How many laps in a 10 metre pool should I swim to lose weight? And is breaststroke good to use too?

200 laps a week for 3 months. You should usse front crawl. Is there any other pool you can use? 10 metre pool is too small but if it the onely pool u can use then do 200-300 laps a week. 50 laps a day. It won't be that much.|||One hour of constant swimming (Freestyle) is approximately 8 METS

(That means if you sat down wide awake for 8 hours, that is the amount of energy you are spending)



So Three hours of swimming would be like being awake for 24 hours WITHOUT EATING.



So that equals 3 MEALS.



Obviously you have to deduct 3 Hours to your total of 24 Mets.



The sad part is that you would probably end up eating a little extra if you do end up swimming constantly for three hours.



So deduct another 8 hours for every EXTRA meal that you eat (Aside from the normal 3 meals a day)

to your 24-3

So that ends you up

24 -11(8+3)

13 MET.

If you eat another extra meal. you would have only done 5 METS



Alright?

If you eat another meal.

You are gaining weight.. HAHA



















AS FOR LAPS.



It doesn't matter about the laps. Just count the hours.



It also doesn't matter if you are tired or not.

All that matters is that you are MOVING your arms and legs

AND THAT YOU ARE BREATING OXYGEN AND RELEASING CO2



(co2 release is almost as important as O2 intake so please, DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH, blow out every single bit that you can when you breathe out)

(it is part of your metabolism that deals with burning fuel and all that jazz, no need to explain, just do it... if you want reasons, google "aerobic respiration" )

Why is it illegal to fix your goggles during the breaststroke?

Because each stroke has its own standards, and if you break form, then you are not swimming that stroke. Some strokes are much more efficient than others, and it wouldn't be fair to compare swimmers doing completely different strokes.





Breastroke in particular is a very inefficient stroke (that is, it takes more effort to produce the same distance and speed you'd get from many other strokes), so if you allowed people to break form to fix their goggles, you would have people "fixing their goggles" the whole length of the pool as an excuse to sneak in more efficient strokes.





In fact, the only events that allow you to use any form you want are the "freestyle" events. Technically, you could swim breast (or any other stroke) in a freestyle event, but you would really be handicapping yourself. It has long been standard for freestyle swimmers to use the most efficient stroke so far invented, the Australian front crawl.|||ginger ninja- they mean during a meet, you get disqualified for fixing your goggles





I guess its because you break your stroke. no matter how much losing your goggles sucks, you just have to deal with it :/|||It's illegal because your arms neeed to stay in the same rythm/ motion. If you move your arms in any other way, the officials think you're trying to do some other pull.|||Um, who told you that? Of course it's not illegal! I don't you would go for prison just for adjusting your goggles, I mean think about it.|||its illegal because thats just the rule. its like cheeting. if you dont touch the wall with both hands its illegal and if you pull too much under your body it is illegal.

Please help me in breaststroke swimming. I now can swim but Iam not able to swim for a longer distance?

Iam yet to refine my breathing technique and because of this Iam hesitant about swimming in the deeper side of the pool (12 feet). I now can swim comfortable in the 4-5 feet. I feel it is more fear than anything else. HOw can I conquer my fear and proceed further. Also please guide me in the best way to breathe as I find myself gulping water when I try to bring my head outside the water|||Don't go in deeper water without a lifeguard.





Here are some breathing tips


1. Blow all the air out underwater


2. Keep your lips closed and loose when blowing out.


3. You only get one inhale when you come up. Two means you failed and have to stop.


4. Do it slow and work on relaxing.


5. When you can do ten you're close to getting it. 20 you've got it.





Now here's a progression for you to use:


1. Start holding on the the wall. Just put your lips under


2. Hold on to wall...head goes all the way under.


3. Use a kickboard and kick across the pool working on your breathing. Use fins if necessary.


4. Then swim breaststroke across.





You can do this entire progresssion in deeper water. 4 feet, then 6, then 8, then 12. But be sure there's a guard there. It's really not safe to swim alone if you don't know how...and don't trust non guards to watch or save you.|||do you take lessons? because if you really want to improve, lessons will help you do this much faster, also you will need to put a lot of work in like training everyday, that is the only thing you can do,practisee makes perfect





goodluck xx

How can you make breaststroke faster?

I am a swimmer and I want To make my breastroke faster...but how?|||ok well practice all the time keep your head down and dont look at the people beside you ever! make sure your fingers are always closed stretch your arms out really far then quicklt pull them back in and just practice all the time !


i really wasnt sure how to answer this question i hope it helped|||practice. =]]





is all it takes


and before u noe it ur gonna be getting faster and faster


try timing urself





best of luck. my wishes to ya.!|||Work on your kick. Make sure you are kicking strong throughout the whole movement of the kick. Also, work on your underwater pulls after turns. That is a small thing that can make your time drop.|||Always make sure your moving ur arms and legs t the same time b/c if u dont it will b harder to swim.|||you cant really make you strokes to fast you just have to have strong leg muscles to have a strong push so you can go further and faster|||Your arms and legs need to be stronger; more muscle. Work your arms and legs separately in the water and then put it all together. Hold on to a kick board and use just your legs for 4 laps. Then put one of those H-shaped floatie things (I can't remember the name of them) between your thighs and do only arms for 4 laps. Then put the arms and legs together and you'll notice a huge improvement! You can also use the hand paddles to help - I find they really help strengthen your shoulders when doing arms-only.

Freestyle or Breaststroke swimming makes the height of the human taller?

Please give me the right answer soon :) (Your experience is the best!)


Thank you!|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqanTl4omg

What are some excercises to improve breaststroke speed in swimming?

how can i get faster basically other than practicing, anything extra i can do etc. or drills maybe, foods i can eat..|||Well, the main thing is to keep PRACTICING! Also, conditioning such as running and lifting weights does help, and I have a tips for you to try.





When you're at practice, always put full focus into your stroke. I know form experience that by halfway through practice you get tired and don't focus on what's happening around you, but always pay full attention to what you're doing.





On each and every turn and start, STREAM LINE AND STARTS. I can't stress this one enough. When you dive into the water, you are going at your fastest speed. As soon as you leave the block, keep your hands tight together and against your head, there should be no space between your arms and your ears. Once you're in the water, begin your start as soon as you can. Don't rush it, keep it clean. And also, be sure not to dive too deep or shallow.





One major problem that I have is what to do with my head. (sounds strange, I know) I always get yelled at by my coach because of my head position. Look straight at the wall, (focus on the "T" on the wall if there is one, of not just focus on the centre of the wall. Don't look up, or down at the bottom of the pool.





During your stroke, don't raise your upper body too far out of the water, and don't throw your hands out of the water. (I'm not sure how to describe this one...but If you do do it you'll probably know what I mean). Throwing the hands out of the water and forward works well for some swimmers, but not most, so it isn't recommended.





And on the turns, get off of that wall as fast as you can! Don't grab the ledge with your hands at all. As soon as your fingers touch the wall, you should already be changing directions. Make it one swift motion. Just snap around as fast as you can and do the start.








I don't know if this helps you at all, but anyways, I hope it does help!|||Ask your coach/instructor to watch you and tell you if your doing anything wrong to give you better technique. Otherwise, if your like me and have really good technique, not to brag :), then start conditioning, such as running, and trying harder when you practice. Also, try snapping your legs together harder and harder until your legs are strong enough to do this for long distances. But the best thing you can do is practice practice practice... :)|||If ur trying to improve turn over, breast arms and fly kick(only one kick) is a great drill to speed it up, skulling also works well, stairs and ladders help w/ feet speed, and lots of undulation drills, and drills where you do regular breastroke but dont breath, just fast hands|||1.Improve your technique


2.Watch champions swimming breast stroke.


3.Do breast but with your head up.


4.Do breast with one hand only and then swap.


5.Wear paddles for half an hour and then take them off and swim breast.

How wide are the breaststroke kicks suppose to be?

When I had swimming lessons my instructor told me to kick as wide as possible. Now that I've watched some videos and gone for training and stuff I found out that compeditive swimmers don't kick as wide.





Pictures would be helpful or a link to a website with pictures. Thanks.|||when beginning, wider kicks are better. but narrow down when starting to go competitive.





the kick is not about kicking your feet out, but about making a round-whip motion. kinda hard to spell out.|||idk what a whip kick is


but im on a swim team


and my coach says to kick with ur knees pretty close together


not touching but like a couple of inches


sry i dont have any pic


hope this helps|||I competitive swim, and breaststroke is my stroke so maybe I can help you. You want to keep your knees together- not touching, but not too far apart. You don't want your knees to go out so your legs look like a diamond. You want to look more like two L's back to back. I hope I could help.|||You're not supposed to do the actuall breaststroke kick because it damages your knees because they're not supposed to bend that way





Happy Splashing





xx|||you should try to kick to where your knees are about even with your hips. thats how i do it and im on a swim team.

How do you do a flip turn for breaststroke/ butterfly?

