Inspired by some of the discussion in the fly thread , I was wondering how you all feel about drills.
Personally, they drive me nuts, yet everywhere people rave about TI and boy do my coaches like 'em. I find that generally drills just make me feel as though I'm learning to swim a way I will never actually swim, as opposed to helping me focus on one aspect of the stroke. For instance, last night, we were doing breaststroke drills and I spent the entire time trying to learn the drill as opposed to focusing on what we were meant to learn.
Also, I tend to learn technique by figuring out what feels right, but with drills, it feels different because you aren't doing the full stroke.
What about you?
my relationship with drills comes in waves. Sometimes I'm just NOT in the mood and I want to swim, other times I start to feel like I'd love to do a drill set.
I have to say I think they've helped me. For instance, Fist drill forced me to realize how much I used my hands for balance in the water and changed the way I use my forearm in freestyle. I can tell after I do drills my stroke feels much smoother. (though that may be just a perception thing coming off a drill set)
Other than some of the basic freestyle drills, finger drill, fist drill, and r&r, we don't do much else in our coached practice besides regular swim sets :)
my relationship with drills comes in waves. Sometimes I'm just NOT in the mood and I want to swim, other times I start to feel like I'd love to do a drill set.
I have to say I think they've helped me. For instance, Fist drill forced me to realize how much I used my hands for balance in the water and changed the way I use my forearm in freestyle. I can tell after I do drills my stroke feels much smoother. (though that may be just a perception thing coming off a drill set)
Other than some of the basic freestyle drills, finger drill, fist drill, and r&r, we don't do much else in our coached practice besides regular swim sets :)
