Very nicely done... bear in mind that Dressel devotes quite a bit of training time to his "upwards kick also" - repeat efforts of Dolphin Kick on your Back, Dolphin Kick on your side (aka Fish Kicks) and Vertical Dolphin Kicks are all helpful to develop your speed and power.
Thank you so much for this video and analysis. My previous technique was not powerful enough d and I changed it instinctively to this, so knowing that this is the correct technique is reassuring.
Well, not quite. I think we can all agree that the power in the dolphin kick comes from a crack the whip style body wave action with the wave starting in the upper body and traveling down the body to the toes. Not a rope type crack the whip action, but more like spring steel. Before I picked up the fly again, after 50 years off, I was watching Gary Hall Sr. at the Race Club, an Olympic medalist, and commented to him that I thought there was a power kick and a secondary weaker kick. I was figuring that the kick with the arms entering the water would be the power kick, and the breathing kick was the weaker one, because when your arms enter the water, your body wave starts at the fingers. When you are doing the breathing kick, you are inhaling, which means you can't engage the core as strongly as you can if you are holding your breath or exhaling. This part of the body wave comes more from mid body. Gary has a toy/tool he calls the velocimeter, which is a tether on the swimmer and it reads speed on a graph in a sin wave. Gary commented that there is a bit of difference from swimmer to swimmer, but the power surge in both kicks is very close, with some stronger on the arm kick and some stronger on the breathing kick. So, what is going on??? After trying to remember how to swim the fly, I started watching a bunch of videos, and noticed that most will have their heels slightly out of the water on the breathing kick, but underwater on the arm kick. So, high amplitude/height on breathing kick, low amplitude on arm kick, but almost the same amount of power generated..... Best guess for me is that the arm kick doesn't need the extra amplitude because of the longer body wave action. Short body wave action on breathing makes higher amplitude necessary to get the same power.
Thanks so much Coach Mandy! Currently doing single arm fly drills and found myself doing a 3 kick per stroke. Would you recommend this for butterfly beginners?
Hello Kiu, Great question! For single arm fly, it is best to practice a two beat kick pattern. This will help you learn the rhythm and timing of the kick and how it's s properly connected with your arms. Single arm is a great drill to achieve this timing. Trying integrating a 2 beat kick pattern as you practice. Thank you for your support and subscribing to the channel! 🙏✅ - Coach Mandy
THANK YOU for this wonderful video, please help me fixing my problem where my 2nd kick always breaks the water surface. I suspect that my knees bend too early & too much after the 1st kick. Should I "freeze" the straight knees (on purpose) just after finishing the 1st kick to delay the bending of knees (prior to 2nd kick)? Thanks
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Very nicely done... bear in mind that Dressel devotes quite a bit of training time to his "upwards kick also" - repeat efforts of Dolphin Kick on your Back, Dolphin Kick on your side (aka Fish Kicks) and Vertical Dolphin Kicks are all helpful to develop your speed and power.
Thank you so much for this video and analysis. My previous technique was not powerful enough d and I changed it instinctively to this, so knowing that this is the correct technique is reassuring.
Best butterfly tutorial ever.
Well, not quite. I think we can all agree that the power in the dolphin kick comes from a crack the whip style body wave action with the wave starting in the upper body and traveling down the body to the toes. Not a rope type crack the whip action, but more like spring steel. Before I picked up the fly again, after 50 years off, I was watching Gary Hall Sr. at the Race Club, an Olympic medalist, and commented to him that I thought there was a power kick and a secondary weaker kick. I was figuring that the kick with the arms entering the water would be the power kick, and the breathing kick was the weaker one, because when your arms enter the water, your body wave starts at the fingers. When you are doing the breathing kick, you are inhaling, which means you can't engage the core as strongly as you can if you are holding your breath or exhaling. This part of the body wave comes more from mid body. Gary has a toy/tool he calls the velocimeter, which is a tether on the swimmer and it reads speed on a graph in a sin wave. Gary commented that there is a bit of difference from swimmer to swimmer, but the power surge in both kicks is very close, with some stronger on the arm kick and some stronger on the breathing kick. So, what is going on??? After trying to remember how to swim the fly, I started watching a bunch of videos, and noticed that most will have their heels slightly out of the water on the breathing kick, but underwater on the arm kick. So, high amplitude/height on breathing kick, low amplitude on arm kick, but almost the same amount of power generated..... Best guess for me is that the arm kick doesn't need the extra amplitude because of the longer body wave action. Short body wave action on breathing makes higher amplitude necessary to get the same power.
Thanks so much Coach Mandy! Currently doing single arm fly drills and found myself doing a 3 kick per stroke. Would you recommend this for butterfly beginners?
Hello Kiu,
Great question! For single arm fly, it is best to practice a two beat kick pattern. This will help you learn the rhythm and timing of the kick and how it's s properly connected with your arms. Single arm is a great drill to achieve this timing. Trying integrating a 2 beat kick pattern as you practice. Thank you for your support and subscribing to the channel! 🙏✅ - Coach Mandy
Just saving all these information. I'll get back to swimming pool in the next month.
Hope your practice is going well and thank you for subscribing Roberto! 🙌🏼🙏🏼 -Coach Mandy
@@SWIMVICE I got back to pool. And sure I'm trying to apply all the drills and information from Swimvice. I really appreciate this help.
THANK YOU for this wonderful video, please help me fixing my problem where my 2nd kick always breaks the water surface. I suspect that my knees bend too early & too much after the 1st kick. Should I "freeze" the straight knees (on purpose) just after finishing the 1st kick to delay the bending of knees (prior to 2nd kick)? Thanks
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