Breaststroke

Timing & Coordination

The coordination of breaststroke propulsive phases should be a continuous alternating action, where one propulsive phase takes over as one ends.

The stroke timing can be summed up with the following sequence: pull, breath, kick, glide.

A streamlined body position at the end of that sequence is essential to capitalise on the propulsive phases of the stroke. The timing can be considered in another way: when the arms are pulling in their propulsive phase, the legs are streamlined and when the legs are kicking in propulsion, the arms are streamlined.

Full body extension is essential before the start of each stroke cycle.

Competitive variations in stroke timing can be found by decreasing or even eliminating the glide and using the arm and leg actions in an almost continuous stroke to give more propulsion.

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