I will admit I'm making an assumption here, too, since he doesn't directly address drills in the paper.
I was looking at the longer paper and he does specifically address drill in that one:
Throughout this paper, mentions were made of irrelevant swimming activities that do not relate to or
could improve race performance. They are most of what is commonly seen in competitive swimming
pools today. Drills, land-training, pool-use equipment (e.g., bands, pull-buoys, paddles, snorkels,
etc.), and single-energy specific training sets are irrelevant activities for influencing racing in a
positive manner.
(see coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../energy39.pdf, p 43)
So I think you can now officially put Rushall on your black list, Charles! :)
I will admit I'm making an assumption here, too, since he doesn't directly address drills in the paper.
I was looking at the longer paper and he does specifically address drill in that one:
Throughout this paper, mentions were made of irrelevant swimming activities that do not relate to or
could improve race performance. They are most of what is commonly seen in competitive swimming
pools today. Drills, land-training, pool-use equipment (e.g., bands, pull-buoys, paddles, snorkels,
etc.), and single-energy specific training sets are irrelevant activities for influencing racing in a
positive manner.
(see coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../energy39.pdf, p 43)
So I think you can now officially put Rushall on your black list, Charles! :)
