butterfly investigation

“Will improving my butterfly technique help me to swim faster during medley events in swimming?”














Introduction


I have chosen to investigate my technique in Butterfly in the sport of swimming. It has became apparent to me over the years I have been swimming my butterfly technique may need some improving. As I normally swim Individual medley (which is a mix of all four strokes) my butterfly has shown to be my weakest stroke and often lets me down during a race. To find out my technique faults my coach filmed me swimming and I then carried out a movement analysis and I then compared it to Michael Klim (the worlds top butterfly swimmer) and I then discovered his hand entry was always just inside shoulder width compared to mine which was not always just inside shoulder width apart. See appendix 1.My aim is to improve my butterfly technique so that I can take less strokes and I can go faster. I decided to investigate how I could improve my technique and I...