Breaststroke looks deceptively simple, but its timing is the most complex of the four competitive strokes. Get the sequence even slightly wrong — kicking too early, gliding at the wrong moment, or rushing from one phase into the next — and the stroke falls apart. Everything slows down and you work twice as hard to … [Read More…]
Breaststroke is widely considered the trickiest stroke for young swimmers to learn—and the kick is usually where things fall apart. Unlike freestyle or backstroke, the frog kick demands a very specific sequence of movements that feels unnatural at first: bend, turn, push, squeeze, glide. Miss any one of those steps and the kick stops working. … [Read More…]
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