I just started swimming for my high school team. I haven't been competitively for a few years, but I seem to be holding up. Yesterday at swim practice they talked about doing turns for breast/fly instead of doing the open turn. It is almost like a backwards flip-turn but I have no idea how to do it. I really want to learn.. so please let me know!|||The reason you can do flip turns in backstroke and free is because you are not required to touch the wall with your hand. As far as I know, there really aren't "flip turns" for breast stroke and fly, because you DO have to touch the wall with your hand -- both of them! Your coaches are probably referring to a different style of turns that they think are faster. You'll need to learn from them.|||I have been swimming for a long time and you do have to touch the wall with two hands in both breast and fly. I have never herd of any kind of flip turn involved with these strokes. Your coaches could have been referring to a suicide turn which is a turn used in IM when going from backstroke to breaststroke.|||I think your coach must have been talking about a bucket turn in the IM from backstroke to breaststroke. That is basically what you said, a backwards flip. You stay on your back, touch the wall with your hand, then do a flip and push off with your feet into the breaststroke. That's only on the IM. If you are swimming the breast or fly, you need a two-hand touch.|||For Breastroke and fly there is no flipturn... On breastroke the turn is a two hand touch and then a pullout after you push off from the wall.. ask your coach about pullouts(They are only for breastroke). And on fly two hand touch and then about five dolphin kicks off the wall... If you do not two hand touch you will be disqualified in a meet... good luck and talk to your swim coach|||well the way i learned it was you swim to the edge and touch with both hands take your left hand and pull it back like your doing backstroke and then take your right hand and bring to your left hand as you turn your body. Thats the way i learned it hope it helped : )|||There are no such things as flip turns for those two strokes. They are both two hand touches. Well, finger tip touches to be exact.|||There is none. It kind of touch legally and spin around and go! Breaststroke has a required two hand touch. I kinda forgot about butterfly. I swim competitively 6 days a week. Sometimes 7|||There are no flip turns for breast or fly.. All you do is touch the wall with both hands at the same time and do a regular open turn.. Nothing fancy..

How can I win the 25 girls breaststroke so i get my timing into regional.?

Right now my timing pretty much sucks. I want to be a good swimmer.my time is 29 seconds and 27 mil. and i wont to get 27 seconds and 07 mil.|||i' 13 and i dont swim 25's any more but a 25 is a tottall sprint race...just swim as fast as you can and don't worry about pacing yourself|||fast hands and a fast kick will do it

How should I split my hundreds if I want to go a 3:00minutes in my 200 breaststroke long course?

I currently go a 3:05 and my bezst 100 time is a 1:24.99|||My answer is long but, very specific. If you use the information, you will improve. Here are a few tips:





The key to going fast is NOT building waste products from going too fast. When the waste products build, your muscles lose power and you can see that happening during the last 10 or 12 yards of 100s. So, how fast are you supposed to go on the first 25 yds to avoid the build of lactic acid so that you can maintain your stroke length and power right up to the moment before you touch the wall?





Here are a few tips:


1. You must have a very thorough warm-up that you complete within 5 minutes of your race. That means that you have swam at least 1200 yds/m.





2. On the first 50 yds/m of your race you MUST, on the 2nd stroke after you breakout, start breathing every other stroke. DO NOT hold your breath on the first 25 yds/m. The air you breath in 'now' does not reach your muscles for about 30 seconds. So, if you don't breath at the beginning of your race, as you're coming into your 50 there is no fresh oxygen reaching your muscles because you didn't breath 30 seconds earlier and you'll begin to fatigue prematurely.





3. Your goal time is 3:00. Others would have to establish a goal time.





4. Determine how fast you should be going on the first 50 yds/m of your race and practice that speed, off the blocks, in practice. The formula for determining that speed is to take your goal time and change it into all seconds. Due to your start on the first length add 1.4 to the seconds for your goal time. THEN divide by 4. That time is what each of your last THREE 50's should be. And, subtract 1.4 seconds (the start) from the time you should be doing for the last three 50s ... that should be your time for your first 50.





Here is what it looks like. Your goal time is 3:00.0 Change your time to seconds (3:00 = 180 seconds). Add 1.4 + 180 = 181.4. Divide 181.4 by 4 which equals 45.3.





So, you should be doing 15.3 for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 50s of your race. However, for the first 50, you should subtract the 1.4 from 45.3 ... and that time (45.3 - 1.4 = 43.9) so your first 50 should be 43.9.





Thus, in practice you should do some 50s from the blocks with a LOT of rest between each 50 and see if you can hit 43.9 seconds. Of course, as you improve your times, you鈥檒l have to adjust your splits.





Now, in a race you'll be all hyped up so, 43.9 will feel like you're going really slow ... but that is OK ... HOLD BACK on that first 50 and breathe right after your breakout ... breathe every stroke.





THEN, as you come into your first turn, start to speed up your kick and your stroke rate A LITTLE! If those against whom you're swimming are of comparable speed, you should be a little bit behind but, you're going to be feeling a whole lot fresher than they are. THAT will pay off at the end of your race. On your third length, keep your stroke long and be working at catching everyone without sprinting. THEN ... at about 140m into your race (60 m to go) you've got to be building into an all out sprint and go for it before your 150 turn. Maintain long and strong stroke.





The key thing is that during your race you must work at speeding up BEFORE each turn and, at a minimum, you hold that speed for the next whole length ... always be speeding up slightly throughout the race. Then, on the last 60m, you've GOT to use your kick and really sprint it home.





What I tell my swimmers is that you should never be going faster in your race than you can maintain for the remainder of the race.





Good luck and email me to let me know if this works for you.


academicjoq@yahoo|||well if u want 3mins try 1:20 then 2:40 i could do it less than 3 mins cuse i have a 36 in a 50 so..|||For a 200, your splits should be 1:29, 1:31. Also, you need to be doing 50's goal pace in practice. Do sets of 4 50's this way:


1st 50:goal pace+2


2nd 50:goal pace+1


3rd 50:goal pace


4th 50:easy


repeat as necessary





P.s. It is important that you know your pace for 50's, not just 100's

Is there an easy way to get better @ my breaststroke?

My breaststroke is not working out for my coach. Anyone have any tips?|||I'm gonna go ahead and report myself for thinking of an offensive answer.|||"I'm gonna go ahead and report myself for thinking of an offensive answer."





In that case, I'm going to report myself too. @_@|||- flexed feet


- knees together


- "cutting a heart shape in half" movement with your arms


- face straight down in the water, rather than on an angle (this cuts the water making you faster if your head if straight down.)


I know it may sound a bit absurd, but if you watch a frog swim, it's exactly how your legs should be moving. (but knees together till you kick out) Is it speed or technique that your coach is having problems with?|||breaststroke is mostly kick make sure ur kick continues untill ur heals hit together make it powerful and quick then build ur arms arounf ur kick|||flex your feet. and its drawing your knees in and keeping them together. stretching them out as far as possible and then squeeeze together tightly. its all in the kick. the arms. are like drawing a circle (pizza) and cutting it in half.|||there is no easy way to get better-have you ever heard of work???|||tell her to try implants - they always increase the desire to stroke ;-)|||yes, practice

How can I get faster in breaststroke?

I am so slow anything to get faster.|||The key to the breast stroke is the glide. People often forget this since all the other strokes have a faster cadence. Since the breast stroke is the most efficient kick out of the 4 (I heard something like 80% efficiency), you will want to strengthen your leg muscles, especially the thighs, this can be done at a gym or by having more demanding pool work-outs.





#1: Maximize your use of the glide, (the point where your legs are fully extended and your arms thrusted in front) practice holding it a few seconds longer than you normally do. You will notice an immediate gain in efficiency.





#2: Your feet should be bent up towards your shins at the beginning of your kick, and end pointing straight behind you at the end of your kick. (this helps maintain the alignment of your legs as you kick).





If you work on these two "form" techniques, you will find that when you are racing full-speed that your body will move through the water faster.





If you can find a friend who has competed in breast stroke and have them watch your stroke, they can point out other individualized changes you can make- I highly recommend this option, but if you have no other option, work on glides and kicks.|||stroke your breasts more often, or get someone to help you out and show you the form by performing it on you, like me or something

What are the olympic rules for breaststroke in swimming?

is it or is it not a requirement that both hands touch the finishing line?|||Long story short, YES. It is required for both hands to touch the wall at the finish.





I've been DQ'd (and yelled at and hit on the head by a coach) for only touching with one hand, so trust me on this!|||SW 7.1 From the beginning of the first arm stroke after the start and after each turn, the body shall be kept on the breast. It is not permitted to roll onto the back at any time. Throughout the race the stroke cycle must be one arm stroke and one leg kick in that order.





SW 7.2 All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.





SW 7.3 The hands shall be pushed forward together from the breast on, under, or over the water. The elbows shall be under water except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn and for the final stroke at the finish. The hands shall be brought back on or under the surface of the water. The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.





SW 7.4 During each complete cycle, some part of the swimmer's head shall break the surface of the water. After the start and after each turn, the swimmer may take one arm stroke completely back to the legs. The head must break the surface of the water before the hands turn inward at the widest part of the second stroke. A single downward dolphin kick followed by a breaststroke kick is permitted while wholly submerged. Following which, all movements of the legs shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.





SW 7.5 The feet must be turned outwards during the propulsive part of the kick. A scissors, flutter or downward dolphin kick is not permitted except as in SW 7.4. Breaking the surface of the water with the feet is allowed unless followed by a downward dolphin kick.





SW 7.6 At each turn and at the finish of the race, the touch shall be made with both hands simultaneously at, above, or below the water level. The head may be submerged after the last arm pull prior to the touch, provided it breaks the surface of the water at some point during the last complete or incomplete cycle preceding the touch.|||here are some: you can dolphin kick in your under water pulldown but it has to be one motion with the stroke not two (thanks to japanese guy in 2004)


you have to touch the wall with two hands|||John Higgins, Jul 19, 2000 (updated May 30, 2005)





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John Higgins (USA) was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1971. The following text was included in the program for the induction ceremony of that year.





1st W.R. Butterfly breastroke. Won 11 U.S. National Championships, coach and official.





1971 could be called the year of the butterfly, judging from the International Swimming Hall of Fame's honoree selection, with 3 swimmers. John Higgins, Bill Yorzyk and Mike Troy . . . all inducted as pioneers in the evolution of the butterfly stroke.





The first of these was John Higgins who was the first swimmer to set a World breastroke record going all the way with the butterfly arm stroke. Higgins went 1:1O.8 for the 100 meter breastroke at New Haven, Conn. on the 22nd of February 1936. He lowered it to 1:10 flat on March 3rd as the only man to break the record in that first year that the overwater butterfly armstroke was practiced as an option on the traditional underwater breastroke arm action.





