Old swimmer here, dunking the head, letting water flow over it, still feels like cheating. lol. I held some state records in breaststroke for a short time in the 70's.
I learned to swim in the early 1960s. Yes, breaststroke was preferred because it kept your hair drier and correct breathing wasn’t therefore an issue. However the real reason breaststroke was preferred was it didn’t require wearing goggles. Mark Spitz’s legacy was better fitting goggles with sponge round the edges but invariably they leaked turning them into caustic eye baths. I specialized in backstroke because I could blink when my arm passed overhead. The downside was my arms were out of the water in the cold wind. The unheated outdoor pool water was warmer, so I got good too at old style breaststroke because I could do an entire length eyes shut. Front crawl eyes closed was more disorienting but remains an interesting drill. Inspired by watching one of your breaststroke videos last year I dedicated last winter to learning the new, improved breaststroke. The biggest difference has been in speed - obviously - but also no torsion in my knees. It remains a work in progress (hence why I’m watching this). Can you do a video about Leon Marchand’s breaststroke technique too please. Thank you for your great inspiration ❤
@@applecideriscool9455i was born in 1962, and learned to swim before I could walk as one of the guinea pigs for armbands. Yes I still swim: I do 100 lengths in a 25 meter pool 5 times a week.
They actually did just change something about breaststroke in the rule book for USA Swimming about when you head has to break the surface after your pull-out
I am fine tuning my breast stroke. It’s a feel for me. For a long time I felt that my speed was lacking so I watched videos to see what I could change. Now I finally see my speed increasing but I haven’t ingrained the changes into habit.
The video shows 3 different style of hand re-entry so it’s not clear what’s correct. Hand re-enter upwards, together pointing forward, and down depending on who is shown. What’s best?
This would be a great study, as right now it seems to be preference-based. Even Olympians have different strategies when it comes to this part of the stroke. Breaststroke is the most technical stroke so it'd be some heavy research into body angles and efficiency!
That’s perfectly fine too! The separate pulldown and kick is thought to be a little faster as you can extend the duration of the pullout a little longer
When I hear you state that breaststroke starts and finishes in a streamline, it puzzles me. I think about streamline as one hand on top of the other. I feel like breaststroke starts and finishes in an extended or super position with the arms fully extended side-by-side versus streamline.
When we say streamline in this sense, it means the streamline position in general - the position in swimming with the least amount of drag! Your hands don't need to be on top of each other at any point in breaststroke BUT you should try to get into the general streamline position when you swim :)
Amazing content and detail. Thank you so much.🙏🙏
Perfect coach 🎉
Great analysis and instructions.
Old swimmer here, dunking the head, letting water flow over it, still feels like cheating. lol. I held some state records in breaststroke for a short time in the 70's.
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈 the new way felt really odd too for me, but after I got used to it I’d never go back…
I learned to swim in the early 1960s. Yes, breaststroke was preferred because it kept your hair drier and correct breathing wasn’t therefore an issue. However the real reason breaststroke was preferred was it didn’t require wearing goggles. Mark Spitz’s legacy was better fitting goggles with sponge round the edges but invariably they leaked turning them into caustic eye baths. I specialized in backstroke because I could blink when my arm passed overhead. The downside was my arms were out of the water in the cold wind. The unheated outdoor pool water was warmer, so I got good too at old style breaststroke because I could do an entire length eyes shut. Front crawl eyes closed was more disorienting but remains an interesting drill. Inspired by watching one of your breaststroke videos last year I dedicated last winter to learning the new, improved breaststroke. The biggest difference has been in speed - obviously - but also no torsion in my knees. It remains a work in progress (hence why I’m watching this). Can you do a video about Leon Marchand’s breaststroke technique too please.
Thank you for your great inspiration ❤
Thats pretty cool. How old were you in the 60s? And do you still swim ?
@@applecideriscool9455i was born in 1962, and learned to swim before I could walk as one of the guinea pigs for armbands. Yes I still swim: I do 100 lengths in a 25 meter pool 5 times a week.
They actually did just change something about breaststroke in the rule book for USA Swimming about when you head has to break the surface after your pull-out
I am fine tuning my breast stroke. It’s a feel for me. For a long time I felt that my speed was lacking so I watched videos to see what I could change. Now I finally see my speed increasing but I haven’t ingrained the changes into habit.
Perfect 🎉
TY so much!❤
The video shows 3 different style of hand re-entry so it’s not clear what’s correct. Hand re-enter upwards, together pointing forward, and down depending on who is shown. What’s best?
This would be a great study, as right now it seems to be preference-based. Even Olympians have different strategies when it comes to this part of the stroke. Breaststroke is the most technical stroke so it'd be some heavy research into body angles and efficiency!
@@myswimpro Thanks for explaining! Much appreciated 🙏
I’ve tried prayer pose streamline and flat facing the bottom and found the later easier to shift round the ellipse keeping forearm propulsion.
7:37 How about dolphin kick with simultaneous arms pulldown ? Some IM'ers prefer that pullout in breaststroke leg.
That’s perfectly fine too! The separate pulldown and kick is thought to be a little faster as you can extend the duration of the pullout a little longer
@@myswimpro thank you, some IM’ers might choose to breakout earlier, especially after the oxygen draining crossover turn, now I see the benefit
When I hear you state that breaststroke starts and finishes in a streamline, it puzzles me. I think about streamline as one hand on top of the other. I feel like breaststroke starts and finishes in an extended or super position with the arms fully extended side-by-side versus streamline.
When we say streamline in this sense, it means the streamline position in general - the position in swimming with the least amount of drag! Your hands don't need to be on top of each other at any point in breaststroke BUT you should try to get into the general streamline position when you swim :)
The thumbnail is hilarious
frog style how to do ?
These female swimmers on here are built like super models my god.
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Tell slowly mam