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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We did what coaches call drills before they were called drills, arms only, kicks of all sorts, catch up, dives, streamline, one length no breathe, you name it. I don't think every practice needs to be drills. I know when I give a workout to some one they know what the workout is and don't have to figure out a code to finish it.
We did what coaches call drills before they were called drills, arms only, kicks of all sorts, catch up, dives, streamline, one length no breathe, you name it. I don't think every practice needs to be drills. I know when I give a workout to some one they know what the workout is and don't have to figure out a code to finish it.