The traditional "frog" kick was required by the rules in both until after the 1952 Olympics when Iowa's coach Dave Armbruster succeeded in getting his pet butterfly with the dolphin kick legalized.





In the 1936 Olympic Trials, Higgins established a new American and World Record of 2:44.1 for the 200 meter fly. This record was standing for 12 years. His long career started with the YMCA and Olnyville (R.I.) Boys Club and wound up with the U.S. Navy after 4 record-shattering years at Ohio State. During this period he won 11 Nationals while also setting World and American records in the Individual Medley and Medley Relays as well as in the butterfly breastroke. He continued his swimming while in the Navy and competed for 21 years overall. After retiring as a swimmer, John Higgins stayed in his sport as the long-time swimming coach of the U.S. Naval Academy. He is a Past President of both the College Swim Coaches Association and the International Swimming Hall of Fame.





Courtesy of The Henning Library at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.





It was 43 years ago (in 1935) when John Higgins started going to the Brown University pool to try to brak national and world record swim times. Yesterday (in 1978), John was back in the pool again at Brown again, still setting national swim records.





Higgins, the Rhode Island native, who went on to fame as an Olympic swimmer and swim coach at the Naval Academy, was one of the stars yesterday (1978) in the opening day of the four day National AAU Masters Long Course Swimming Championships.





Higgins won three events in his age group, the 200 yard breastroke, the 200 yard backstroke, and the 400 yard individual medley. Even with his accomplishments, it was easy not to notice him. At 62 years old, he is not that much above the average age of the 527 competitors from throughout the United States, England, Venezuela and Canada taking part in this 8th annual event.





Higgins grew up in Providence, on Public Street, went to Central High and swam a lot at the Providence YMCA, and later, and most prominently, at the Olneyville Boys' Club. Joe Whatmough, then the coach at the Olneyville Club, took Higgins under his wing and developed him into one of the top swimmers in the country.





In his time, Higgins was a world record holder, in the breastroke. "That was in 1935, I went up to the Brown pool -- that's the old Brown pool, not this beautiful one here, the old two lane job -- and they wanted me to try for a world record," Higgins was recalling with pleasure. "I did it. I set the world record. One of my records stood for 12 years."





He went on to the 1936 Olympics where he settled for fourth place in his specialty, then Ohio State University, and the Navy. He was in the Navy until 1954 and was the swim coach at Annapolis until 1973 when he retired from coaching. He kept his job - and still has it - as aquatics director at the Academy.





(from the Journal-Bulletin, 1978)








John Higgins 1916 - 2004





Retired Navy Cmdr. John Herbert Higgins, 88, a Naval Academy associate professor and a longtime leader in international, national and academy swimming, diving and water polo, died of pneumonia Aug. 1, 2004, at his home in Annapolis, Maryland.





Cmdr. Higgins was born May 8, 1916, in Providence, R.I. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team in the breaststroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1940. While at OSU he developed the overhand recovery stroke which eventually became swimming's butterfly stroke.





At one time he held 10 world records and 21 American records. He once broke five world records in a single meet. He was an NCAA All-American swimmer three times. In 1940 he was Ohio State's outstanding senior athlete and swim team captain.





After graduation, he enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to Pensacola to train pilots in exiting sinking aircraft, in swimming and sea survival. During World War II he was aboard aircraft carriers and onshore at naval air stations. Released in January 1946, he was recalled to active duty the next month to continue swimming and survival programs at Pensacola.





In 1950, the Navy assigned him as director of aquatics instruction at the academy and as coach of varsity swimming and diving. In 1954 he was promoted to commander and left active duty, becoming a civilian instructor and associate professor.





He taught thousands of midshipmen, sent Navy swimmers and divers to the Olympics and took U.S. swimming and diving teams to European, World University and Pan American games.





His 1961 Navy team was the first to beat Yale after Yale had won more than 200 consecutive meets for 18 years.





He and his wife, Betts, often served as swimming officials at college meets, NCAA championships and Olympic trials. In 1965 he was elected president of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.





In 1971 and 1972 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., first as a swimmer and then as coach, and was elected its president. He coached at Navy until 1973. He was an 18-times champion in masters swimming before knee operations in 1979.





Cmdr. Higgins helped to design Lejeune Hall at the academy and served as director of aquatics until retirement in 1983, when he was named associate professor emeritus.





In the 1980s he was inducted into the Rhode island Heritage and Aquatics Halls of Fame and the OSU Sports Hall of Fame. In the 1990s he served in the board of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and in 1997 was inducted into the Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame.





His wife, who was one of two women who started the wedding hostesses program at the academy, died June 11, 1993.





Surviving are a son, John H. Higgins III of Winter Park, Fla.; a daughter, Joan Graham of Annapolis; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.





A memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 9 at the academy chapel, with inurnment in the columbarium. Arrangements are by Taylor Funeral Home.





In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401, or the Naval Academy Foundation, 247 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21402, specifying the gifts be for excellence in leadership, swimming, diving and water polo.





(The Capital newspaper (Annapolis, MD) on August 4, 2004)





Also see Navy, US Swimming Legend Higgins Passes Away

How much distance should be covered underwater by the competative swimmer in First Breaststroke Swimming Dive?

off the dive, a good place to aim for is the 15 meter mark. dont worry, you wont get disqualified, since its breaststroke. dont forget to get in your powerful dolphin kick right as you end your pull, this will give you a couple extra yards|||u mean a breaststroke pullout? no shorter than 5 yards.|||the ideal would be about 4 "lines" (on the bottem of the pool, normally there are 10 lines) out.|||Well, you're only allowed so many movements before you have to go to the surface.. You dive, you can do a single dolphin kick, you do the breaststroke pull out, you do one breaststroke kick, and after that you have to surface the water and start swimming.

Swimming times for crawl and breaststroke?

Am not a professional swimmer, but i like to do it in my free time. At 50 m, I get 45 sec. on front crawl, and 1 min 9 sec for breaststroke. Are these good times? Can my swimming tehnique be dramaticaly improved? Thanks a lot.|||Well, I wouldn't say that those are good times, but they aren't bad if you have never been on a team before or part of a swim club. Good times would be constitued as:





50 Freestyle (crawl):


Boys - 30.00 or under


Girls - 34.00 or under





50 Breaststroke:


Boys- 40.00 or under


Girls- 42.00 or under





Those aren't great compitition times, but they are decent. If you want to get better, try joining a team or club and get some instruction. Also try practicing and it will get better.|||If you're not on a swim team, that's good.


I am 13 and have been on a swim team for almost 5 years.


Do you swim in a pool thats 25 m or 50 m?


For a 50 m pool...


My 50 m free: 34


My 50 m breast: 42


Hey, it's not bad. I have some tips:


Freestyle:


Make sure you breathe as less as possible. Keep your head down, but not too far down. Keep a steady, quick kick. Keep your fingers together! Don't lift your head too far out of the water when you breathe. If you're in a 25 m pool make sure you do a quick turn and keep your head tucked in as close as possible to your chest. When you touch, make sure you are breathing to the side. When your head is tilted to the side, your arm can reach out further. STREAM LINE off the walls with a fast kick.


Breaststroke:


If you're not already, it might not work for everyone, but try bringing your hands out of the water on the recovery. Keep a strong kick, thats the most important part. Bring your legs together and don't glide for too long. Make sure you do a pull out when you push off the wall - glide, pull with a single butterfly kick, breaststroke kick, stream line before you start your stroke. When you lift your head out of the water, keep your head down. Make sure you have a quick turn and do not pull yourself out of the water (if its a 25 m pool).





Good Luck!|||Good swimmers have like, 30 for the 50m free. In yards a good time is like a 21 for guys, and 25 for girls. In 100 meter breastroke, a good time is like 1:20. So i think 50 is like a 35-40.|||These times are not so good. My 50 free or front crawl time for meters is about 29 or 30. My 50m breaststroke time is probably about a 40. For freestyle just keep your elbows high and constantly kick hard.|||yes there amazing|||Of course you could improve!





Your times, I must say, cannot be judged without knowing your age, how old are you?


I'm 12 and in 50m freestyle my time's 29.37. In breastroke, for 50m my time's 40.63. Usually for breastroke I do the 100m and my time for that's 1.30.12. I'm in a team and have been swimming all my life so....





swimming's a hard sport. I swim 6days a week 2 hrs. morning and night. Practice is extremely hard and challenging, my team goes through loads of exercises and my coach always makes us imrpove, if we don't, we have to swim an hr. extra or he coach's us on sundays as well, i tell you, a swimmer's life is honestly hard. But if you want to do it, then keep motivating urself. You'll def. improve if you join a team. It's just a matter of patience. You need practice. good luck!





