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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It amazes me that Iowa and Illinios have always had very different attitudes towards women and sports. Illinois used to have women's basketball until the thirties becasue of lack of interest. The program was stopped then sarted up again for Title IX. My sisters were archers in the 60's. After they graduated the program was stopped.
Also, in Indiana, almost every high school seems to have a pool. No matter how small? The only way Galesburg got a pool was to have a community foundation started and have them conduct a money raising campaign. What is even odder about myu old high school is that the radicitonal sports used to rule. Now they do terribly but still get the most funding. At one time, galesubrg had gone to state basketball tournament more than any other high school in the state. Now it can't win a game. Yet the swimming teams are getting better & better! but no one pays any attention to them.
Mary, I always say that my family is a very strict, liberal lutheran family. Always Democrats, yet when I was a kid, during Lent I wasn't allowed to leave the house unless it was church or school related. For school it had to be really important!
It amazes me that Iowa and Illinios have always had very different attitudes towards women and sports. Illinois used to have women's basketball until the thirties becasue of lack of interest. The program was stopped then sarted up again for Title IX. My sisters were archers in the 60's. After they graduated the program was stopped.
Also, in Indiana, almost every high school seems to have a pool. No matter how small? The only way Galesburg got a pool was to have a community foundation started and have them conduct a money raising campaign. What is even odder about myu old high school is that the radicitonal sports used to rule. Now they do terribly but still get the most funding. At one time, galesubrg had gone to state basketball tournament more than any other high school in the state. Now it can't win a game. Yet the swimming teams are getting better & better! but no one pays any attention to them.
Mary, I always say that my family is a very strict, liberal lutheran family. Always Democrats, yet when I was a kid, during Lent I wasn't allowed to leave the house unless it was church or school related. For school it had to be really important!
