Backstroke - Spin Drill

By Glenn Mills to Backstroke | Jul 08, 2008 08:05AM |

Backstroke Spin Drill is one of the most FUN drills in swimming because it lets you do all the things you’re not supposed to do, and lets you do them in a BIG way. No splash? You want to be covered in spray when you do this drill. Stay hidden and balanced? Fugettaboutit. Look up? Rotate your hips? Soft, clean hand entry? No way! No time!

The Pool

Videos-Evals

Videos

Drills

Products

Practices

Recent Comments

Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by Tarik 42 minutes ago

I don't get the clicking when my arm is at 90 degrees to my torso (like in this drill). But when my arm is extended over my head (or if ... more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by tarek about 2 hours ago

i hope i can decrease my time asap ..since my 50 meters freestyle is 32.12 still the 100 at 1:09 and the 200 at 2:22 i practice 6 days ... more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by tarek about 2 hours ago

that's great ..gleen is it a drill or i must always swim like this ? our coach is stubborn since he insist on casual catch which start i... more »
Butterfly - 3-3-3
by FlippedOut 1 day ago

Well done, McKenzie. more »
Butterfly - Dolphin Kick, Arms Up!
by FlippedOut 1 day ago

I find this drill too easy (without fins) - so I wonder if I'm doing it right sometimes. I have a question regarding fins. I kick one... more »
Backstroke - Single Arm (Rouse-Style Execution)
by FlippedOut 1 day ago

Backstroke is satisfying. Thanks for this eye candy vid. more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by Glenn Mills 1 day ago

Lol. Clicking in joints probably means find another move. :). Be careful and remember, no technique is right for everyone. Well... Excep... more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by FlippedOut 1 day ago

Interesting move - are the clicking noises in shoulders normal? more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by Glenn Mills 2 days ago

James. Cause I'm a breaststroker. ;) more »
Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch
by James Stuart 3 days ago

Glenn, why you move your arm left to right? I am just wondering... more »

Underwater Tag Cloud

1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag aerobic endurance age-group anchoring backstroke balance beach reading birthday swim blueseventy Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims butterfly catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle dive dolphin dolphin kick Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Eric Vendt etiquette fatigue feel Finis finish fins flip turn flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals hand entry head position heart rate hybrid IM inner strength Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce kick kids long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer masters medball Michael Phelps neural Olympics one-hour swim open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Roland Schoeman rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratio

Who is GoSwim?

We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.

Want More GoSwim?

Subscribe to our RSS feed

built by devtwo