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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Mary,
I'm only half offended. When My father was inthe fourth grade, a new boy came to his scholl. the little boy had come from Sweden. His teacher assigned my father to help the new boy fit in becasue the boy spoke no English. The teacher, this was in the early 1920's, actually said that she couldn't understand why all the stupid little Swedes didn't speak English before they came to this contry. They were actually forbidden from speaking Swedish n the school. For almost the entire student body, Swedish was their first language and Galesburg was at the tiem almost 40% Swedish. It amazes me that this issue about bilingual education still exists.
On the Norwegian side. My grandmothers name wa Nellie Nelson. Your last name is so Norwegian. My great grandmother's maiden name was Liervik. Where in the US did you grow up? Did you grow up eating ribs? My mother used to work with a woman who married a man ofNorwegian ancestry. this woman used to talk about her mother-in-laws rids. One day i asked why we never ate ribs at Christmas time. My mother repplie to me that we didn't becasue we didn't have to. Also, did anyone ever make upside down pineappple cake? I think I wa in highschool before I realized that you didn't have to eat that for every special occasion.
My Swedish great grandfather changed his name from Orling to Johnson because they were kicked out of Sweden for trying to start the revolutin. You know Methodist Swedish immigrnts came to the US becaseu they were poor. Lutherans came here becasue they were kicked out by rich Methodists.
Do cartch-up drills for your left arm entry. It will really help.
Mary,
I'm only half offended. When My father was inthe fourth grade, a new boy came to his scholl. the little boy had come from Sweden. His teacher assigned my father to help the new boy fit in becasue the boy spoke no English. The teacher, this was in the early 1920's, actually said that she couldn't understand why all the stupid little Swedes didn't speak English before they came to this contry. They were actually forbidden from speaking Swedish n the school. For almost the entire student body, Swedish was their first language and Galesburg was at the tiem almost 40% Swedish. It amazes me that this issue about bilingual education still exists.
On the Norwegian side. My grandmothers name wa Nellie Nelson. Your last name is so Norwegian. My great grandmother's maiden name was Liervik. Where in the US did you grow up? Did you grow up eating ribs? My mother used to work with a woman who married a man ofNorwegian ancestry. this woman used to talk about her mother-in-laws rids. One day i asked why we never ate ribs at Christmas time. My mother repplie to me that we didn't becasue we didn't have to. Also, did anyone ever make upside down pineappple cake? I think I wa in highschool before I realized that you didn't have to eat that for every special occasion.
My Swedish great grandfather changed his name from Orling to Johnson because they were kicked out of Sweden for trying to start the revolutin. You know Methodist Swedish immigrnts came to the US becaseu they were poor. Lutherans came here becasue they were kicked out by rich Methodists.
Do cartch-up drills for your left arm entry. It will really help.
