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?
Parents
Former Member
OK, so here we go! (since you gave me permission to go off topic and all!)...
My mom's family is from the Lyster Fjord which is off the Sogne Fjord (one of the most beautiful places on earth!) and the site of the 211 KM Cold Water Swim record by Lewis Gordon Pugh. (got some swim stuff in there :D )...
We are LCA. Growing up in the super-liberal People's Republic of Berkeley my family wasn't as strict as yours sounds. Plus, we were pretty much alone out there since the rest of the family was in Wisconsin.
And speaking of women and sports, a distant (Norwegian, naturally) cousin of mine from Iowa was on the Women's Hockey Team that won the GOLD at the Olympics at Nagano 1998!
My dad's family comes from Lillehammer.... anyone remember that little town north of Oslo? He used to ski yump... yust dat he yumped one time too many and ended up in a tree... never yumped again!! Uff Da!!
It's funny being Norwegian in Italy. We're considered exotic.
:cool:
Mary
OK, so here we go! (since you gave me permission to go off topic and all!)...
My mom's family is from the Lyster Fjord which is off the Sogne Fjord (one of the most beautiful places on earth!) and the site of the 211 KM Cold Water Swim record by Lewis Gordon Pugh. (got some swim stuff in there :D )...
We are LCA. Growing up in the super-liberal People's Republic of Berkeley my family wasn't as strict as yours sounds. Plus, we were pretty much alone out there since the rest of the family was in Wisconsin.
And speaking of women and sports, a distant (Norwegian, naturally) cousin of mine from Iowa was on the Women's Hockey Team that won the GOLD at the Olympics at Nagano 1998!
My dad's family comes from Lillehammer.... anyone remember that little town north of Oslo? He used to ski yump... yust dat he yumped one time too many and ended up in a tree... never yumped again!! Uff Da!!
It's funny being Norwegian in Italy. We're considered exotic.
:cool:
Mary
