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PHILLIP TORIELLO: Hello and welcome to Expert Village. I'm Phillip Toriello from the Avila
Bay Athletic Club. Butterfly sprinting: What can be said? Basically, hold your breath and
go. The butterfly sprint events include the 50 and the 100. So, it's up to 2 lengths or
4 lengths, and it's an all-or-nothing type race. Most people have enough energy to make
it through that with consideration that they've worked on their technique, keeping their head
low, working on their recovery position, and working on the timing as far as their kick/two-stroke
ratio is concerned. Again, on a sprint race though, you're really looking to increase
that turnover while trying not to compromise that technique. As far as your breathing during
a sprint, it's completely optional. It's not like the breaststroke, which requires you
to lift your head up out of the water every stroke. You can breathe as often as you like.
It is the bottom line. In a sprint race though, like we've discussed before, the more often
you lift your head and the higher you lift your head, the more resistance and drag you're
going to add to your race and add to your stroke. So, if you wanted to keep your head
down and fly through the 50, while--if you could maintain your efficiency during your
stroke, by all means, do so.