Does anyone know how to improve time on a breaststroke and backstroke?

Take one thing at a time, don't try and work on everything at once.





Back:


-Work that underwater dolphin kick - any time you do a kicking set or have to kick in warm up, work those walls and go as far as you can (tight streamline). Fast feet (and don't forget to have a nice fast kick while swimming, too)... sometimes swimmers neglect the kick.


-On the pull, grab deep water - it's sooo important - keep your head still. Do this drill ---%26gt; three pulls and 6 kicks (and repeat) - keep your head straight up at all times - don't look toward your chest and do not put your head back too far.


-Work on a killer finish. Since you can't see where you are going on backstroke, the finish can be kind of a pain in the butt... give it some time and practice it as much as you can. Don't forget that teeny dolphin kick to help you finish to the wall.





Breast:


-Fast hands! After you have pulled yourself out of the water (during the stroke), thrust your hands forward as fast as you can - and to get yourself into streamline... this is so important. You are gliding on breastroke - and during your kick, you need to be streamlined as much as you possibly can so you can go faster. Do this drill ---%26gt; dolphin kick instead of kicking breast, it will let you focus on the pull more (in my opinion).


-Work on the new dolphin kick during your underwater pullout (it's a recent rule change - and it's awesome). It will take you a while to get this down, but it will certainly help. You can have one dolphin kick (it should be small) after you take your first breast kick underwater). Go to YouTube, look for the recent meets (like World Championships)... it should have some good footage of the underwater pullout.





Have fun!|||everyday do at least fifty full military type pushups with your hands to gether fingers pointingINWARD AND TOUCHING this will stretch your shoulders and strengthen your lats and eventually cause more strenght and stamina for faster times|||Speedo makes a backstroke high neck body skin|||well i have a few tips that really helped mine. i dont know how experienced you are, so you might already know these but...


-keep your finger together


-for breaststroke you should never be in a x postion.


- for back stroke you should never be flat one of your shoulders should always be up.


-hope it helped|||all i do when i am struggeling to improve times in every strog is make more of an effort to do strength work in the gym. that means liek weights and pushups other stuff liek that. the stronger u are usually u get faster at swimming too because u can endure more.|||IMer has stated some really useful tips. I hate backstroke, so I picked up something there.. deep water.. hmmm after all these years of pitching and yawing..... and the new dolphin kick for the breastrioke turns ~ (about time too... we were all doing that anyway if we could get away with it)........ great advice.





I vote for her.|||Interval training:





http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=int鈥?/a>





Kinesthetic memory positioning exercises:





http://www.swim.ee/videos/exercises.html鈥?/a>





Changing the pitch of your stroke positions/technique. An example would be during freestyle and back they've found that early entry (hand enters the water earlier than what is normally taught) creates faster times.





Pitch may not sound like much but if you manage to shave even a second off your time it matters. You'll want to work on your starts and turns and finishes because a lot of people tend to lose momentum (speed), and I've never met anyone who was good at all three.





Believe it or not, not everyone is made for certain strokes. There's actually a test to find your range of motion to prevent injuries and a lot of it affects pitch and angle of entry or angle of movements in the stroke cycle.|||for a better time in those swimming strokes, avoid splashing too much water, that way you avoid unnecessary movements that just waste precious seconds from your time.





make your movements precise...and put rhythm into your movements..





try it! it will really improve your time.