Anyway, these are the time requirements of my team(s) it's pretty big and we have tryouts so we have to make the times below, we swim in levels 1, 2, 3, 1 being the slowest, I'm a level 2 swimmer in my team. I'm only good in freestyle. I honestly suck in fly. here're the requirements for my team :





Women 10 %26amp; Under





LEV3 LEV2 LEV1





50 Free 30.91 35.68 37.84





100 Free 1:08.36 1:18.92 1:26.54





200 Free 2:27.69 2:50.50 3:01.56





400 Free 5:09.47 5:57.27 5:57.27





50 Back 36.02 41.36 46.07





100 Back 1:19.90 1:31.96 1:46.03





200 Back 2:50.98 3:16.36 3:45.75





50 Breast 40.31 46.29 51.56





100 Breast 1:29.41 1:42.68 1:55.22





200 Breast 3:09.71 3:37.87 3:47.24





50 Fly 34.44 39.54 48.25





100 Fly 1:16.38 1:27.71 1:44.42





200 IM 2:49.09 3:14.79 3:26.00





Women 11-11





50 Free 30.91 34.59 37.46





100 Free 1:08.36 1:16.14 1:25.52





200 Free 2:27.69 2:44.50 3:01.56





400 Free 5:09.47 5:44.69 5:44.69





50 Back 36.02 39.95 45.76





100 Back 1:19.90 1:28.64 1:45.49





200 Back 2:50.98 3:09.68 3:45.75





50 Breast 40.31 44.71 49.55





100 Breast 1:29.41 1:39.19 1:54.14





200 Breast 3:09.71 3:30.46 3:47.24





50 Fly 34.44 38.20 47.60





100 Fly 1:16.38 1:24.73 1:44.42





200 IM 2:49.09 3:08.03 3:26.00





Women 12-12





50 Free 30.91 32.92 36.51





100 Free 1:08.36 1:12.81 1:24.39





200 Free 2:27.69 2:37.29 3:01.56





400 Free 5:09.47 5:29.60 5:29.60





800 Free 10:04.82 10:04.82 10:04.82





50 Back 36.02 38.27 45.09





100 Back 1:19.90 1:24.89 1:44.41





200 Back 2:50.98 3:01.67 3:45.75





50 Breast 40.31 42.83 48.89





100 Breast 1:29.41 1:35.00 1:52.17





200 Breast 3:09.71 3:21.57 3:47.24





50 Fly 34.44 36.58 44.98





100 Fly 1:16.38 1:21.15 1:40.84





200 Fly 2:40.06 2:40.06 2:40.06





200 IM 2:49.09 2:59.91 3:26.00





400 IM 5:40.84 5:40.84 5:40.84





Women 13-13





50 Free 29.90 31.91 35.67





100 Free 1:06.14 1:10.59 1:22.90





200 Free 2:22.88 2:32.49 3:01.56





400 Free 4:59.40 5:19.53 5:19.53





800 Free 10:04.82 10:04.82 10:04.82





50 Back 34.89 37.14 44.36





100 Back 1:17.40 1:22.39 1:43.71





200 Back 2:45.64 2:56.33 3:43.08





50 Breast 39.04 41.56 48.01





100 Breast 1:26.61 1:32.20 1:50.38





200 Breast 3:03.78 3:15.64 3:47.24





50 Fly 33.36 35.51 44.30





100 Fly 1:13.99 1:18.76 1:39.65





200 Fly 2:40.06 2:40.06 2:40.06





200 IM 2:43.68 2:54.50 3:24.00





400 IM 5:40.84 5:40.84 5:40.84





Women 14-14





50 Free 29.40 31.41 35.00





100 Free 1:05.03 1:09.48 1:22.41





200 Free 2:20.48 2:30.09 3:01.56





400 Free 4:54.37 5:14.50 5:14.50





800 Free 10:04.82 10:04.82 10:04.82





50 Back 34.33 36.57 43.33





100 Back 1:16.15 1:21.15 1:42.99





200 Back 2:42.97 2:53.65 3:40.41





50 Breast 38.42 40.93 47.90





100 Breast 1:25.22 1:30.81 1:49.25





200 Breast 3:00.82 3:12.67 4:04.55





50 Fly 32.82 34.98 43.37





100 Fly 1:12.80 1:17.57 1:38.46





200 Fly 2:40.06 2:40.06 2:40.06





200 IM 2:40.97 2:51.79 3:22.00





400 IM 5:40.84 5:40.84 5:40.84





Women 15-15





50 Free 29.15 31.15 34.86





100 Free 1:04.47 1:08.92 1:21.37





200 Free 2:19.28 2:28.89 3:00.11





400 Free 4:51.86 5:11.98 5:11.98





800 Free 9:54.48 9:54.48 9:54.48





50 Back 34.05 36.03 43.23





100 Back 1:15.53 1:20.52 1:39.25





200 Back 2:41.63 2:52.32 3:32.39





50 Breast 38.10 40.62 46.25





100 Breast 1:24.52 1:30.11 1:48.86





200 Breast 2:59.33 3:11.19 3:55.65





50 Fly 32.55 34.70 43.25





100 Fly 1:12.20 1:16.97 1:34.88





200 Fly 2:37.54 2:37.54 2:37.54





200 IM 2:39.62 2:50.44 3:20.56





400 IM 5:35.11 5:35.11 5:35.11





Women 16-16





50 Free 28.90 30.82 34.86





100 Free 1:03.92 1:08.36 1:21.37





200 Free 2:18.08 2:27.69 3:00.11





400 Free 4:49.34 5:09.47 5:09.47





800 Free 9:54.48 9:54.48 9:54.48





50 Back 33.76 36.02 43.23





100 Back 1:14.90 1:19.90 1:39.25





200 Back 2:40.30 2:50.98 3:32.39





50 Breast 37.49 40.31 46.25





100 Breast 1:23.82 1:29.47 1:48.86





200 Breast 2:57.85 3:09.71 3:55.56





50 Fly 32.28 34.44 43.25





100 Fly 1:11.60 1:16.38 1:34.88





200 Fly 2:37.54 2:37.54 2:37.54





200 IM 2:38.27 2:49.09 3:20.56





400 IM 5:35.11 5:34.11 5:34.11





Women 17-18





50 Free 28.90 30.82 30.82





100 Free 1:03.92 1:08.36 1:08.36





200 Free 2:18.08 2:27.69 2:27.69





400 Free 4:49.34 5:09.47 5:09.47





800 Free 9:54.48 9:54.48 9:54.48





50 Back 33.76 36.02 36.02





100 Back 1:14.90 1:19.90 1:19.90





200 Back 2:40.30 2:50.98 2:50.98





50 Breast 37.49 40.31 40.31





100 Breast 1:23.82 1:29.47 1:29.47





200 Breast 2:57.85 3:09.71 3:09.71





50 Fly 32.28 34.44 34.44





100 Fly 1:11.60 1:16.38 1:16.38





200 Fly 2:37.54 2:37.54 2:37.54





200 IM 2:38.27 2:49.09 2:49.09





400 IM 5:35.11 5:35.11 5:35.11





Men 10 %26amp; Under





50 Free 30.22 35.07 37.97





100 Free 1:08.03 1:18.96 1:27.19





200 Free 2:30.15 2:54.26 3:02.39





400 Free 5:17.85 6:08.90 6:08.90





50 Back 35.22 41.17 48.15





100 Back 1:18.99 1:32.35 1:44.00





200 Back 2:50.68 3:19.53 3:42.37





50 Breast 39.20 45.82 51.40





100 Breast 1:27.93 1:42.79 1:56.00





200 Breast 3:10.56 3:42.77 4:07.96





50 Fly 33.87 39.59 47.91





100 Fly 1:15.96 1:28.79 1:44.31





200 IM 2:50.33 3:20.97 3:26.14





Men 11-11





50 Free 30.22 33.98 36.80





100 Free 1:08.03 1:16.48 1:26.50





200 Free 2:30.15 2:48.78 3:02.39





400 Free 5:17.85 5:57.30 5:57.30





50 Back 35.22 39.94 47.43





100 Back 1:18.99 1:29.56 1:43.87





200 Back 2:50.68 3:13.52 3:42.37





50 Breast 39.20 44.44 50.88





100 Breast 1:27.93 1:39.69 1:55.81





200 Breast 3:10.56 3:36.06 4:07.96





50 Fly 33.87 38.41 46.02





100 Fly 1:15.96 1:26.12 1:44.31





200 IM 2:50.33 3:14.84 3:26.14





Men 12-12





50 Free 30.22 32.43 36.35





100 Free 1:08.03 1:13.00 1:24.70





200 Free 2:30.15 2:41.11 3:02.39





400 Free 5:17.85 5:41.05 5:41.05





1500 Free 18:53.89 18:53.89 18:53.89





50 Back 35.22 38.20 46.82





100 Back 1:18.99 1:25.67 1:42.92





200 Back 2:50.68 3:05.11 3:42.37





50 Breast 39.20 42.51 50.53





100 Breast 1:27.93 1:35.36 1:54.55





200 Breast 3:10.56 3:26.67 4:07.94





50 Fly 33.87 36.73 43.66





100 Fly 1:15.96 1:22.37 1:38.96





200 Fly 2:33.03 2:33.03 2:33.03





200 IM 2:50.33 3:06.26 3:26.14





400 IM 5:27.81 5:27.81 5:27.81





Men 13-13





50 Free 28.90 30.88 35.76





100 Free 1:05.05 1:09.52 1:23.43





200 Free 2:23.58 2:34.44 3:02.39





400 Free 5:03.93 5:24.81 5:24.81





1500 Free 18:53.89 18:53.89 18:53.89





50 Back 33.73 36.47 44.80





100 Back 1:15.66 1:21.78 1:38.47





200 Back 2:43.47 2:56.69 3:32.75





50 Breast 37.54 40.58 49.67





100 Breast 1:24.21 1:31.02 1:49.60





200 Breast 3:02.51 3:17.27 3:57.53





50 Fly 32.44 35.06 41.77





100 Fly 1:12.75 1:18.63 1:34.68





200 Fly 2:33.03 2:33.03 2:33.03





200 IM 2:42.98 2:57.68 3:26.14





400 IM 5:27.81 5:27.81 5:27.81





Men 14-14





50 Free 27.35 29.34 34.99





100 Free 1:01.58 1:06.05 1:19.46





200 Free 2:15.90 2:25.77 2:55.36





400 Free 4:47.69 5:08.57 5:08.57





1500 Free 18:53.89 18:53.89 18:53.89





50 Back 32.00 34.72 42.77





100 Back 1:11.76 1:17.88 1:34.01





200 Back 2:35.06 2:48.28 3:23.14





50 Breast 35.61 38.65 47.42





100 Breast 1:19.88 1:26.69 1:44.64





200 Breast 2:53.12 3:07.88 3:46.80





50 Fly 30.77 33.40 39.88





100 Fly 1:09.00 1:14.89 1:30.40





200 Fly 2:33.03 2:33.03 2:33.03





200 IM 2:34.40 2:49.11 3:24.64





400 IM 5:27.81 5:27.81 5:27.81





Men 15-15





50 Free 26.03 28.23 30.92





100 Free 58.60 1:03.56 1:10.43





200 Free 2:09.33 2:20.29 2:46.59





400 Free 4:33.77 4:56.97 4:56.97





1500 Free 17:22.45 17:22.45 17:22.45





50 Back 30.51 33.49 41.75





100 Back 1:08.42 1:15.10 1:32.35





200 Back 2:27.85 2:42.27 3:19.53





50 Breast 33.96 37.27 41.35





100 Breast 1:16.16 1:23.59 1:34.19





200 Breast 2:45.07 3:01.17 3:41.87





50 Fly 29.34 32.20 36.31





100 Fly 1:05.79 1:12.21 1:28.79





200 Fly 2:21.17 2:21.17 2:21.17





200 IM 2:27.05 2:42.98 3:20.

Do you need to wear goggle for breaststroke ?

