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just a quick suggestion Ruth, (i can't get your movie to play unfortunately), however, try what you
tried today, but use a pull buoy. i'm guessing that while this won't eliminate all of the problems,
it will isolate whether or not some of your trouble is due to dropped hips.
steve
"rtk" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I tried breathing more often today and had a spaz attack with each breath until I found myself
> doing vertical butterfly. It wasn't faster, at least not in the direction I wanted. I do have a
> kick in spite of avoiding breathing. The fish I have in 5 tanks and 2 ponds all undulate like
> crazy without coming up for breath; why can't I? I don't think it's a gill issue. However, I will
> keep trying and I'm grateful for your suggestion.
>
> rtk
>
>
> Donald Graft wrote:
>
> > "rtk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>I tried again using Plugin instead of Flash or Shockwave. I made the file so tiny that if my
> >>stroke didn't look bad to begin with it sure does now. But now I can blame the file; I'm not
> >>compressed - the movie is. Anyhow, for how not to (probably):
> >>http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/C4Movie/Mothstroke.html
> >
> >
> > Thank you, that works good now. You asked for comments, so I would agree with Michael Phelps
> > that it is important to breathe on every
stroke
> > to get the proper dolphin undulation. You are very flat when you do not breathe. You're not
> > getting the body dolphin action that adds
considerable
> > propulsion to the stroke. IMHO, of course.
> >
> > I highly recommend Michael Phelps's DVD on butterfly. It is awesome.
> >
> > Don
> >
tried today, but use a pull buoy. i'm guessing that while this won't eliminate all of the problems,
it will isolate whether or not some of your trouble is due to dropped hips.
steve
"rtk" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I tried breathing more often today and had a spaz attack with each breath until I found myself
> doing vertical butterfly. It wasn't faster, at least not in the direction I wanted. I do have a
> kick in spite of avoiding breathing. The fish I have in 5 tanks and 2 ponds all undulate like
> crazy without coming up for breath; why can't I? I don't think it's a gill issue. However, I will
> keep trying and I'm grateful for your suggestion.
>
> rtk
>
>
> Donald Graft wrote:
>
> > "rtk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>I tried again using Plugin instead of Flash or Shockwave. I made the file so tiny that if my
> >>stroke didn't look bad to begin with it sure does now. But now I can blame the file; I'm not
> >>compressed - the movie is. Anyhow, for how not to (probably):
> >>http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/e/x/exk7/C4Movie/Mothstroke.html
> >
> >
> > Thank you, that works good now. You asked for comments, so I would agree with Michael Phelps
> > that it is important to breathe on every
stroke
> > to get the proper dolphin undulation. You are very flat when you do not breathe. You're not
> > getting the body dolphin action that adds
considerable
> > propulsion to the stroke. IMHO, of course.
> >
> > I highly recommend Michael Phelps's DVD on butterfly. It is awesome.
> >
> > Don
> >