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?
I hate it when we're supposed to be doing a drill set, and the person behind me doesn't, and rides me the whole set, and they refuse to go ahead.
We seem to go through phases, I think in the fall we do more drills, then Jan-Mar more emphasis on distance. There are a few drills I have found extremely useful, especially one arm, when you keep your other arm at your side.
I hate it when we're supposed to be doing a drill set, and the person behind me doesn't, and rides me the whole set, and they refuse to go ahead.
We seem to go through phases, I think in the fall we do more drills, then Jan-Mar more emphasis on distance. There are a few drills I have found extremely useful, especially one arm, when you keep your other arm at your side.