i tried practicing the breaststroke today, but whenever i crawl my head out of the water (with no goggle) i find water droplet dripping down my eyes and causing it hard to see. And a big part of the breaststroke is keeping your head underwater when your hands are thrust forward, and then pulling your head out of the water to get air and you do this successively. So i was just wondering can anyone do it without the need of goggle and be able to see clearly when your head get out of the water.|||You have to wear goggles for the breaststroke because your eyes will kill you after a while because you have to go up and down. Please wear your goggles. Trust me, you can see better with them on and your eyes won't hurt.|||i personally , use goggles all the time while swimming ( unless it is just like playing around in a friend's pool ) because i cant open my eyes underwater and gettting water in my eyes hurts lol :p


and i do find it hard to see without goggles:p





i would use gogglese if i were u :) , they make things so muchmore easy|||With all the kids I've seen doing breaststroke, only one that I can remember didn't wear goggles. She didn't wear them at all because she didn't want goggle ring. But even she eventually gave in. It's just too hard to see.|||You can swim through the pain and see ok, but you should buy yourself a new pair of goggles that don't leak. I recommend the Speedo Vanquishers.

What are the best exercises for legs in breaststroke?

i need some exercises for my legs to strenghten my legs for breaststroke


i would like some exercises for at home and for in the gym and i would like some machine exercises too please


thanks|||Stretching is the most important thing you can do. Stretch your groin, quads, hamstrings, and calves daily 3X30 seconds each time. Squats/leg presses are good, hip adduction and abduction, and calf raises are probably the most important leg exercises, but the very best way to get stronger legs is to do lots of breaststroke kicking. For each exercise, do one set of 10 reps at an easy/moderate weight. From there you can add weight and do several sets of 5 reps. Maybe start with 5 or 6 sets of 5 reps, then increase the number of sets as you get stronger.

Why am I slow in breaststroke but faster in freestyle?

Breastroke is the easiest yet I am very slow at it.


Mind you, I even lost to a swimmer who had just learned to swim!


Why is it? Is it because my legs is weak? As far as I know I am veryyyy slow in kicking as well. I am good in freestyle maybe because my arms are strong that my arms are so muscular right now.





Any tips on how to make your legs stronger and kick faster?|||Eat heathery|||Breaststroke is the slowest stroke, and some people do find it more difficult. It's slow because of the slight pause during the glide after the kick. A common mistake that people make is that they don't turn their feet out during the kick, which can really make a difference. Make sure you have your feet turned out (like a penguin as I say to the kids I teach), and just keep practicing. Don't worry if other people are faster than you, some people naturally are much faster at it than others.|||Ok first, NO FREAKIN WAY IS BREASTSTROKE THE EASIEST!





*clears throat* Ok, now that I have that out of my system. Breaststroke and Freestyle are 2 completely different things. I'm really fast at butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle, but I am the WORST backstroke ever. Everyone has a best and worst stroke. Just keep working on it, you're sure to get better! (BTW, most people's worst stroke is breaststroke, so there's no need to worry about it.)|||eh.. im slow at breastroke too. Even if I use perfect technique, im just not a breastroker. It is a fairly easy slow stroke, and some of us just arent that fast at it.





Don't worry about it :)|||freestyle is always faster bc u use ur arms faster and ur legs. also u cant really get disqualified, uu can take as many strokes as u want between breaths|||Breast involves 80% kick ND 20% pull,, in this case you are a lot better in freestyle strokewise due to that u have more upper body strength

How to do breaststroke kick without doing scissor kick!?

I'm a swimmer and I swim pretty well, I have all the basic arms and kicks down, BESIDES FOR BREASTSTROKE!!! Any help?|||this is how i learned it..


-legs out, straite, and together,


- heels up to ur butt


-put ur heals together, toes pointed out


-quickly push legs out and around


-return to begining position|||Brishel above explains it well.





In the meanwhile just avoid doing side crawl and get used to this kick which can also be used when doing under-water swimming. Okay if you don't kick exactly the same as others because there are actually a few versions. So long you move along just by doing the kicks, you will be alright. Cheers! :-))|||hold on to a kick board or the edge of the pool and practice your legs only... I think of it as up and pull your legs up then kick out (the smooth- push to the side kind)and together. I have heard it referred to as the frog kick.|||I think it's like a frog, I'm the same as you, I can do all the other kicks, and kind of the strokes, but this kick is hard for me





sorry I couldn't help any more than that

What do you picture with the throught of doing breaststroke on your back?

Just wondering if other people have simlar picture to me|||I'm envisioning someone floundering in the water.|||Well it could be a modified elementry back stroke with the exception that the movement would be primarily above your head|||snow angel!!!! in the water :-P|||I've done it, It's fun except water gets in your nose.|||I picture someone that doesn't know how to do the breaststoke. Turn Over!|||I always think of like a jelly fish type picture.


I've tried this before hahaha

Why do I get sore shins when I swim breaststroke?

Anyone get this as well, it happens after about 4 lengths and it can become unbearable.|||I used to get that, it was Shin splints, but thats was because i also did a lot of heavy impact sport as well as swimming. It could just be a lactic acid build up in your calves as you have been using them a lot. Try not to kick to hard maybe work on your muscular strength and endurance.|||try not kicking AS hard, just for practice you could also be kicking wrong good luck|||cuz the frog kick require calves (front and back) muscles too.|||Hi, You don't say how long you have been swimming. If you are new to the sport then you must make sure you are well warmed up before you start swimming, and when you get into the pool don't go straight into swimming lengths, do half lengths first, and build up slowly. This should help a little. However, it this continues to be a problem then you should seek medical help.|||Your legs probably aren't used to the action of kicking so gradually build up the amount you do and take a break with front crawl to relax your legs. Hope this helps :)

Does the breaststroke work the biceps and triceps?

i need to improve my biceps and triceps. which stroke should i use- freestyle, butterfly, or breaststroke?|||Breaststroke works them the most proportionally out of the others, a majority of the stroke done with a bent arm, putting pressure on your arms, however, to really work on your upper arms, I would just supplement an extra dose of push-ups to your daily exercise and maybe do some weights.

What is a good time for swimming breaststroke to get a scholarship from a college?

i swim a 1:23. and it does not matter what school|||You're going to want to drop that down to at least a 1:13 100 meter time or below a 1:03 100 yard time.|||You can't just swim to get a scholarship, well the chances are 1/10000. A time of 30 seconds per 25 meters of breath stroke will definitely get the person reading your application to remember you. I'll guarantee you if you swim 25 second laps, you'll get a scholarship!


Hope you make it,


~yo|||ok if oyu want a scholership you gotta work a lot harder





im a 13 year old girl and my 100 is 1 13


and my 50 is 34





idk maybe you should pick up the tempo!|||if you want a scholarship you need to get like a 56. Swimming scholarships are veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy rare, if your talking about meters then its a different time

Is it better to have a long torso and arms for breaststroke or long legs?

And all the other strokes and what would be a good height for each?|||If you have ever noticed All good Freestylers, Backstrokers, and Butterflyers are tall and slender.





For the Breastroke and Distance Freestyle events the size of the person does not really matter, most breastrokers are Average size BUT very built in the arms and legs. Also, with distance events the height plays little factors, the advantage is Who has the most endurance?|||it good to have a better torso and arms, when ur in the water do just ur upper body, than just ur legs, and u will c|||well most swimmers are tall and we usually have a long body legs arms feet and lungs. For breaststroke i would say long legs and arms.

Does breaststroke help get rid of man boobs?

I'm starting to do breast strokes and I was wondering if it would help or is tere anything else that would help cardiowise. I've also been running and burning 500 calories a day.|||yes,,it is a good way to get in shape..but changing your diet is even more essential.





changing your diet to only healthy foods is the best thing you can do and will ensure you will lose weight if combine with walking everyday especially.





you can eat how much you like if you stay within these 3 guidelines and still lose fat naturally and gradually. You should lose 10lbs each month on average.





1.eat only steamed lean meats, eggs, healthy fruits ,vegetables, nuts, grains (Asian basmati or jasmine rice gives lots of energy and can be found at your local oriental/asian market or some super markets), %26amp; yogurt..2. drink only water, juice, %26amp; milk..3. walk or do some physical exercise 1-3 hour every day.








(btw, recommend you also to buy an electronic food steamer and a rice cooker ((Both Very cheap)) .which, used together make it very easy to prepare very nutritional, healthy meals ,,add a bit of olive oil , diced garlic, pepper, sliced lemon and spices on top of steamed vegeatables, fish or chicken to add more taste if wish as these are healthy too.)

