Go Swim Breaststroke with Amanda Beard

In GO SWIM BREASTSTROKE, Olympic GoldMedalist and World Record holder AmandaBeard shares the key focus points thatshe uses to develop her awesomebreaststroke technique. Amandas sixfocus points work for every level ofswimmer novice to elite and youdont have to learn drills or changeyour normal workout routine in order toincorporate them into your stroke. Youcan start to apply them immediately, thenext time you go to the pool. Theextraordinary swimming footage ofAmanda, combined with her clear,step-by-step instruction, will help takeyour breaststroke to the next level.AMANDA BEARD, at age 14, became thesecond youngest Olympic Gold Medalist inUSA Swimming history. Since her 1996debut in Atlanta (where she also tooksilver in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke),she has won a total of seven Olympicmedals, including her dramaticgold-medal victory in the 200Breaststroke in Athens. She is thecurrent American Record holder in the100M and 200M Breaststroke and 200M IM,as well as the reigning World Recordholder in the 200M Breaststroke.GO SWIM BREASTSTROKE WITH AMANDA BEARDwas written, filmed, and produced by theteam of GLENN MILLS, a member of the1980 Olympic Swim Team and currentlyTechnical Advisor to Swimming Worldmagazine and SwimInfo.com, and BARBARAHUMMEL, veteran of two Olympic Trialsand currently a coach and World Top-TenMasters swimmer.Approximate Running Time: 50 minutes Product Description

Powerful breastroke

This dvd is about 6 focus points of powerful breastroke: streamlining whilst gliding, pointing toes to the sides and then kick, closing feet together after kicking thus hiding it before the next cycle of kicking, jumping up and front to get the maximum head pull, dive to the front rather than down thus channeling energy to the front, and wide and fast armstroke.

But to be fair, Amanda stated that some of the techniques are especially her own style and not for everybody.

This video has helped me in achieving fast breastroke, fast enough to challenge a decent freestylist at 50m just by applying fast start-up, powerful kick and streamlining, and with just an average of 8 strokes per 25m length. June 28, 2008

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