Everything You Need To Know About Butterfly

[@lorenzodoni2648]

It's always a pleasure to look at your strokes' sumup! Thank you!

[@robohippy]

The fly was much easier for me 50 years ago when I was in my 20's..... For sure, it takes power. Trying to pick it up again, very slowly. I think in here, you mentioned to pull straight through rather than the old hour glass shaped pull we used to do. I don't think that is correct. They teach it to have your hands enter the water close to the center line, then sweep out a bit, sweep in, and then exit by the hips.

[@luammerces2461]

Butterfly is my best and fav stroke, I mean it’s really hard but I love it. My worst stroke is back 💀 I hate it with all my heart and soul

[@folkfooted]

I’m a drunken sailor all over the lane on back stroke. Maybe I better find a song that matches my style and freak everybody out at the pool! 😂

[@Zufanmeta]

How😂😂

[@cotefacekillah]

My favorite drills that taught me butterfly were the single arm fly and the flow kicking on front. Cant recommend the butterfly training plan in the app enough!

[@folkfooted]

Single arm fly? I’ve never heard of that. I’m gonna go look for videos of that! Thank you!

[@cotefacekillah]

@@folkfooted just keep one are extended and do the butterfly pull with the other arm and butterfly kick. Significantly easier to do than real butterfly and helps develop a feel for how the stroke is. I usually switch arms every 25.

[@folkfooted]

Oh wow! Thank you I’ll try it…tomorrow!!

[@davidschuck8983]

Thanks

[@northsta]

Best is to alternate breathing and non-breathing stroke and try to get to the same "starting" position immediately after breath - not just bow the head but "duck" the upper body. Many fly swimmers look like those early breaststroke swimmers with arms over the water but it breaks the modern fly stroke.

[@carloss6707]

I tend to open feet and sometimes I don’t have them in a proper position. Need to work on that 👊

[@isidal9987]

I just started learning the stroke, and the toughest part for me is I feel like I either come up too high for a breath so it's tough for my lower back, or too low so I swallow water :/

[@robfetty6497]

How come you dont emphasize complete back and ankle flexibility more? The fittest person in the world would struggle with fly if they have stiff ankles and a stiff back.

[@genetenz]

01:24

[@andreizelchenko934]

Do not try this at home 💀 Performed by professionals. No joke. You can harm your shoulders, spine and knees if you are not stretched enough.

[@moocowp4970]

Is it just me, or do other people think there should just be freestyle in competitive swimming? E.g. what's the point in butterfly if its slower than front crawl and super tiring compared to other strokes? And if its a faster style of breaststroke than breaststroke, then why separate it into a different stroke, why not just get rid of breaststroke and make it freestyle only, or at least just accept that butterfly is the faster breaststroke and let them compete with butterfly in breasstroke. Just seems odd that they have competitions for intentionally slower strokes. They dont have the running competitions take part in forward running, backwards running, sideways running, and one-legged-hopping. Just seems odd we teach butterfly not because it's the fastest stroke, or the best stroke for long distance, or even the best stroke for survival or something, its just for the specific purpose of competing in a slower competitive swimming event... All that being said, i watched the video because i found it fascinating and obviously it's not a stroke i spend time practicing.

[@FlyFish000]

first😂

[@believein1]

The Butterfly? Uh-uh, that's old Let me see the Tootsee Roll