I was looking at the longer paper and he does specifically address drill in that one:
(see coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../energy39.pdf, p 43)
So I think you can now officially put Rushall on your black list, Charles! :)
He's already very close to this list, as you may have guessed already. But like I said, he's more of a waste of time than a jerk I think.
I don't think (even if I may surprise you a lot here) that he's dismissing drill work, but rather warning people that technique alone won't get you to the top.
But as I mention qbrain, as soon as you find a mention that he recommends schedules like 6x4k = 24k for beating Sun Yang, or even Ryan Cochrane, then I promise to put him on my black list.
One has to live on an other planet to dismiss the importance of improving economy in swimming. Phelps did publish a small paper recently I believe in which he re-confirms the importance of drilling. That's obvious, it's obvious to all of us.
My attempt to defend Rushall's position (can't believe I am still defending him....) is simply driven by the fact that I assume he knows how swimmers, ie the successful ones, are trained still today.
The thing that changed ever since I started coaching at a high level, is that now the net of elite swimmers tend to resemble more and more like the net of a triathlete, with Zommers, Front Snorkel, etc...
Is it possible to imagine swimming without the Single Arm Drill? The Snorkel (like Phelps smartly mentions) allows you to better focus on the pulling action itself, etc etc etc etc.....
Ref: www.details.com/.../gold-medalist-olympian-swimmer-michael-phelps-training-secrets-interview
Who are you going to believe? Brent Rushall or Michael Phelps? Brent Who? No brainer....
I was looking at the longer paper and he does specifically address drill in that one:
(see coachsci.sdsu.edu/.../energy39.pdf, p 43)
So I think you can now officially put Rushall on your black list, Charles! :)
He's already very close to this list, as you may have guessed already. But like I said, he's more of a waste of time than a jerk I think.
I don't think (even if I may surprise you a lot here) that he's dismissing drill work, but rather warning people that technique alone won't get you to the top.
But as I mention qbrain, as soon as you find a mention that he recommends schedules like 6x4k = 24k for beating Sun Yang, or even Ryan Cochrane, then I promise to put him on my black list.
One has to live on an other planet to dismiss the importance of improving economy in swimming. Phelps did publish a small paper recently I believe in which he re-confirms the importance of drilling. That's obvious, it's obvious to all of us.
My attempt to defend Rushall's position (can't believe I am still defending him....) is simply driven by the fact that I assume he knows how swimmers, ie the successful ones, are trained still today.
The thing that changed ever since I started coaching at a high level, is that now the net of elite swimmers tend to resemble more and more like the net of a triathlete, with Zommers, Front Snorkel, etc...
Is it possible to imagine swimming without the Single Arm Drill? The Snorkel (like Phelps smartly mentions) allows you to better focus on the pulling action itself, etc etc etc etc.....
Ref: www.details.com/.../gold-medalist-olympian-swimmer-michael-phelps-training-secrets-interview
Who are you going to believe? Brent Rushall or Michael Phelps? Brent Who? No brainer....
