**Nov. 7, 2023 - Fighting Athletic Instinct - Butterfly**

**Theme of the Week**

**Fighting Athletic Instinct – Butterfly**

Swimming butterfly is hard enough. Don’t make it harder by giving into your athletic instincts to work even harder! This week we explore things you might be doing in butterfly that feel productive, fast and powerful, but that might be holding you back.

**Monday**

**Fly Drill: Short Release**

Pushing all the way back with your hands feels powerful, but can cause your arms to get “stuck” during the recovery and can cause you to lose tempo and rhythm. Releasing the hands out to the sides can be a game changer.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1972-butterfly-short-release> 

:14 - relaxed release

:31 - relaxed release

:33 - @.2x speed - watch the hands release to the side

:52 - hands release at the chest - overreaching

1:21 - the hands appear to be going straight back

1:39 - compare short and regular release

iPad to kids

**Tuesday**

**Misty Hyman: Go Swim Butterfly**

Olympic gold medalist Misty Hyman does many things well, but we especially like how she maintains rhythm by releasing the hands out to the sides.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/412-go-swim-butterfly> 

:25 - @ .2x - watch the hands exit sideways

:35 - hand entry with wrists leading the way - great for elbow position

Switch to Grant on iPad - Hand Entry

Switch to Grant on iPad - Hand Release

**Wednesday**

**James Guy: Butterfly Full Body**

UK Olympic gold medalist James Guy reduces the work of butterfly by always “minding his line.”

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2595-butterfly-full-body>

:19 - hands stay high and forward

:43 - body is shallow and forward

Switch to Grant showing Shallow Body

Switch to Kids

**Thursday**

**Kelsi Worrell: Butterfly Hips**

To maintain her butterfly “line” and rhythm, Olympian Kelsi (Worrell) Dahlia focuses on keeping her hips high in the water and minimizing her up-and-down movement. Up and down can feel powerful, but it can add drag and slow down your timing.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2325-butterfly-hips> 

:08 - high always at the surface

:20 - focus on how high the hips are

Switch to side video of Grant showing hips

Switch to kids

**Friday**

**Kelsi Worrell: Butterfly Full Body**

Want to eliminate unnecessary work in butterfly? Don’t do extra work with your neck! Olympian Kelsi (Worrell) Dahlia demonstrates.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2322-butterfly-full-body>

:00 - focus on head position - stationary

:17 - slight lift to prepare for the breath

:41 - watch for the max movement in the head

:44 - head in-line with body

Switch to Grant

Switch to kids

**Saturday**

**Erik Vendt: Slow-Motion Butterfly**

Many swimmers feel that kicking from the knees adds power and speed to their butterfly. The danger is that bending the knees to set up a powerful kick can add resistance and slow your rhythm. We like how Erik Vendt does the work with his torso rather than his knees.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/570-slow-mo-butterfly-erik-vendt> 

:21 - watch for maximum knee bend in kick

:28 - max bend

2:00 - watch for maximum knee bend

Show Grant full 50 from side

Show kids

**Sunday**

**Kelsi Worrell: Butterfly Legs**

Like Erik Vendt, Kelsi kicks from the sternum rather than from the knees. This helps her maintain a productive bodyline and steady rhythm.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2327-butterfly-legs>

:00 - watch leg rhythm

Show Grant full 50 from side

Show kids

Chat

11:59:43 From Nora Sravasti To Everyone:

Hi everyone

12:00:51 From helen naylor To Glenn Mills(Privately):

welcome to getting old

12:01:18 From Anders Malmquist To Everyone:

hello everyone from sweden

12:02:10 From Camy Gitwenty To Everyone:

What will be the water temperature in Michigan ?

12:02:20 From Dave Abraham To Everyone:

Reacted to "hello everyone from ..." with 👍

12:02:25 From helen naylor To Glenn Mills(Privately):

bumbed I missed the last 3 weeks, sounds like I have missed a lot!

