I found someone online to practice TI drills with... a "TI Buddy" =)
Does anyone have any suggestions for doing this effectively? We're going to swim together probably once a week for an hour.
- Should we do 30 minutes with one swimming and the other watching, and then switch, or should we constantly switch?
- What's the best way to notice and correct someone else's body position/head position/kicking/rotation in a given drill?
- Any other comments? Has anyone tried this before?
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- Should we do 30 minutes with one swimming and the other watching, and then switch, or should we constantly switch?
This is a very good idea. Maybe not in these proportions but student swimmers acting as a coach is a drill in itself. I made extensive use of this drill in the past with huge success.
But if you really want to make GIANT steps. And I mean very big steps forward, try to provide yourself with video support. It could be as simple as a little digital camera with clip recording capabilities.
And if you don't have a digital camera, then get one.
And if you can, try to get a setup that allows for underwater filming as well.
You can't imagine how productive you and your TI buddy's swim sessions will become.
I've had huge success as a coach, results that go well over my coaching skills or level. That is simply because of a 27inches TV set, a big "on shoulder" VHS cam recorder. This equipment was available at every single workout.
Well I did some of the drills by myself during a public swim the other day.
I can't stand getting water splashed in my face all the time due to the turbulance of all the other swimmers... I guess I just have to get good at closing my mouth at the right times so as not to breath in the water =)
Well I did some of the drills by myself during a public swim the other day.
I can't stand getting water splashed in my face all the time due to the turbulance of all the other swimmers... I guess I just have to get good at closing my mouth at the right times so as not to breath in the water =) That is a skill all into itself. Try swimming next to a 6-7 former Olympian. Nicest guy in the world, but there is quite a wake! I have perfected the timing of not breathing in the short time it takes him to speed past me!
That is a skill all into itself. Try swimming next to a 6-7 former Olympian. Nicest guy in the world, but there is quite a wake! I have perfected the timing of not breathing in the short time it takes him to speed past me!
I have trouble 'predicting' when the pool is going to sink me 6" under on backstroke, and often times, it'll be right when I was about to take a breath.
How do you do it?
I hear all of this "breath in on one stroke, out on the other" .... well that's nice, but my pattern is more like "breathe in whenever there isn't some huge wave washing over my face"
