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US Masters Short Course Nationals Day 3: National Champion Breaststrokers Share Their Technique Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Daniel Paulling<\/em><\/p>\n

Breaststroke can be a difficult stroke to perfect, whether you\u2019re learning how to kick properly, nail your timing, or do any other number of things. But don\u2019t worry. All breaststrokers, no matter how great they are, are always trying to improve their technique.<\/p>\n

To help with your breaststroke technique, here are tips from four swimmers who won national championships in the 200 breaststroke on Friday, the third day of the U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kick, Kick, Kick<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mike Freshley<\/strong> understandably doesn\u2019t recover as quickly at age 80 as he used to when he was younger. This causes him to limit his workouts to 2,000 to 2,500 yards\/meters.<\/p>\n

Because of how important a good breaststroke kick is for swimming the stroke fast, Freshley dedicates roughly one-third of each workout, 800 yards\/meters, to doing breaststroke kick. His usual set is 8 x 100s focusing on quality, not just mindless kicking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kick is 70 percent of the stroke,\u201d Freshley says. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have a kick, you\u2019re screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n

After primarily swimming IM while growing up, he began doing more breaststroke events in college and continued to do the stroke in Masters. The Sarasota Sharks Masters member holds 21 USMS records and seven FINA Masters world records, largely in breaststroke and IM events.<\/p>\n

Freshley\u2019s kick has been the key to his success.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s dedicated himself to perfecting his kick over the past few decades. He focuses on finishing his kick by doing breaststroke kick on his back, making sure he brings his feet together at the end of each kick cycle, and by pressing the bottoms of his feet together while he watches TV.<\/p>\n

Nail Your Catch<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although your kick provides the majority of your propulsion in breaststroke, you should still work on your catch. Britta O\u2019Leary<\/strong> has spent years attempting to perfect hers.<\/p>\n

For a proper catch, swimmers should begin with their hands in a streamlined position and do an out-sweep to slightly wider than shoulder-width apart before bringing their hands to just in front of their head. O\u2019Leary, 36, likes to focus on her catch while using a parachute or a short stretch cord, items that also help her concentrate on finishing her kick.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Leary, a member of Atlanta Water Jocks, also recommends that swimmers not dive down when they stretch out into streamlined position following a stroke cycle.<\/p>\n

A poor catch can leave you spinning through the water rather than swimming efficiently, something that\u2019s especially noticeable in a 50 breaststroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you jump in and you do your breakout and if you don\u2019t catch that first catch correctly in the 50, that\u2019s it,\u201d O\u2019Leary says. \u201cYou don\u2019t find your stroke. You don\u2019t find the right catch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find Your Best Timing for Breaststroke Pulls<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sara Dunn<\/strong> receives questions about breaststroke technique all the time, but she never knows how to answer them. She relies heavily on feel, especially for her underwater pullout.<\/p>\n

Being aware of how fast you\u2019re moving through the water, a form of proprioception, is important for a good underwater pullout. Once you\u2019ve dived into the water or pushed off the wall, you should perform your dolphin kick, do your pullout, and do your kick before you\u2019ve slowed down, which requires an awareness of how fast you\u2019re moving. If you want too long before doing one of those steps of your underwater pullout, you\u2019re falling behind your competition.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s the right timing? The answer is complicated.<\/p>\n

The cues for having a good underwater pullout that Dunn tries to follow are having a tight streamlined position and not rushing through the sequence. To find what works best for her, Dunn will sometimes experiment with how long she glides during her underwater pullout. If it\u2019s quicker, she\u2019s found something new to do; if it\u2019s not, it\u2019s another piece of information.<\/p>\n

A great underwater pullout takes a lot of time and work to develop.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears of practice,\u201d says Dunn, 48, a member of North Carolina Masters Swimming. \u201cYears and years of practice. You practice how you want to swim in a meet. I\u2019m always doing two-hand touches, I\u2019m always doing a pullout the way I want to do it in a meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find Power From Your Core and Glutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Rice Aquatic Masters member David Guthrie<\/strong> spent years swimming breaststroke focused on his arms and legs and letting his core relax. Now, he\u2019s swimming the exact opposite by trying to keep his core and gluteus muscles firm while he swims, performing what\u2019s called posterior tilt.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hips were sinking, and I couldn\u2019t figure out why,\u201d Guthrie says. \u201cAs soon as I started engaging my glutes and doing that posterior tilt, all of a sudden my hips are on the surface.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I try to] shorten that line from my sternum to my navel, which is kind of counterintuitive. We think about breaststroke, there\u2019s kind of a little bit of arch in the lower back. You want to remove that completely. You want connect your glutes to the rest of your torso.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engaging certain muscles can be difficult, especially for swimmers who haven\u2019t worked them much previously or struggle with range of motion because of an injury or age.<\/p>\n

To help activate and strengthen his muscles, Guthrie, 61, who holds 17 USMS records and one FINA Masters world record in breaststroke events, began doing a calisthenics class several times a week when his pool was closed during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d never done a proper push-up in my life,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what proper form was, so when I started out, my goal was to do 10 straight push-ups. You need to work your way up to the full motion, to the full movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body just learned so much. I was just seeing constant gains. Calisthenics is fantastic that way. I\u2019ve done yoga for years. I did strength and conditioning. I\u2019ve done weightlifting. Nothing compares to calisthenics. I\u2019m really exciting about transferring that to the pool.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0More Masters news<\/a><\/p>\n

USMS Records Broken<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    \n
  • Richard<\/strong> McClow<\/strong>, Libertyville Masters: men\u2019s 90-94 100 IM (1:52.03)<\/li>\n
  • Frank Manheim<\/strong>, Reston Masters Swim: men\u2019s 90-94 50 backstroke (48.69)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Note: All records are subject to change pending verification.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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