Ryan Woodruff, North Carolina Aquatic Club
coachryan@ncacswim.org
#6 - Improving Breaststroke Tempo
In my opinion, kicking speed (specifically the recovery portion of the kick) is the limiting factor for most swimmers when it comes to breaststroke tempo. Speeding up breaststroke tempo thus must start from the legs. This set focuses primarily on kicking foot speed, and then works briefly on the pull, then finally on overall stroke tempo.
20 x 25 @:30
Perform the following sequence 4x:
#1-3: Br kick w/board & tempo trainer at Threshold Tempo
#4; Br pull w/ flutter kick, focusing on fast arm tempo
#5: Br Speed Drill (narrow pull, narrow kick, fast hands and heels)Labels: Breaststroke, Kick, Speed, Speed Drill, Technique, Tempo Trainer, Threshold Tempo