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?
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I'm going to have to give it time to see if I want to do drills. As I've been at this only a bit over a month, I'm still focusing just on increasing my distance per workout. I feel confident enough with where I am that I've entered the 800 meter distance of an open water swim this weekend. I plan on entering a meet in July and trying the shorter distances at all four strokes with a goal of just finishing. I never swam high school or college, only summer club teams. Starting to swim with my six year old in February made me realize how much I missed just swimming after 30+ years away.
I watch my daughters do drills so I've been exposed to them & understand what they're for, I just don't know at this point if I want to dedicate part of the (realitively) small amount of time I get to swim to drills rather than just swimming.
I'm going to have to give it time to see if I want to do drills. As I've been at this only a bit over a month, I'm still focusing just on increasing my distance per workout. I feel confident enough with where I am that I've entered the 800 meter distance of an open water swim this weekend. I plan on entering a meet in July and trying the shorter distances at all four strokes with a goal of just finishing. I never swam high school or college, only summer club teams. Starting to swim with my six year old in February made me realize how much I missed just swimming after 30+ years away.
I watch my daughters do drills so I've been exposed to them & understand what they're for, I just don't know at this point if I want to dedicate part of the (realitively) small amount of time I get to swim to drills rather than just swimming.
