like through a hole in the ice

:27 - look for the circle

https://youtu.be/pKa\_6YMXupY?t=29

**Wednesday**

**Brendan Hansen (Streamline Timing)**

Brendan Hansen finds his line at the beginning and end of every stroke.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/237-streamline-timing> 

:06 - The line

:29 - Hitting the line while going faster

:42 - carrying the bow wave

:51 - hands extended close together

:58 - streamline line

1:01 - outsweep starts while still in the line

1:05 - piercing UP through the surface

1:27 - slower and slightly deeper - escapes the bow wave

1:57 - the clean line… bubbles fall away

2:30 - how small is the hole you’re punching through the water

3:15 - how far can you go on each stroke

**Thursday**

**Felipe Lima (Head)**

Brazilian Olympian Felipe Lima shows us some of the fine points of a great breaststroke line: eyes below elbows and face in the water until hands separate.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2617-breaststroke-head> 

1:48 - diving into the line

1:58 - goggles under the arms

2:12 - eyes down reaching the line prior to the kick engaging

2:19 - The line

2:47 - The line

2:54 - out sweep starts while still in the line

3:28 - piercing through the surface

**Friday**

**Core Stability Pull Breathe and Kick – (Step 4)**

To find your breaststroke line, start with the basics. After a streamlined pushoff, return to your line after each pull...and after each kick.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2384-step-4-core-stability-pull-breathe-and-kick> 

:11 - surface line

:12 - hands start out while still in the line

:26 - hands start out while still in the line

:29 - pull and breathe and get back to the line

:33 - then add the kick

:47 - do not allow the legs to move during the pull and breath

**Saturday**

**Davo Drills (Fast Hands with Flutter Kick)**

Fast Hands with Flutter Kick. We love this drill for teaching breaststroke line!

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/200-fast-hands-with-flutter-kick> 

:28 - the line

:30 - goggles under the arms

:31 - the line

:44 - completely submerged

:53 - like Anton - slight tuck of the chin to get down

:54 - then slight rotation up to get in to the line

:55 - out sweep starts while still in the line

**Sunday**

**Breast Drills (Thumb-Lock Extension)**

Thumb-lock breaststroke. A simple drill that gets the job done.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1099-breaststroke-thumb-lock-extension> 

:15 - bent arm extension

:32 - locking the thumbs to leverage the elbows in

:40 - thumb lock extension

:43 - head locked in means… out sweep starts while still in the line

1:13 - still not perfect… but hopefully on the way to understanding

**Bonus**

**Amanda Beard (Streamline!)**

For breaststroke legend Amanda Beard, every stroke starts and ends in streamline.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/524-streamline>

:12 - the line

:15 - slight chin tuck to get down


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Aug 8, 2023 - Breaststroke Summer Camp Zoom - LINE!