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 like drills a lot. I think there is no better way to work on certain aspects of your technique.
The guy who writes the plans for my coach usually doesn't include any drills so I usually throw in some drills in those long endless freestyle swims (speaking of a 500 and up) to include some spice and improve my swimming while actually getting some cardio workout.
I like drills a lot. I think there is no better way to work on certain aspects of your technique.
The guy who writes the plans for my coach usually doesn't include any drills so I usually throw in some drills in those long endless freestyle swims (speaking of a 500 and up) to include some spice and improve my swimming while actually getting some cardio workout.
