Butterfly swimming important detail :: Wide vs narrow entry

Recently I noticed something was off with my butterfly. It was taking me too much effort to get my arms out of the water and into the initial position of the pull again. So I made a few changes, but the one that I think is most interesting is a wide arms entry vs the narrow entry.

This is how I use to enter and this is how I now with a wider entry. This seemingly small change allowed me to put my head in the water a little bit faster since the arms didn’t have to travel that far anymore. Because of this I had a better momentum and was in a better horizontal position. My hips moved up higher in the water and I had a stronger kick.
I also saved a little bit of effort underwater by not doing this movement in the pull, since my hands were already here when I started the pull with a wider entry.

Overall I increased my speed, my tempo and I was a little less tired with each stroke. However, since my tempo increased I did one or even two strokes more with this technique, so I felt that at the end of each 25 meters I spent the same amount to effort but with a better time.

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