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.
I also find it hurts my shoulders if I do it too fast. The drill means you can't rotate the body as normal, which can cause shoulder strain. We do it occasionally as a drill but I'll switch to "pinky, thumb pinky" instead. Most of the time we use it as a recovery swim, which means I switch to regular back.
I also find it hurts my shoulders if I do it too fast. The drill means you can't rotate the body as normal, which can cause shoulder strain. We do it occasionally as a drill but I'll switch to "pinky, thumb pinky" instead. Most of the time we use it as a recovery swim, which means I switch to regular back.