What are the Junior Olympic and regular Olympic qualifier times for 100m Breaststroke?

I'm only 14 years old but I've been swimming on the local swim team since 3rd grade now and I have a 100m breaststroke time of 1:22:40 at the first meet I've been in since last summer. I know it's not nearly good enough to make JO but I'd still like to see if i might be able to by my junior year. If I'm lucky.|||for long course junior Olympics girls 13-14 100m breastroke is 1:27.29 in Meters and the regular Olympic time is a 1:12.59 in Meters. For guys the Junior Olympics is a 1:23.59 in meters and the regular Olympic time is a 1:04.69. These Junior Olympic cuts were from the February 2007 meet. So I'm not sure if they have schange. If they have changed it would not be by much|||I'm not seeing the same answers as the first poster.





Have a look for yourself:





http://www.pacswim.org/07_JOs.pdf|||Hey Chuck. Whether you make the team is obviously be dependent on which country you are from, but your times are getting hot so keep gliding. Check out Liesel Jones. That's an efficient stroke rate... have you heard of golf? Check your golf score... add the time for one lap ... to the number of strokes you take per lap... then try an reduce the score. Good luck.

Having difficulty keeping my head above water while doing breaststroke?

I am 33 yrd old and just started my first swimming lessons. After few weeks, now I can swim a bit without any accessories. Now the problem is that I swim only if I keep my head under water. If I hold it above water, I sink within 2 strokes. My teacher says its important to practise with head above water. any tips to hold my head above water and swim? Thanks.|||Congratulations on learning to swim. A couple of things to try.





1. Get used to the sinking feeling. Keeping your head up is tiring and makes your body sink. Once it sinks however, it will float back up. So don't panic when you start to sink. Let it go down and then come up and breathe.


2. You need to learn to scull and use your hands better to keep your head up. Learn to feel the water so that you can use the leverage to keep your head up. You can practice this in shallow water.


3. Try using a flotation device to help you keep your head up. As you get better you can use a smaller device. Noodles work well for this.


4. Keep your hips down at about a 45 degree angle. This may make it easier to keep your head up. Your kick will be driving you upwards more and you'll have more of your body in the water for better flotation. It's also easier on your neck.





Good luck!|||Whenever you swim, it is best to keep your face facing the bottom of the pool, and to not lift your head. Sounds funny, I know but I have been swimming for about 9 year and when you lift your head up, your hips sick which makes you less streamline in the water, which makes you work herder than you should be. If you have a strong core and strong back muscles, use those to help move your whole upper body so your moth is above the water, don't rely on your arms and strain your neck|||dont be completly horizontal...go on an angle

What are the main muscles used in swimming? (Particularly the freestyle and breaststroke)?

I know swimming is one of the best workouts you could possibly do because it works out almost every muscle in your body. But what I want to know is which are the main muscles used in say the freestyle and breaststroke forms.|||upper back, shoulders, arms, bicepts, tricepts, and quads in legs for kicking - freestyle





same for breastroke but more pecks and inner thigh and amazingly calves and shins|||pectoral muscles are big in the breaststroke|||Your pectoral muscles and your shoulder muscles are the main ones. Your upper back muscle is also very important.|||I'd say all the muscles in your thighs are very important and your biceps/triceps %26amp; shoulders, to put it simply. but' they're right, you really have to use everythihng.. the best way to strength train for swimming is by just swimming.. especially with paddles and a pull buoy for working your arms.|||Swimming is the only exercise that requires you to use all the muscles.|||all of the muscles, but mainly your whole upper body and your lungs|||there is a lot in your leg muscles because you have to kick a lot and also you have to rotate your shoulders constantly so that is a lot of work on your shoulders. also it works your hips from rotating side to side. and swimmers usually have great lung capacity because of being able to siwm without breathing a lot

Which underwater pull for breaststroke will give you more speed?

Kitajima does his underwater pull after turns and dives differently than others. Is his faster than the one people usually do which is the butterfly kick at the same time is you bring your arms to your side?|||I would say the butterfly kick is faster. It gives you a little more push through the water. However it just depends on your individual abilities and so the butterfly kick may not work for you.





Don't go too deep off a turn but go deep enough that you are not going to hit the surface too early. I would say about half a metre under water.|||What is easier for you breast or fly? I do breast to get the momentum of the kick. And then i pull about 5 seconds after that. and when you turn don't go so deep or you will not be able to get up to the top.

How do you do the breaststroke turn?

I know that you approach the wall, touch with both hands, and get back into the water on your side. But what do you do once you're in the water? I'm a little confused. Since you re-enter the water on your side, do you just glide until your stomach is facing the floor of the pool again? Or do you perform the pulldown and then allow yourself to turn so that your front is facing the bottom of the pool? Please provide detail. If you can, please explain the WHOLE process, from approaching the wall to taking your first stroke off the turn. Thank you!|||You'll owe me for this...





Accelerate into the wall. Try to set the approach up at the flags so you hit the wall as soon as you finish your kick. Pull your body in, keep your chin near the water so you don't come up high. You want to bend the elbows a little to get some arm strength into the turn, but not too much.





You do as much of the turn on your side as possible. It makes it easier and faster to draw your legs in. Keep your chin pointing to the wall, turn your shoulders as soon as you touch. As you drive your knees and feet to the wall, you start to drop down. Keep looking at the wall which helps you stay on your side.





When you're under water, the hand that was last on the wall comes down slides by the ear and goes to a TIGHT streamline. If you don't have great streamlines the best turns in the world won't help.





You're right...you come off on the side. You have to roll on to your stomach before you start the pull. This is only because of the rules...nothing else. After the pull-down, shrug your shoulders to be as streamlined as possible. Then when you bring your arms up, keep your hands and elbows close to your body. As your hands pass your head, bring them back into a streamline. When you do your first kick, your arns should be streamlined.





It takes a lot of practice. Pick one thing to work on and practice it after warm-ups and at the end of practice. Each day, pick something else. Five to ten minutes a day will make a huge difference at the end of the season. Good luck!|||Follow the link to watch a vid:


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It can be quite confusing trying to explain it in words.

What are the difference between breastStroke and frogTechnique?

can you explain clearly the difference between the two?





Additionally, can someone give me an advice what exercise routine should I do to improve my swimming?





Videos will be much appreciated. Thanks.|||That's easy man, the name is different. The brest stroke and the frog stroke are the same stroke. They use the name breast stroke because you swim near the breast, and the frog because people look like a frog when doing it. another name i like is the cirmet.

How do you swim breaststroke underwater?

what am I doing wrong? Everytime I pull my arms back in, I also end up pulling myself to the surface! Do you somehow have to adapt it or am I just screwing it up completely?|||You have to modify your arm movements, but your leg movements can stay the same. Try tilting your hands from 45degrees to 80 or 90, and not to pull your arms too far back. Instead of pulling the arms slightly downwards as you would, when swimming at the surface, give them a sideways sweep. Ensure they recover in a streamlined fashion so that there is minimum resistance against the water,as the hands cut to the front.



Swimming in neck high water and diving deeper, closer to the pool bottom would make swimming underwater easier. Also get a partner to help you to start by slightly pushing down on your back.



It is a wonderful experience and once you get the hang of it, you could play various underwater games, and developing longer breath-hold by swimming two or more breadths of the pool, which is advantageous in recovering lost items or rescuing a drowning person. To improve faster, challenge with your friends. :--))|||There are lots of things that you can do: first, ensure that your arms go to your sides when you pull, not anywhere below the plane of your body; second, angle yourself slightly downwards, so that you propel yourself down with each stroke; third, look down at the bottom, but be sure to glance forward every now and again to avoid hitting the wall! You can even modify your hand pull to be a little above your body at the sides, and if you're swimming a short distance, only take in half a breath after you've breathed up (but never try this for a full length). If you try to keep your tummy lower than your head and legs, slightly reverse arching your back, you create a reverse Bernoulli lift that converts some of your thrust into a downward force. A strong push angled slightly downwards from the wall gets a good start, and finally, swim as close to the bottom as possible (I use about an inch clearance) so that your lungs are more compressed, and therefore less buoyant. Just don't try to remember all this at once!





However, some people are just more buoyant than others. I use a freediving weight belt and a 1kg weight, and that does the trick - I can swim underwater without having to half-empty my lungs first. This way I've been able to swim 55m underwater horizontally. (Without the weight I can only do 33m.)|||Pulling in breaststroke is all about launching your body forward. When on top of the water, you want to shoot a little deep so your kick can push you back up. Try angling your head lower, the rest of your body will follow. Do a slow pull at the beginning of your long pull-out and get your angle right, and when you feel like you're slowing down, pull the rest of the way.





So remember: watch your head, watch your angle, keep your form.|||Take a look at the .gif I attached in the source.





You should examine the timing of your arm pull and kick.





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How tight should a swimsuit be? Should it crease at the chest when I pull my arms together for breaststroke?

For a women's swimsuit, are there supposed to be bra or any kind of support in it? Are your nipples supposed to show when you are cold when you have a swimsuit that fits?|||Your bathing suit should be really really tight. And if you are swimming in races there usually isn't any support. swim suits should be tight and smash down your boobs.|||The swimsuit is supposed to be able to stretch well over you whole body and there should be bra pads in the swimsuit to prevent guys having a free show at the pool. When you are wearing a swimsuit, it should feel like you're wearing a bra, no tight-er or loose-er then that. (; Lol.|||no, yes and a good fit means that you can't lift that straps in your shoulders really high there should only be a couple cm gap and the legs(if you have them) don't fill up with water or it goes down the front and fills up too

How can i drop time in my 100 breaststroke?

I am getting ready for my conference meet and i want to know anyone's advice on how to drop seconds from my time. Should i wear a jammer or speedo? Pullout advice? any advice works. thanks.|||Be sure to be in a streamline when you kick- ie. pull, stretch, kick. That way, there is less water resistance.


