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.
Swimming fly on the back is another fun drill. Not sure how useful that is, but it's a hell of a lot easier than regular fly. I use it to observe my stroke and work on timing, without the distraction of asphyxia.
Sorry to veer off-subject, but that's what I feel like when swimming fly. I don't really seem to get any air. After a few strokes I'm out of oxygen... :(
Swimming fly on the back is another fun drill. Not sure how useful that is, but it's a hell of a lot easier than regular fly. I use it to observe my stroke and work on timing, without the distraction of asphyxia.
Sorry to veer off-subject, but that's what I feel like when swimming fly. I don't really seem to get any air. After a few strokes I'm out of oxygen... :(
