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
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I haven't really considered the impact of this, but is something that I will try. I think (my thoughts prior to doing this) that it would be more of a mental change than anything else (sort of taking the brain process out of the norm and taking a habitual behavior and completely altering it).
With regard to the turns, all of my swimmers have learned to adapt to the lanes and make their way to center-lane prior to turning...
I haven't really considered the impact of this, but is something that I will try. I think (my thoughts prior to doing this) that it would be more of a mental change than anything else (sort of taking the brain process out of the norm and taking a habitual behavior and completely altering it).
With regard to the turns, all of my swimmers have learned to adapt to the lanes and make their way to center-lane prior to turning...
