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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Drills can be great because they help you isolate and focus on one part of your stroke, as others have said. But every time you're doing a drill, it's important to be aware of which aspects of your stroke you're sacrificing to focus on the drill. For example, in "catch up" swimming, the focus is on taking long strokes, but you're sacrificing a good side-to-side rotation. If you don't know that, you might end up with a worse stroke if you swim too much catch up, but with that caveat in mind you can avoid those issues.
Drills can be great because they help you isolate and focus on one part of your stroke, as others have said. But every time you're doing a drill, it's important to be aware of which aspects of your stroke you're sacrificing to focus on the drill. For example, in "catch up" swimming, the focus is on taking long strokes, but you're sacrificing a good side-to-side rotation. If you don't know that, you might end up with a worse stroke if you swim too much catch up, but with that caveat in mind you can avoid those issues.
