Common breaststroke infractions/mistakes:
- Taking your breath at the end of a stroke which involves sweeping the hands down to the hips instead of to the shoulders.
- A breast stroke is a short stroke and should finish at the shoulders like this:
- The solution is to shorten your stroke. It may take some practice but it should fix your problem.
2. Non-simultaneous kick or feet not turned out:
- Some swimmers have one foot doing something other than what the other foot is doing. Both feet in breaststroke must be doing the same thing. Toes should be pointing towards the torso.
Because most swimmers learn the freestyle first they are used to pointing their toes and so they try and do the frog kick with pointed toes. Whereas the kick must be done with, what I call a flat foot. That is the swimmers toes need to be pointing towards the torso of their body during the main kick.
Correct Turn Sequence: Touch or Open Turn
- ØThe same type of turn is used for both butterfly and breaststroke.
- The Rules say that you must touch the wall with two hands, so a touch and pivot turn is used.
- ØThe main thing to remember is that you don't need to hang on to the wall. The quicker you touch it and pull your hands away the better.
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Published: 2005/10/10 11:43:45 GMT
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Published: 2005/10/10 11:43:45 GMT
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