In an indoor pool, I have no problem swimming straight bc I have lots of points of reference, but outdoors I tend to zig-zag my way down the lane, especially on sunny days, so I often lift my head up to see if I’m swimming in a straight line.
I only struggle with keeping a somewhat straight line. Will think of head position next time I'm in the pool. Hope for a butterfly for beginners in the near future.
I've really improved my backstroke over the last year and quite enjoy it now. Except in the summer pool, where i zigzag across the lane like a drunk! It is much harder with no ceiling panels to follow 😂
Nice video as usual. Happy you do video not only about crawl cause the other way to sim makes you better in the crawl also. I don’t struggle with backstroke but butterfly is still not working more than 25-40 m . I swim sometimes with competition swimmers and than we suddenly shall swim backstroke in speed. Most of the times I swim backstroke it’s recovery. A little difficult to swim in higher effort.
I don't struggle with it. The only issue I have is timing my stroke when I reach the end the pool. I'm still afraid of hitting my arm. I pass under the flags and still haven't timed it right. So, I simply finish up with one arm extended until I hit the end of the pool. I'll work on it and the flip turn. Great video, I picked up a few tips. Thank you.
As a new triathlete, everyone tells me to avoid backstroke in open water races because it's so easy to get off course. It's my most comfortable stroke though. Is there a good backstroke sighting technique or should I focus instead on improving my freestyle and/or breast stroke endurance?
I consider back stroke to be mandatory cross training for freestyle since you use your back muscles much differently than with freestyle. One point I have never heard or seen in any of the back stroke videos I have watched is that you use more body rotation than you do with freestyle. In order to get your top side shoulder out of the water to reduce drag, you have to rotate more since your shoulders are farther under water than with freestyle where they are pretty much on top of the water. The kick is some what similar to freestyle, but differs in one way, and yes, I do overanalyze things.... If you use the exact same kick as in freestyle, your knees will be coming out of the water since with freestyle, we have to flex at the hip to get a good angle for foot propulsion. With back stroke, we flex mostly from the knee rather than the hip and knee. I figure the heel is far more streamlined than your thigh so you may actually go slightly faster with back stroke flutter kick than with freestyle. One other thing that has always puzzled me is with the finish of the hand/arm pull, and that is the downward push at the end. As soon as your palm starts to rotate, you lose your grip on the water. With freestyle if your hand was angling like this, any good coach would correct you. I finish my stroke with my palm flat against my thigh. I have heard 2 coaches comment that you do this to help with rotation, but all the body rotation anchors on the pulling arm, not the finish of the stroke.
Do you struggle with backstroke? 🏊
In an indoor pool, I have no problem swimming straight bc I have lots of points of reference, but outdoors I tend to zig-zag my way down the lane, especially on sunny days, so I often lift my head up to see if I’m swimming in a straight line.
I only struggle with keeping a somewhat straight line. Will think of head position next time I'm in the pool.
Hope for a butterfly for beginners in the near future.
That footage is incredible!
Superb video quality
I have a problem with water going in my nose. Picked up some tips in this video. Thanks
I've really improved my backstroke over the last year and quite enjoy it now. Except in the summer pool, where i zigzag across the lane like a drunk! It is much harder with no ceiling panels to follow 😂
Yes
I love this. Thanks for sharing
Nice video as usual. Happy you do video not only about crawl cause the other way to sim makes you better in the crawl also.
I don’t struggle with backstroke but butterfly is still not working more than 25-40 m . I swim sometimes with competition swimmers and than we suddenly shall swim backstroke in speed. Most of the times I swim backstroke it’s recovery. A little difficult to swim in higher effort.
I don't struggle with it. The only issue I have is timing my stroke when I reach the end the pool. I'm still afraid of hitting my arm. I pass under the flags and still haven't timed it right. So, I simply finish up with one arm extended until I hit the end of the pool. I'll work on it and the flip turn. Great video, I picked up a few tips. Thank you.
Same bro same 😭🤚
As a new triathlete, everyone tells me to avoid backstroke in open water races because it's so easy to get off course. It's my most comfortable stroke though. Is there a good backstroke sighting technique or should I focus instead on improving my freestyle and/or breast stroke endurance?
I consider back stroke to be mandatory cross training for freestyle since you use your back muscles much differently than with freestyle. One point I have never heard or seen in any of the back stroke videos I have watched is that you use more body rotation than you do with freestyle. In order to get your top side shoulder out of the water to reduce drag, you have to rotate more since your shoulders are farther under water than with freestyle where they are pretty much on top of the water.
The kick is some what similar to freestyle, but differs in one way, and yes, I do overanalyze things.... If you use the exact same kick as in freestyle, your knees will be coming out of the water since with freestyle, we have to flex at the hip to get a good angle for foot propulsion. With back stroke, we flex mostly from the knee rather than the hip and knee. I figure the heel is far more streamlined than your thigh so you may actually go slightly faster with back stroke flutter kick than with freestyle.
One other thing that has always puzzled me is with the finish of the hand/arm pull, and that is the downward push at the end. As soon as your palm starts to rotate, you lose your grip on the water. With freestyle if your hand was angling like this, any good coach would correct you. I finish my stroke with my palm flat against my thigh. I have heard 2 coaches comment that you do this to help with rotation, but all the body rotation anchors on the pulling arm, not the finish of the stroke.