Would it help for turns?
Turns are more of a bouncy movement. The closest thing to a box squat in swimming is the start, and I don't think it's very close at all. Some would disagree, though. A lot of athletes do explosive lifting with the idea of being able to jump more explosively. I'm just making the educated guess that our brains aren't wired that way, and I'm basing my training on that.
I'll expand on this idea a little bit. I'm a saxophone player. I make very fast movements with my fingers when I play the saxophone. But sit me down at a piano and my fingers suddenly become very clumsy and unmusical. Why does that happen? The whole situation has changed, and I have to access a different procedural memory. My quickness is gone at the piano because my quickness was learned for the saxophone.
Would it help for turns?
Turns are more of a bouncy movement. The closest thing to a box squat in swimming is the start, and I don't think it's very close at all. Some would disagree, though. A lot of athletes do explosive lifting with the idea of being able to jump more explosively. I'm just making the educated guess that our brains aren't wired that way, and I'm basing my training on that.
I'll expand on this idea a little bit. I'm a saxophone player. I make very fast movements with my fingers when I play the saxophone. But sit me down at a piano and my fingers suddenly become very clumsy and unmusical. Why does that happen? The whole situation has changed, and I have to access a different procedural memory. My quickness is gone at the piano because my quickness was learned for the saxophone.
