Breaststroke wide stirrup and narrow stirrup how to practice breaststroke narrow stirrup

May 11, 2023
We know that stirrups are the main power source of breaststroke, among which there are two kinds of wide stirrups and narrow stirrups, let's learn about the two kinds of stirrups.

What is wide stirrup

The wide stirrup is characterized by the knee being turned out and the width of the foot being significantly smaller than the width of the knee, then stirring to both sides and then clamping the leg afterwards.

What is a narrow stance?

The width of the knee should not exceed the width of the shoulder, otherwise it will increase the resistance. Then directly to their rear stirrups, legs stirrup straight, the two legs also together, rather than stirrups and then clip, stirrups clip in one go.

Different knee distances

Wide stirrups and narrow stirrups look the biggest difference is the distance between the knees, wide stirrups clip water mainly by the inner thigh muscles force, over time, easy to cause inner thigh muscle soreness.

Different leg movements

After the wide stirrup leg flip, the distance between the two ankles is narrow, and the action of power stirring out is: first to both sides, stirring straight and then together. Clamp water almost no power generation. After the narrow stirrup leg flip, the distance between the two ankles is far, the action of the force stirrup out is: backward and at the same time clip together, stirrup clip at the same time, clip the water to generate power, swim faster.

How to practice breaststroke narrow stirrups

We know that the narrow stirrups are better than the wide stirrups because of the small area of water, less resistance, and sufficient power of water clamping. Find a stool, lie on it, and straighten both legs. 1, two legs together, feet to the buttocks close. 2、Separate the palms of both feet and turn them outward. 3、Stirrups + clips, feet rotated inward and together. First decompose the exercise, and then connect the 1,2, movements together, close the leg at the same time turn the palm of the foot, and then stomp clip. There is no need to have a clear pause in the action. At the same time, it is recommended to practice plywood breaststroke legs to prevent the legs from stirring too wide. It is best to use the 8-shaped board, matching the shape of the leg to facilitate the clip, buoyancy is also moderate.
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