Archive for 'Breaststroke'

Click HERE to learn not only how to “Hold the Line” but how to “Make the Line” as well!

Click HERE to learn why it’s good to be a shallow person (when it comes to breaststroke, that is!)

Click HERE to watch Part 2 of Grab the Wheel (Butterfly and Breaststroke Focus)

Click HERE to find out why gymnast swim so fast (and how you can get in on it!).

Swimmers sometimes find themselves moving UP for a breath rather than FORWARD for the breath in Breaststroke.  Here are two quick ideas to help you move forward for the breath, thereby helping you swim faster in Breaststroke.

Breaststroke is the key to a GREAT IM, but it’s also the trickiest stroke to master.  Here is a great video of Kosuke Kitajima – watch how he keeps his entire body close to the surface (i.e. “shallow breaststroke”) throughout the stroke and how patient he is when he glides in the “i” position.