Lay 'em on me… your top 3 favorite drills. I suppose to be clear, they should be the drills you’ve found most helpful. Here are mine so far:
Kick (relaxed) on side, arm extended, breathe by turning head
One arm swim, breathing every 2
DeWalt heavy duty, 1/2" chuck, extra long power cord
Catch-up freestyle
Fingertip drag
Windmill freestyle
(4.) Kicking on your side, switching sides by pulling with your stretched out arm (basically half a stroke) every 8 kicks.
1- basic freestyle 1.5 - 3 K
2- 45 - 60 minutes treading water, hands above surface, alternating every 5 minutes with water level between top lip and nostrils…for breathing control.
45 - 60 minutes treading water, hands above surface, alternating every 5 minutes with water level between top lip and nostrils…for breathing control.
He he. I can see it already…
Its a fun way to break in the new lifeguards at the pool. Last one felt compelled to keep coming over to check on me after the first half hour.
I assume you use a flutter kick and not an “anything goes” bicyce kick?
I’ll change back and forth and do a couple other kick movements also. Don’t know what they would be called. I try to keep it all elemental…although I’m told this is a rather unconventional workout. I like it anyway. It helps the mental edge as much as the physical.
100 catchup
75 c/u-25 sw
50 c/u- 50 sw
25 c/u- 75 sw
100 sw
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You forgot the part about “while keeping a ten pound diving brick above the surface of the water”, though we usually did 2 minutes on, 30 seconds rest/tread for like a half hour while playing Pass the Brick. And then there were the guys who wanted to be all macho and decided they were going to pass not one, but three bricks at the same time.
My man you are obsessed with swimming! Take a breath and go swim a few laps and just quit worring about your swim, in time it will come together.
fingertips.
…fla jill, could people keep 3 bricks out of water with a freestyle kick?
A couple of the guys did, others switched over to breast kick.
long dog - the one where you catch and pull as normal but recover under the water by shooting your hand up along your body back to the start of the stroke. Excellent for teaching you to roll.
My man you are obsessed with swimming! Take a breath and go swim a few laps and just quit worring about your swim, in time it will come together.
Absolutely – ain’t got time to be anything other than obsessed. Serves me right for half-assing it for the first 5 months since getting chlorine on me.
Tonight will be the 4th day in a row in the pool.
long dog with band and no buoy is a good drill for building good pulling strength.
I’ll try that one tonight. Sounds a tad bit more strenuous. Hmmmmm
#1 - One arm swimming, with the off arm forward and also with the off arm back. Keeping the off arm back really makes you turn from the hips.
#2 - Got to like closed fist swimmingl, and if you want, do the one arm swim with a closed fist
one arm swim (haven’t tried off arm back though - i will tomorrow)
no name drill (learned from doug stern) - swim right next to the lane line and use it exclusively to pull on that side. breathe toward the line. i think it’s supposed to teach you what it’s like to pull on something solid so that when you swim you remember the sensation.
kick with board (because it gives me tired shoulders a rest)
If you’ve been out of the water for a while, these 3 drills will get you back a little quicker. Incorporate them into a set of 150’s, 75dr/75swim, and you’ll be set!
25 scull (head out of water, no kick, hands out in front)
25 fist catch-up (fist your hands)
25 water-polo swim (head out of the water looking straight down the pool, no kicking)
These 3 will get your feel back, as well as build your swim muscles (lats, lats, and lats)