Stussy told me to swim with a tennis ball under my chin to get used to not moving.
anyone else tried this? Or hae other drills and a set for such?
I was just gong to do some streamline, turns and pull outs work and throw in 4x 50 with the tennis ball. Slow at first and try to add speed.
Then move into my regular BR work.
Thoughts?
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I have done the breaststroke head up drill and I think it is a great handspeed drill.I have never thought of it as a head position drill. It's a little hard to see Hansen's head position on that tape as the best shots are underwater,but he certainly does't seem to move his head much on the other tapes that I've seen of him.I agree with Jeff that a little neck motion is natural(it's hard to go wrong about breaststroke agreeing with Jeff) but I don't agree with looking forward. Also looking at Rich's video his neck is too arched when he swims so any drill to correct that will be good. Jeff,I find the underwater breaststroke drill good for many things,but not for undulation,am I missing something?
Well I did 1250 free tonight to warm up worked on streamlining and was getting to the 10yard area without anything more than a push (I'm working to 1650 Free), then I went to my 50's of BR 12x50, 9x50 +5sec, 6x 50 +5 sec, 4 x50+5 sec.
I couldn't go after the first 2 sets I'd worked streamline and keeping head still and my form was as the point where I would have been starting to get sloppy. I'd glugged a couple of mouthfuls and decided to call it and not do BAD form just to get yards in (I think that was wise).
I then did some *** pullouts,and got past the halfway mark of the pool from both a push and from a dive--I actually had a couple of really nice feeling 50's where I felt myself diving forward.
Finished off with 200 Free for about a 2500 workout.
This post makes me sound like a poor man's version of Ande lol
I have done the breaststroke head up drill and I think it is a great handspeed drill.I have never thought of it as a head position drill. It's a little hard to see Hansen's head position on that tape as the best shots are underwater,but he certainly does't seem to move his head much on the other tapes that I've seen of him.I agree with Jeff that a little neck motion is natural(it's hard to go wrong about breaststroke agreeing with Jeff) but I don't agree with looking forward. Also looking at Rich's video his neck is too arched when he swims so any drill to correct that will be good. Jeff,I find the underwater breaststroke drill good for many things,but not for undulation,am I missing something?
Well I did 1250 free tonight to warm up worked on streamlining and was getting to the 10yard area without anything more than a push (I'm working to 1650 Free), then I went to my 50's of BR 12x50, 9x50 +5sec, 6x 50 +5 sec, 4 x50+5 sec.
I couldn't go after the first 2 sets I'd worked streamline and keeping head still and my form was as the point where I would have been starting to get sloppy. I'd glugged a couple of mouthfuls and decided to call it and not do BAD form just to get yards in (I think that was wise).
I then did some *** pullouts,and got past the halfway mark of the pool from both a push and from a dive--I actually had a couple of really nice feeling 50's where I felt myself diving forward.
Finished off with 200 Free for about a 2500 workout.
This post makes me sound like a poor man's version of Ande lol
