Breaststroke common errors Breaststroke wrong action correction

In the actual swimming, many people can not fully grasp the breaststroke position correctly, which will not only affect the speed of swimming into, in the long run may also cause damage to the body.

Hitting the leg without turning the palm of the foot

The correct breaststroke leg action includes leg collection, turning the palm of the foot, stirring the leg and clamping the water together, but many people ignore the action of turning the palm of the foot. Other strokes require the palm of the foot to be taut, but only breaststroke requires hooking the palm of the foot and stirring the water with the side of the foot. This action is rarely used in normal life, so it is easy to be ignored.

Stroke and breathing do not match

The correct breaststroke action should be to raise the head and breathe in when stroking, and to lower the head and breathe out when stretching the arms, but in the actual swimming many people reverse it and make it to lower the head and breathe out when stroking and raise the head and breathe in when stretching the arms. In this way, the whole swimming action is completely disconnected, easy to swim more and more chaotic. Not only swim up the action does not look good, but also the speed is greatly affected.

Wrong rhythm with hands and feet

In breaststroke and other strokes, the rhythm of the stirrup and hand stroke is very different. In freestyle, it is possible to stroke 2 times, 4 times or 6 times with your hands, and there is no special rule, but in breaststroke, it is necessary to have 1 stroke and 1 stroke. Many people are limited by the ability of movement coordination when swimming, or they don't know the correct rhythm requirement, so it seems to others that the swimming action is always "swim a little, sink a little", very incoherent, that is, they don't master the rhythm of hand and foot cooperation.

The harm of wrong breaststroke action

Do not underestimate the wrong breaststroke action, if long-term swimming with the wrong posture, such as incorrect pedaling action, is likely to cause strain on the leg muscles, the knee, ankle and other parts will also have a negative impact. In addition, if there are more people in the pool, irregular stirring action is very occurring danger. Especially older people, the bones are more fragile, if the stomp to others, it is easy to cause their toes fracture.

How to solve these problems

For these breaststroke in the wrong action, in addition to understanding the correct posture and consciously correct, but also through some methods to give themselves remedial lessons. First, do more "breaststroke simulation exercises". You can practice breaststroke leg movements by lying on your back with your thighs hanging in the air, and correct yourself according to the main points of the movements. Second, more pressure "breaststroke leg". You can kneel on the bed or carpet, the two calves open outside the thighs, toes hooked forward, turn the palms of the feet, keep this state for a long time can make the outside of the knee, inner thighs, ankles get exercise, in the mind to strengthen the "breaststroke legs" action, when the water is not easy to lose shape. Finally, when swimming in the water to pay special attention to the rhythm, for example, when reaching arms low exhale, to properly pause and then do the following actions, which can effectively solve the problem of paddling and breathing does not match, especially for beginners, methodical rhythm is not only conducive to mastering the action, more stable emotions, enhance the confidence of learning to swim.