Can anyone suggest drills to help me swim as fast without a pull buoy as I do with one?
I work hard at practice 5 days a week and make incremental gains every so often. But my improvement over the past year can't compare to the amount I improve when I grab a pull buoy.
So - I need to be working on my body alignment? Keeping my legs high in the water? Strengthening my abs? I try to work on all of those things but I would really appreciate any drill or workout ideas.
Thanks!
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hey Steve, don't give up on the pull bouy yet, they can be pretty useful.
there are probably a lot more good reasons but here are a few.
you will learn how it feels to swim with proper body position. then you can use different head position or other technique change to get that feeling back when swimming full stroke.
after a tough set, pulling is one way to keep the aerobic work going without your stroke falling apart from fatigue.
using a bouy even without paddles overloads the arms.
breaks up monotony of swimming thousands of yds freestyle.
forces a faster turnover.
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hey Steve, don't give up on the pull bouy yet, they can be pretty useful.
there are probably a lot more good reasons but here are a few.
you will learn how it feels to swim with proper body position. then you can use different head position or other technique change to get that feeling back when swimming full stroke.
after a tough set, pulling is one way to keep the aerobic work going without your stroke falling apart from fatigue.
using a bouy even without paddles overloads the arms.
breaks up monotony of swimming thousands of yds freestyle.
forces a faster turnover.