And milk those pullouts for all they're worth. Just don't overdo it.


You should be fine in the suit you normally compete in. At this point, your stroke is probably more important.


In your turns, get off the wall as quickly as possible. That should help you drop at least a second if you practice it.|||suit is not as important, on the pullout do the usual full length pull and a smooth half butterfly kick. during the rest of the stroke everything should be nice and fluent, a butterfly kick movement sort of. The biggest mistake people make is that breast stroke is alot more similiar to butterfly than people think|||Speedo fastskins are best (you know, the kind with the little rubber bumpy things that suck in water) but they cost about $120 when not on sale, so just make sure that your suit is tight, and other than that, an easy (sort of) way to drop time is to improve your dives and turns, as well as the breaststroke pull down, make sure to do it right, though, or you will get DQed. Make sure your turns are legal, too (like 2 hands on the wall at the same time)...|||the guy's on my team noticed that their times are faster in a speedo than jammers because they get more range of motion..so maybe do that ha





and just perfect your starts and turns, they make the race


yeah, do the one fly kick in your pullout, that helps a lot


and puuuush the water super hard down on your pullout, i make a little key-shape haa





andddd, reach super far and fast on your finish, stretch :)





good luck|||Well, I'm getting ready for Sectionals/State coming up next month... for this same event.


This is how I got myself under a min. for the first time... I worked my butt off on my pull outs, big strong pull outs, like push the water as hard as possible. Pull ups out side the pool will help you with pull outs..


Also, think of it like this, you want to have the fastest arm tempo with still be strong like wide arms but still get a lot of arm pulls in there. and then finish it with strong strong kicks, work on that in practice.


Also, this is where a lot of guys lose their place, the WALLS. get on and off as fast as possible, but keep it legal. like pop on and off, fast as possible.





just wear whatever suit your coach thinks is best.


Good Luck!|||A suit won't matter as long as it is really tight on your body.





A good pull-down is very important.





Also you should try to be as fast off the block as you possibly can.





Have a strong kick.





Shoot your arms forwards as fast as you can. It might help if you ask your coach or a friend to shout "shoot" or "go" while your head is above water.





Get off the wall as fast as possible. Don't forget to finish with both hands on every lap.





Don't glide too much, just enough.|||On your turns, just graze the wall with the fingertips you are going to pull away first, and keep your head down throughout the turn.





Keep your hips up and let them undulate while you kick. It generates a lot of propulsion. this was a major breakthrough for me when i started doing it.|||when u r at practice try a drill that i use, put a pull buoy between ur legs, then try doing a length of the pool only doing the breaststroke pull, it will seem very weird at first but it helped me drop tremendous time.|||PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE





Go to practice, work on your stroke and technique. Also, talk to your coach. Ask for advice.|||Speedo has less water resistance. Speed up once you set your corners and pull down. Your resting time is when you are flat and expanded in the water.

How to drop seconds off my breaststroke time?

I wanna know how to drop time off my breaststroke time?





other than by practicing everyday, what else could i do like what kind of weightlifting (how often), and if by eating healthy?? and also when could i shave, and what would i shave???|||In order to improve your breaststroke time, you need to improve your biggest weakness. Stroke technique and timing? Leg strength? Endurance?





ASK YOUR COACH!|||Hello





You need to build up the muscle in your legs, try a running machine, or even go running. Bench press would be good, Obviously this wont build up your leg muscle but the stronger your arms the more water you can pull without getting as tired. Drinking water and eating quite healthy would help your fitness level, even though i do neither of these, and im a quite good swimmer.


Shaving... well if you had a beard i guess that would slow you down abit otherwise you shouldn't need to shave.





Hope this helped. Ian.|||I am not a breaststroker, but I was. When you swim breaststroke you should keep your head in line with your spine and have a narrow kick. You should pull hard. Also, everytime you push off the walls, do a very strong pull out. Your turns should be very fast and touch with both hands and burst off the wall. Also work on your starts.|||Without going to the extremes of weightlifting etc. You could just work on doing a good streamline when you enter the water and if you turn make sure you push off with a good streamline.


Also have nice long, flowing strokes instead of choppy ones, that would also help.


Good Luck!|||shave head or wear a cap, shave at the last meet, you want to build up speed by going with a dragg, then you will cutt off your last race by shaving the night before, shaving arms legs back, stomach, everything lol, and make sure your techneque is good, and i cant spell, lol|||snip..snip|||well..... figure out wat ur doing wrong by askin ur coach, cuz i cant answer that cuz ive never seen u swim, if u shave shave b4 a swim meet and shave ur legs and under ur arms. hope i helped!

What are the four parts to the breaststroke?

The first starts with a 'p', the second starts with a 'b', the third starts with a 'k', and the fourth starts with a 'g'. Also, what is the period between the arm pull finish and the new arm pull called?|||Pull, breathe, kick, glide. The recovery is when you aren't pulling, for breast it is an underwater recovery, all other stokes recover over the water.|||p = pull


b = breath


k = kick


g = glide





I call the period between two arm pulls "glide."

How many arm pulls and leg kicks are allowed for a breaststroke start?

a) 2 arm pulls and 2 leg kicks


b) 3 arm pulls and 2 leg kicks


c) 1 arm pull and 2 leg kicks


d) 1 arm pull and 1 leg kick|||I was a competitive swimmer %26amp; I know the exact answer to this question. It's one arm pull %26amp; one leg kick (D). After this you must take a breath %26amp; begin stroking, Also, you can take the first arm pull %26amp; leg kick underwater but you must take the arm pull first. Another rule while breaststroking is that your head must break the service of the water for every stroke you take %26amp; you can't put you head completely underwater after you've started your swim or you're be disqualified.|||d) 1 arm pull and 1 leg kick.|||Duh thats easy d.


Its a pullout underwater


pull ur arms to ur side


Kick bring ur arms back up to streamline


Break the surface and race to the end :D|||d) 1 arm pull and 1 leg kick|||d) 1 arm pull and 1 leg kick.|||a|||ACTUALLY...... C! You can do ONE dolphin kick during the arm pull, then you do a breaststroke kick while you bring your arms back into a streamline..... then you pull and start to swim.





P.S.


after you start to swim, you CAN put ur head completely underwater. Just watch Olympic swimmers!but u must come up on ever stroke! I have been swimming competitively for 9 YEARS and have a teammate that's going to the Olympic trials in the 100 and 200 Butterfly!!


I have watch thousands of people do breaststroke, and that's how you do it....

How do you swim breaststroke?

Describe the breaststroke like you would to a beginner as I am a little rusty. What do you do with your arms and legs? Please be as descriptive as you can.


|||LEGS: Whip Kick


To practice, first, sit on the edge of the swimming pool. Sit on the very end of you bum with your legs straight out into the water. Bend your knees so that the bottom of your feet are facing the floor of the pool. Then, keep your knees together while you whip your feet/lower legs outwards in a forward half-circular motion to your initial bend knee position. When you whip your legs around, your thighs should be together while the bottom part of you legs do the work. Continue this stroke for the duration of your breaststroke.





ARMS: Breaststroke


Start off with your arms straight out. Move your arms in a backwards half-circular motion to a position where your hands are together at your chest in a "prayer". At this "prayer" point, your head would above the water for one breath. When you have taken one breath, dip your head back into the water and shoot your arms out straight once more. At this straight-armed position, you would be gliding for at least a few seconds (count a slow three seconds).





TIMING:


You would use your whip kick right after you dip your head back into the water (after your breath) and right before you glide. The whip kick gives you momentum for your glide.





HEAD POSITION:


During your glide, your head should not be completely submerged. Why? Because it takes more time for you to surface to take your breath if you are completely submerged. So, you head should only be half-submerged (leave your forehead out of the water).





When you are taking your breath, your face should be facing forwards. As you are about to dip your head back into the water to complete your glide, your face should be facing the water. As a result, your nose would be the first part of your head that is in the water.





I hope this helps your stroke! Good luck :)|||make circles with your arms and kick your legs like how a frog kicks its legs.





I suck at breastroke.|||ok... well with your arms, you make a giant pizza around, then you go up through it and cut it in half. (my swimming instructor told me that) and with your legs, do the same. well.. that is what I do.|||I tried to do the breast stroke in the pool one day and we both almost drown.

TIps for swimming freestyle and breaststroke faster?

I swim the 100 free in about 1:04 and the 100 breast in about 1:15. I would like to know some tips for swimming these faster, as I want to break 1 minute for the 100 free and 1:10 for the 100 breast. Thanks.|||hey! I'm a swimmer too, I'm 14 and i have a :59 in my 100 Free and 1:11 in my 100 breast. here's what i have to say:





FREESTYLE


make sure your pulling down with your elbows high, not out or crossing over. also try and have a constant breathing pattern. I recommend breathing every 3 strokes. make sure your rolling your hips almost like you have a scewer going through your spine and your spining on it. also, work the turns, make sure you do dolphin kicks, but not past 15 yards. reach as far as you can and kick constantly.





BREASTSTROKE


this is my personal best stroke and according to your times your the same way. make sure your bringing your hips forward when you breath and not your knees. don't pause when your breathing, and shoot out into your base postion (streamline). walls, make sure you touch with two hands and as soon as you hit that wall, bring one of your elbows back and the other arm over your head and push off kind of on your side. for your pull out do a tight streamline, then pull down after 2 seconds, then after 1.5 seconds do one kick into a streamline and then come to the top and swim again. make sure you also finish your kick, your legs should always be together before you start another pull.





hope i helped! (:|||wow on the first comment 50 for a 100 breast thats good and imposibel

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|||Breaststroke (this is my better stroke):


The first part is the pullout, which can be pretty tricky. After you push off the wall as hard as you can, you want to hold your streamline until your start decelerating, which is usually after about 2-3 seconds. Then do your pullout. You don't want to stay in this position because your arms are at your sides and you're open to drag, so right away, initiate your first stroke. You want to make sure that you're not to deep at this point because if you are, then you start your first stroke at a complete stop. You want to still carry your momentum from the pullout. It takes practice, but once you get it down, it's second-nature. If you're lifting weights, squats are the best thing for this, and possibly for swimming in general.





