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.
My coach has us do double arm back to concentrate on the finish of the stroke. I find it helpful, but I don't do it if I have sore shoulders for any reason.
My coach has us do double arm back to concentrate on the finish of the stroke. I find it helpful, but I don't do it if I have sore shoulders for any reason.
