Clockwise Swimming

Question for swimmers and coaches out there - Can Clockwise swimming help improve your stroke? Quick background: My coach has implemented clockwise swimming (swimming on the left side of the pool) for warm-up and has received a lot resistance from longtime swimmers. My coach explained that a lot of the swimmers are shortening up the right arm to make a turn during normal counter clockwise swimming. We also swim in a extra wide lanes in a 25 meter pool (the pool has individual lanes and we move the lane lines over to allow for circle swimming); which the coach thinks for the reason of shortening and crossing over the right arm. For myself, I find that I have learned to flip turn on the opposite side but I find that I get so confused during warm-up and worried about the swimmer behind me running into me because they moved over too far (we have had some close calls in the water). Anyone had any experience with swim practice that changes directions (swimming clockwise then counter clockwise)? Any advantages/disadvantages? Thanks, John My first thought was... I wonder if they swim clockwise in the UK? :cool: I have never really thought about the impact of clockwise vs counter clockwise in practice. But I am sure there is something to it. As someone who has swam on and off her whole life, I would be a bit concerned the first few times swimming clockwise as I would wonder if someone might forget and we would have a head on collision. So I can see where there might be some resistance. Next time I am swimming solo, I will give it a try and see how it impacts my turns and stroke count.

Question for swimmers and coaches out there - Can Clockwise swimming help improve your stroke? Quick background: My coach has implemented clockwise swimming (swimming on the left side of the pool) for warm-up and has received a lot resistance from longtime swimmers. My coach explained that a lot of the swimmers are shortening up the right arm to make a turn during normal counter clockwise swimming. We also swim in a extra wide lanes in a 25 meter pool (the pool has individual lanes and we move the lane lines over to allow for circle swimming); which the coach thinks for the reason of shortening and crossing over the right arm. For myself, I find that I have learned to flip turn on the opposite side but I find that I get so confused during warm-up and worried about the swimmer behind me running into me because they moved over too far (we have had some close calls in the water). Anyone had any experience with swim practice that changes directions (swimming clockwise then counter clockwise)? Any advantages/disadvantages? Thanks, John My first thought was... I wonder if they swim clockwise in the UK? :cool: I have never really thought about the impact of clockwise vs counter clockwise in practice. But I am sure there is something to it. As someone who has swam on and off her whole life, I would be a bit concerned the first few times swimming clockwise as I would wonder if someone might forget and we would have a head on collision. So I can see where there might be some resistance. Next time I am swimming solo, I will give it a try and see how it impacts my turns and stroke count.