Impossible fly!?!?!?!?

[GBMbreastroker]

Am i the only person in this world completely crap at fly? i have been swimming for as long as I can remember but have never been able to do anything that can be classed as fly. I'm 16 and do a 1:34.74 for 100 (only about 25 seconds slower than the slowest other boy in my club age group), and i would drown on a 200. I'm best at breast and some people say they conflict? i've also been told that as i am tall i have zero co-ordination and can't do it. The main problem is that my kick is soooooo slow and i stop my arms for about 1-2 secs at the start (arms in front you) of every stroke!!!! Does anyone have any advice or similar problems???

[swimgurl]

dont worry im sure you are not the only one out there, my fly is pretty useless! i cant do fly kick save my life and i always seem 2 die in anything over 50 meters! what are your brst times like?

[GBMbreastroker]

around 1:17 so not that great either, ne1 else had serious problems with fly?

[chlorine_babe]

Whats your body movement like before you worry about anything else work on it. Your body should be like a seesaw with your hips and shoulders coming equal distances above the water. Concentrate on pushing forward on your chest when your hips anre coming up most people find this bit easy.Make sure you out equal effort into pushing your hips down and forward this is the bit most people have difficulty with. Kepp your head still and at the surface when you're not breathing. I get my littlies to pretend they are dolphins and swim with arms by their sides no leg movement at all just practising the above movement they all love it and you can see the difference in their stroke when it's applied to the full stroke.

[lozswimmer]

i really had to work on my fly because i couldnt do it for ages! its still not too brilliant but i can do 100m pretty easily now lol, working on getting it to 6 then gradually 8!
what are your times like for 50m GBMbreastroker???

[Pete]

GBM! Put some fins on. Kick with a loose back avoiding a big action. Kick underwater. Kick on your side. Kick on your front with arms to sides (when you do this always kick on the breath so that this transfers to full stroke.) Sweep wide on recovery when using arms. Go 2, 3, 4, even 5 strokes without a breath to feel your rhythm. Go short distances, when you lose your rhythm slip into Freestyle for a few strokes. Check with your coach whether he is happy with this. I always tell my swimmers "Never ask if you can wear fins for training fly just put them on". Fins build confidence and allow you to swim further with good technique. When you feel ready you throw off your fins.