Do you do DPS drills?
We did some yesterday, and I was able to do 10 (25Y pool) - without kicking.
last time I really paid attention and counted in this kind of a drill was about 2-3 months ago, and the best I could do was 13 with a rare 12, and those were with kicking.
So, Improvement !!! Gotta love it.
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Originally posted by Paul Smith
I'm a big fan of DPS drills, but the common mistake I see is that people use them but don't take the next step which is increasing speed.
One of the sets Popov was famous for was a series of 50s, each one had to maintain the same stroke count but drop a second. He'd go until his stroke count incresed, then back off and start over.
DPS is great, but DPS with speed is a whole different animal!
Yeah, our coach has us doing that... start off noice and slow with a count, then makes us try and descend it. Tough sets!
Originally posted by Paul Smith
I'm a big fan of DPS drills, but the common mistake I see is that people use them but don't take the next step which is increasing speed.
One of the sets Popov was famous for was a series of 50s, each one had to maintain the same stroke count but drop a second. He'd go until his stroke count incresed, then back off and start over.
DPS is great, but DPS with speed is a whole different animal!
Yeah, our coach has us doing that... start off noice and slow with a count, then makes us try and descend it. Tough sets!
