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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>What are some good drills</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/2118/what-are-some-good-drills</link><description>I&amp;#39;m looking for some good drills. One of the other threads spoke of swimming on one&amp;#39;s side with the lower arm extended. I&amp;#39;ve started this as well as what I call form swimming. Instead of pulling 100 or 200 yards warm up, I swim those yards very deliberate</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: What are some good drills</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/12127?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:01:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:24ed0f69-28bc-46ea-b640-3e752f45fa25</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>A ladder swim is not really a drill as much as a style of workout.  For example you might swimm 100, 200, 300....300, 200, 100.


A drill that helps me is catch-up.  You swim normal stroke except that you do not begin a stroke until the recovering hand touches the waiting hand in the water in front of you.  This is good for me because it reminds me to keep my stroke &amp;quot;in the front quadrant&amp;quot;.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>