A few Friday swimming drills

Jan, as those of us who swim with him know, is a master technician in the pool in particular. He has put us through our paces with drill after drill. All part of the simple approach to improving step by step and improving our 'feel' of the water.

Here are a few of the drills we did this morning - a great recap as we head into summer training.

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These are all 50m drills = 25m drill + 25m free

2x  kick without kick board / free style arms, legs crossed

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one arm (second arm beside body)

other arm

catch up

reverse catch up

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scull high (with very little or no kicking)

scull mid

scull low - feet first

scull high - feet first

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side .. armpit .. stroke .. switch sides

side .. armpit .. reach for the sky .. stroke

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For coordination:

freestyle arms, breast stroke legs

breast stroke arms, freestyle kick

freestyle stroke, fly legs

back stroke arms, breast stroke legs

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reverse freestyle