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All Technique and Drills are set out in their respective stroke sections below. Unless otherwise commented, the links go to an introductory summary blog about the drills.
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Specific rules for Breaststroke are set out in the FINA SWIMMING RULES 2017 – 2021 (SW 7.1 -7.6, page 11). Competitive swimmers need to be familiar with the rules and understand how they translate into their swimming technique.
This stroke is so hard to master. One of the best technical explanations that mywaterworld.life has read is from Cokie Lepinski, US Masters level 4 swimming coach. This article sets out 5 critical aspects of the stroke that need to be mastered for swimming great breaststroke. Here is how to improve your breaststroke.
Breaststroke, Starts, Turns and Finishes
In the following video from SWIM FAST Brenton Rickard demonstrates the key features of start, turns and finishes.
Careful note should be taken of tight streamline, the amplitude and speed of the butterfly kick, the arm speed on recovery and the importance of finishing on a full stroke at both the turn and finish. Finishing technique is and needs to be practiced with stroke length adjustments taking place in the last ten to five meters of the wall
The speed of the clip can be adjusted using the video settings to play at 0.75 speed while the analysis audio remains reasonably clear.
Butterfly
General
Power up your stoke
The propulsive phase of your stroke is integral to generating speed through the water – no matter what the stroke. This article by US Masters Level 4 swim coach Terry Heggy, looks at ways of powering up all four strokes by adding thrust at the end of your stroke to get you swimming faster.
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