Another component is fast turnover. This is all about arm strength. One way to improve this is with weights. Here's an example of a routine you could do but just do it once a week because your muscles need time to recover.


Bench Press


6 reps (as much weight as you can do)


8 reps (drop 10 lbs)


10 reps (drop 10 more lbs)


Then do as many pushups as you can do.


If you're incorporating this in a weightlifting routine, I would suggest doing triceps after this.


Another weigh to increase turnover is by doing breaststroke pull with dolphin or flutter kick during practice.





What gives you your real power in breaststroke is your legs. First off, you need to have a flexible groin because it'll give you a bigger range of motion for your kick and it'll keep you from getting injured. Everyday you should hold the butterfly stretch for 60 seconds, relax, and then do it again for another 60 sec. Flexibility is probably the easiest thing to improve so don't cop out on this. Next, you want to do plenty of breaststroke kick. Probably 500-1000 every other day in your workouts.





Freestyle:


First off, you want to know how to breathe without slowing yourself down. Your head should be about parallel to the level of the water with one goggle sticking out when you take a breath. You want to slow down your stroke as little as possible. Some people will disagree with me on this, but this is what my college coach tells me and this is what you'll see Olympians do: BREATH EVERY STROKE (on one side, not both sides) except inside the flags when you're coming into the finish. Also, sprint the whole hundred.





Another common mistake deals with your hands. When you take a stroke, your fingers should NOT be all together. If you do, you expend extra energy in your hands and arms trying to keep your arms in the right position in the water. Instead, keep your hands slightly spread apart maybe about a centimeter between your fingertips. The point is not to waste energy keeping your hands in a tight-together position.





The rest of the technique is a little difficult to figure out without watching you swim. I would rely on a coach to watch you.|||Make sure you're doing a sufficient amount of sprint work, so you should be doing some sets of 10x50 yds free, 16x25yds, half pools things like that. It seems like you would want to focus on building up your handspeed for freestyle. Also make sure your walls are really strong and streamline off each wall. Once you build up your handspeed, you might want to try swimming with paddles to increase your distance per stroke.





For breastroke, you really have to emphasize your kick, and make sure your hands don't got too far back when you're pulling. That's a very common problem among breastrokers. Ideally you want to make your pull as long as it can be, but your hands should never go past your shoulders as you're stroking out. Also, you need to get your hips as high as possible in the water, another common problem. Your hands should almost be secondary to your hips and legs in breast stroke. I recommmend a drill to get used to getting your hands forward with full extension. Put on flippers and do butterly kick with a breaststroke pull. Make sure you really get your hips up. It will increase the strength of your pull and get you used to the rhythm necessary t o get your hands forward.





Good luck|||Well, I have been having some problems with my breast stroke lately, so I won't be much help on that one (I have a 1.20.) For the 100 free, you have to take it out pretty fast, a 28 high should do it. Then just sprint on the last fifty. (I have a 1.00.07)|||free- make sure your hand isn't going in beside your head. like, start your hand going in ahead of your head and move it as far out as possible, then stroke.


breat- you're taking your 1st fly kick, right? and gliding, right?|||try using drag suits at practice and mkae sure to make swimming #1 priority until you reach the desired results.|||for freestyle swim with your hands going in front of you and for breast when you do a turn do a pull out

How hard is it to swim 500 yard, using the breaststroke?

Please keep in mind that i am just an average person that is alright at swimming but not a strong swimmer. Also any tips to improve swimming.|||if you learn to do this stroke correctly, I think it is the easiest to do for long distances because your head is up, you can breathe with little effort, and your arms don't have to leave the water. Granted it is the slowest stroke too and not the most efficient, but if you go slow and do it correctly it is the easiest.





Where people mess this stroke up is letting the hips drop too low. Once the hips drop low, your legs are low, and it pulls your body down, making your stroke really inefficient. So keep your hips up. Also, some people have wildly asymmetric kicks. So keep your left and right legs doing the same thing and make sure they close in the middle at the end of your kick motion. Also, remember it is not a frog kick but a whip kick, and your legs shouldn't go deep down into the water. Finally, when your head comes out to breather, you don't have to raise your whole chest and upper body, just your head and tops of your shoulders really. Grab a relaxed breath and then go down again.|||I'm not a proffessional swimmer, by any means. But I can tell you that the swimming the breaststroke for even a lap around the pool is pretty tiring. I try to do a lot of other cardio, such as running, to help build up my body's aerobic capacity. That way, when I go to swim, I can go farther without gasping to catch my breath. |||Not that bad....oh unless you are trying to do it under a specific time limit. :)





The honest answer (for all of the basic strokes) is "practice" and getting instruction/pointers on your form. I've found the breaststroke one of the easier strokes to maintain for time and distance. I've only done "casual" swimming for exercise though. Never for real team or swim club.|||hard if you do it a under 7 min

SWIMMERS: How can I improve my breaststroke?

I'm not very good at breaststroke, but I want to get better. My time is 41.09 for 50 meter breaststroke %26amp; I'm a 13 year old girl. Any tips or techniques would help me a lot. Thanks!|||As the slowest of all four strokes, the most important aspect of breaststroke is in the kick.





A strong kick coupled with a glide, especially in the wave style of breaststroke, is essential in having a fast breaststroke.





I never had great upper body strength, despite my efforts in the weight room all through high school and college... but I was able to compete on the national level because I had a decent kick and glide.





Good luck!|||When you do breaststroke don't forget about the glide. You know, pull, kick, GLIDE. It's really important. I always beat people in breastroke and my coach says it's because I glide.


If you join a swim club or team or get a personal trainer they can help you. My coach has helped me a lot.


Also, remember the speed in breastroke comes from the kick. You have to have a strong kick. To get a strong kick do leg exercises, like weightlifting.|||I am also your age.... Breast stroke is my weakest stroke:(


50 free- 27


100 free- 1:01


50 fly- 30


That is just a few of my times...


Even though I don't swim breaststroke very well, I do know how to help you with it,........


your pull out: streamline(squeeze your arms together and have a extremely tight and straight streamline), when you seem to lose your speed as you puch off, do your pull out(very strong)


Stroke: do your breaststoke kick, as you finish, start your breaststroke pull out and as you finish your stroke, squeeze your legs and feet together and point toes and make a fast recovery with your arms:glide untill you begin to slow done: and then, repeat again and again


Keep your head pointed down to the bottow of the pool and dont bob your head!!!!!! If you move your head it will majorly slow down your stroke (most people have a problem with that)








Hope I helped|||im a swimmer myself .. and all i can say is practice practice and practice .. but make sure ur form is correct .. because it doesn't matter how much u practice if ur form isn't correct .. you wont improve .. you shoudefiantlyinalty consider joining club swim this will help alot ..|||Just keep on practicing. Mabe join a club team to improve it or go and ask your coach im sure he/she would love to help.

What are the main muscles used in swimming the breaststroke specifically?

Also what are some great exercises to increase the power of the muscles?|||Mostly the abductor and adductor muscles (thigh muscles). Strengthen these muscles by using the leg press machine and doing lunges with weights. Doing squats with weights will also help but not nearly as much as the first two exercises.





The arms are used, but very MINIMALLY, contrary to what many people believe. Having a strong kick will increase your times a lot faster than building up your arm muscles. If you notice, most swimmers don't have huge muscular arms, so I don't know what the person before me is talking about. Having big biceps and triceps hardly influence breaststroke. It's the kick followed by the glide in streamline position that gets you far in breaststroke.|||see my other reply:


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Contrary to another message, although groin strength is more important in breaststroke as compared to all others, breaststroke still requires tremendous core and upper back strength.





So, you need to develop the muscles of the groin, too. Be certain that you stretch after you lift.|||Triceps, Biceps, Sartorius, Gastrocnernius

Is it okay to breath side ways on the breaststroke?

I do not like breathing by pulling yourself up because it is more tiring. I like to breath side ways like one would do in the freestyle. I think it gives me less drag and saves energy. Is this a good idea and is it legal at swim meets?|||I would not recommend breathing to the side. Do you see any olympic swimmers breathing to the side? They are the best swimmers in the world, they know what they are doing. It slows you down a lot. I used to do that when I was younger, but my coach made me stop and my times dropped drastically. Trust me, the best thing is to breath to the front.|||yes actually i prefer breathing side ways you can see the Competition better but make sure you straighten your head before you go back under other wise it will slow you down.|||not really because usually it takes more time to turn sideways and take a breath then if you were breathing forward and i 'am pretty sure its illegal at a swim meet.|||Somebody on my swim team asked that and my coach was like, "I've never actually seem someone do that but I suppose you could"





I would advise it. Of course its tiring but its called PRACTICE. And I promise you, you will get it. I swim breast and I like to check out my competition. Occasionally I look to one side and then the other on the next breath but before I go under I turn my head straight again. But either way, you have to bring your head up. It's legal but to be good and win you need to bring yourself out of the water.





Just practice! Youll get stronger! :)|||No, for two reasons. One, by turning your head you are slowing down both your reaction time and causing turbulence, reducing your glide. Secondly, if you're swimming competitively, you are required to raise your face out of the water; which would make it even more difficult to turn your head. But, you can breathe any way you like if you don't care how you do.|||I wouldn't. I learned from that mistake. It takes more time to look over and it slows you down a whole lot!!