Breaststroke has little relationship to freestyle, backstroke or butterfly. In breaststroke, the limbs work simultaneously and symmetrically, not alternately like the other three competitive strokes. Unlike the other strokes, there is also no above water recovery of the arms.
To swim breaststroke efficiently and fast swimmers must firstly use correct technique.
QUESTION: Hi Gary, What is the best way to improve my daughters reaction time off the blocks, she is 10yrs old and seems to be overly cautious when doing her starts Regards Diane ANSWER: Hi Diane, There are a number of different ways that children can improve their starts. The first way is […]
QUESTION: Hi Gary I am a swimming teacher and also the parent of a keen swimming son. I have recently started reading your book swimming for parents which I am finding very interesting. I have a 10 year old student who is struggling with breaststroke. She is an excellent freestyle and backstroke swimmer, but when […]
QUESTION: Hi Gary, My daughter is 12 years and has recently begun competitive swimming. My question is what is the optimum knee width for breaststroke? Thx Lamar ANSWER: Hi Lamar, In breaststroke, the knees will come apart to a width slightly wider than the shoulders as the legs are recovering and preparing to kick backwards. […]
QUESTION: Hello Gary My name is Sam and I am from this cold place called Ontario in Canada. I am a high school Breaststroker and I need to drop 1.4 seconds in 2 and a half months in 50m breaststroke short course to get a school record and make it to provincial A final. I go […]
QUESTION: Dear Gary, Could you please tell me why the flip-turn is not used in the breaststroke and butterfly? It seems strange to me, because the flip-turn seems more fluid and more fun to watch. Thanks… Wayne ANSWER: Hi Wayne, What a great question. I agree with your suggestion and have no doubt that sometime […]
QUESTION: Gary, Fantastic site, thanks for all your tips. Both my 10yr old boy and 5yr old girl practice fly using your stages technique. I have a question. My 10yr old boy wants to enter a 400IM at his County Championships in March 2014. He can swim a 200IM in 3:25 and 100IM in 1:28. […]
QUESTION: Hi Gary Not sure if you can help but I have an 11 year old daughter who is having trouble with breaststroke. She has made State Age Championships for 50,100,200 freestyle, 100 & 200 backstroke and butterfly however has not qualified for any breaststroke events. She swam on the weekend and did a PB […]
Jo’s 12 year old daughter is a good breaststroke swimmer. Jo is looking for some advice on how she can improve some aspects of her breaststroke swimming. Her daughter has a problem picking up her stroke rate compared with the other girls in her age group. In fact some times she does two strokes to […]
Learning to breathe at the correct time in breaststroke is very important for swimmers of all ages. To breathe at the correct time in breaststroke, it is important to develop correct timing of breathing in relations to your arms stroke and your leg kick. Begin with your arms straight out in front of your body […]
QUESTION: Hi I’m a swimming coach, in lessons I got to many kids that got their screw leg in breast stroke,and in the swimming club i got around 4 kids, i have done a lot of research about the breaststroke legs and it helps, but it is a big headache that it is not working on […]
