Does anyone have any hints, tips, tricks, or drills to help swimmers engage their core while swimming freestyle (or any stroke for that matter)? :afraid:
Thanks!!
I definitly feel more rotation and lat engagement when I sprint and extend.
I tend to like distance more and during long workouts I think I lose most of my extension. Maybe that's what I need to focus on.
Interesting -- I think it's the opposite for me. I could especially feel my lats during warm-up yesterday (since it was on my mind). Long strokes w/rotation are great for distance, IMO, and I find it easier to focus on them when I'm swimming a bit slower.
Semi-relatedly, we did some pull-buoy work in practice. Suddenly all the emphasis was on my triceps, which fits with what others have said on this board about pull buoys inhibiting rotation. I threw the pull buoy on the side of the pool and kept going. Hate the things.
I definitly feel more rotation and lat engagement when I sprint and extend.
I tend to like distance more and during long workouts I think I lose most of my extension. Maybe that's what I need to focus on.
Interesting -- I think it's the opposite for me. I could especially feel my lats during warm-up yesterday (since it was on my mind). Long strokes w/rotation are great for distance, IMO, and I find it easier to focus on them when I'm swimming a bit slower.
Semi-relatedly, we did some pull-buoy work in practice. Suddenly all the emphasis was on my triceps, which fits with what others have said on this board about pull buoys inhibiting rotation. I threw the pull buoy on the side of the pool and kept going. Hate the things.
