With a swimmer that is using a rather straight arm pull, at least to the point where the hand is under the shoulder/the arm is vertical, what sorts of drills or focus points will help them move to/practice more of a high elbow/bent elbow style beyond just explaining/showing them the high elbow pull?
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To get the arm bent I like to get swimmers to swim without breathing bring the hand through the water and as they do let the thumb touch the centre of the chest until the hand touches the inner thigh. Make sure the elbow is not dropping during the pull. Then when they breath I get them to touch the body but making sure they don't cross over the black line on the bottom. No elbow dropping please. In very short order the hand moves away from the body touching and ends in the right position.
To get the arm bent I like to get swimmers to swim without breathing bring the hand through the water and as they do let the thumb touch the centre of the chest until the hand touches the inner thigh. Make sure the elbow is not dropping during the pull. Then when they breath I get them to touch the body but making sure they don't cross over the black line on the bottom. No elbow dropping please. In very short order the hand moves away from the body touching and ends in the right position.
