Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes: Master Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke for Your Fastest Swimming (Swim Speed Series) by Taormina Sheila

Author:Taormina Sheila [Sheila, Taormina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: VeloPress
Published: 2014-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

THE PULL PATTERN

To begin our review of butterfly technique, let’s look at the curvilinear pull pattern from start to finish. Figure 5.1 shows Elizabeth swimming butterfly from hand entry in Frame 1 to the finish of the stroke in Frame 8.

FIGURE 5.1. Elizabeth Beisel navigates a curvilinear path back during her butterfly pull.

In Frame 1 Elizabeth enters and extends her arms overhead, directly in front of her shoulders. It is important to enter and extend in line with the shoulders to minimize head-on resistance during this nonpropulsive phase of the arm cycle. In Frames 2–4 the propulsive arm action becomes the focus—as Elizabeth sweeps outside shoulder width to make a strong catch. She connects with lift and drag forces by positioning her hands/forearms facing back on the water, and locks onto that connection throughout the diagonal phase of the stroke (Frames 5 and 6) and the finish (Frames 7 and 8).

The back-facing position of the hands/forearms throughout the pull cycle is critical for forward-directing propulsion. It starts with the catch. Figure 5.2 shows how Doug positions his hands/forearms to face back on the water as he makes the catch.

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