12:02:39 From Glenn Mills To Everyone:

Reacted to "hello everyone from ..." with 👍🏼

12:12:35 From John McGowan To Glenn Mills(Privately):

For after the Zoom meeting.When I came in you were talking about how swimming was a great exercise and William Park was saying how it was great emotionally and mentally as well as physically. There is a good video "23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? It talks about what 30 minutes of aerobic exercise can do for you physically, mentally and emotionally. I thought you might be interested and possibly want to share it if you like it. Let me know what you think of it https://www.reframehealthlab.com/23-and-12-hours/

12:12:58 From William Park ChPC To Glenn Mills(Privately):

You are a go blue teacher first n coach second. Got to go go wildcats thank you

12:13:02 From Josh Willer To Everyone:

Love slice out

12:14:12 From Brian Lindsay To Everyone:

I tell the swimmers to lead out with the pinkie finger

12:23:08 From Nora Sravasti To Everyone:

I love how things change constantly. I used to get in trouble for exiting this "early"

12:23:58 From Anders Malmquist To Everyone:

he has a kick like a drumm

12:25:35 From Barbara Hummel To Everyone:

Anders, what do you mean by that?

12:26:03 From John McGowan To Everyone:

"Round off and release" Coach Charles Silvia 1960's

12:27:29 From Monty Krieger To Everyone:

her hands creating drag

12:35:29 From Melinda Wolff To Everyone:

Phelps' head stays low on his breath, but doesn't he "cock his neck" to move his head so that his eyes are facing forward and he juts out his chin?

12:36:25 From Beth Baker To Everyone:

FLY Head position in water is much less than in BR? (Goggles under arms)

12:36:41 From Beth Baker To Everyone:

Reacted to "Phelps' head stays l..." with 👍

12:37:00 From Kyle Lambson To Everyone:

I like to use angles to keep it simple with my swimmers. I use the. 0-40 concept. At entry the head (eyes) are down at 0 degrees. –as the the stroke press begins the head (chin) shifts to about 40 degrees forward (not up) and then it’s a hold until completion the stroke. This keeps the spine and neck in-line. Then repeat.

12:44:33 From helen naylor To Everyone:

Some masters do 200 fly and the middle 150 they do 3 kicks

12:50:11 From Monty Krieger To Everyone:

is the kick on the push off from a turn the same as for the stroke, or bigger?

12:53:34 From Jenn Radford To Everyone:

When teaching newer or younger swimmers and specifying 2 kicks per pull, do you find it valuable to teach little kick and big kick related to arm entry and exit, or just focus on getting two at the right timing?

12:56:42 From Anders Malmquist To Everyone:

nice

12:57:22 From Beth Baker To Everyone:

Even referring to just depth?

13:02:36 From Beth Baker To Everyone:

I use “Flat, Fast & Forward”…3F’s easy to remember

13:02:53 From Dave Abraham To Everyone:

my 70 year old fly: I kick once on breathing stroke & 2x on non-breathing....good?

13:02:54 From Brian Lindsay To Glenn Mills(Privately):

Forehead is the hammer, drive the nail down

13:02:56 From Monty Krieger To Glenn Mills(Privately):

Does keeping chin down help the arms go around the shoulders in recovery?

13:02:57 From John McGowan To Everyone:

different people make different "Word pictures"

13:04:18 From Anders Malmquist To Everyone:

if they cant breath it was too low

13:05:30 From Melinda Wolff To Everyone:

To address Monty's question: shouldn't we think about "pinching our scaps" to avoid shoulder pain/injury during FL recovery, especially us masters swimmers.

13:06:26 From Ruth Cheung To Everyone:

Love BA. Thanks for today’s session

13:06:40 From Josh Willer To Everyone:

I'm excited to chime in on backstroke

13:06:54 From Lorena Molina To Everyone:

Thanks!

13:07:04 From Francisco Jaque To Everyone:

Thanks

13:07:09 From Camy Gitwenty To Everyone:

Great, bye !

13:07:12 From Anders Malmquist To Everyone:

thanks

13:07:15 From Kyle Lambson To Everyone:

🙏🏼


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