Can anyone tell me a positive reason for doing a double arm backstroke drill? The only thing it seems to be good at for me is hurting my shoulders, so I refuse to do it. When I think about it, I can't come up with any reason why this drill would do you any good anyway. In real backstroke, you are supposed to roll your body from side to side, right? That's a key part of the stroke. When doing a double arm recovery, you can't roll at all. So what is the point?
Whenever a coach assigns this, I just quietly do something else. If they were to try to "encourage" me to do it anyway, I'd tell them what they could do with that idea.
If it's hurting your shoulders then odds are you are overreaching. Double arm backstroke drill helps to prevent overreaching by making it very difficult to overreach.
If it's hurting your shoulders then odds are you are overreaching. Double arm backstroke drill helps to prevent overreaching by making it very difficult to overreach.
