I personally never do drills that focus on a part of a full stroke, such as kicking alone, or one-hand stroke, etc. etc. If I want to correct/improve a certain aspect of the stroke, I do so in full stroke. How many out there share my opinion that separate drills are unnecessary, or even not helpful?
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i have generally looked down my nose at drills... believing that it is better to always do the whole stroke, and simply focus more on one element as i do it. but there have been times when i found drills indispensable... especially when i took on learning fly. and as mentioned, when introducing specific technique ideas that are new to a swimmer, i believe drills are essential. if you do more drills than whole stroke swimming however, i don't know that it would help that much.
i have generally looked down my nose at drills... believing that it is better to always do the whole stroke, and simply focus more on one element as i do it. but there have been times when i found drills indispensable... especially when i took on learning fly. and as mentioned, when introducing specific technique ideas that are new to a swimmer, i believe drills are essential. if you do more drills than whole stroke swimming however, i don't know that it would help that much.
