02/08/2019
If you follow us on social media regularly, you would know that we are always looking to share our passion for First Aid & Aquatics with our customers. In this post we will be sharing tips on how to improve your Breaststroke. This stroke is definitely not the most efficient stroke. Breaststroke also has the largest variance in technique amongst the fastest swimmers compared to the other three competitive strokes. Despite these challenges, there are still stroke characteristics that the best swimmers have in common. In this post we will cover 2 things the world’s best breaststrokers share:
1) A Strong Kick
Because you’re so low in the water while swimming breaststroke, your legs have to do more work to keep your body moving forward. To push the most water back, the feet turn out and the toes point to the side. The feet should not extend past the width of the knees. The kick will naturally extend downward. The key is to push back as much as possible and get the legs up and in line as quickly as possible.
2) Fast Recovery of Ankles and Arms
The best breaststrokers have the most speed when they extend into streamline. The best breaststrokers also have the most speed at the peak of their stroke/breath: just before extending into line, and they slow down the least at that point. Speed is the name of the game! After you are comfortable with your technique, train Fast!! The only way to improve this is to train the movement at the speed you want it to be executed.