Why is the butterfly stroke so hard?
The problem with butterfly is that people do not swim from the hips and this causes them to swim uphill. They are struggling to reach forward and their head is up and they effectively look like a seahorse trying to do butterfly. Learn to dolphin effectively. Start by placing your hands at your side. Press down with the chest, then down with the belly. repeat, repeat, etc. breathe every four. Pressing down with the chest is one, down with the belly two, Remember you are trying to move forward not up and down too much. This means to not over emphasize the up and down too much. Small dolphins, forward. When the arms are extended forward, the hips are high and the chest pressed down. As you pull under the body, and the arms come to the hips, the hips are low and belly pressed down. The head lifts low and forward to breathe as you begin and I stress begin your under water pull, from an extended position, not after it. The head is then ready to return to the water before the arms try to roll
