Short-Axis Combo

Butterfly swimming drill.

This is a drill that allows you to feel the "short-axis" rhythm that is similar between breast and fly. Alternate three strokes butterfly with three strokes breaststroke. Concentrate on "landing in front", and exaggerate the press in front that allows the hips to rise. Keep the "dolphining" undulation pace constant.

Breaststroke and butterfly, the short axis strokes, are called such because you are rotating on the short axis of your body. Like free and back, the core of the body is the engine. Your arms and legs serve the dual purpose of acting as extensions to apply the force and lengthen your body as it passes through the water.

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