Freestyle - Ball Catch
Anything that gets swimmers focused on their catch is a good thing. When it costs so little, it's even better. Here is a standard drill used by Pinecrest Head Coach Jay Fitzgerald.
Anything that gets swimmers focused on their catch is a good thing. When it costs so little, it's even better. Here is a standard drill used by Pinecrest Head Coach Jay Fitzgerald.
From our video shoot last week with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, take a look at this catch on freestyle.
Here's a fun and challenging drill that can help you learn rhythm and develop power for your freestyle.
Keeping with our "sequence" type of images, this week it's a butterfly focus with Eric Shanteau.
We're a couple days late for Cinco de Mayo, but what the heck. This week's set requires that you can count to 5.
EVF, EVF, EVF. Early Vertical Forearm is right up there with underwater dolphin as one of the key moves and key concepts in swimming. This dryland exercise will help you understand and FEEL what EVF is all about. And... it will help you develop the muscles that help make it happen.
Catch-catch-catch... seems as if all we talk about is a high-elbow catch. For good reason. Nothing will move you through the water more effectively than an early, high-elbow catch in freestyle.
Bent-arm extension is meant for swimmers who have reached a point in their life where the shoulders simply aren't as flexible as they used to be, and who find it difficult to reach full extension in freestyle..
We know we should have done something extra special for the last Pic of 2009...
Talk about a quick drill, here's one. This drill can be done during a kick set, or as a stand-alone drill.
Nearing the end of the year, this is just a reminder to keep reaching!
Moving fast through the water requires a couple things: a great catch and a high-speed turnover. Sometimes, the harder you try, the less return you get on the water. By using tools, this becomes easier to feel.
Developing an early catch in freestyle is extremely important for all swimmers, but it's just not easy for all swimmers.
Wanna swim fast? Wanna swim for a long time efficiently? Experiment with cutting out the dead spots; it may be for you.
Getting stuck in a swimming mantra, or a generally accepted "way" to do things, is very typical of all swimmers. Breaking through to find the way that works specifically for YOU is atypical, but necessary for you to reach your potential. The mantra that yours eyes should be looking DOWN is one of those mantras that each swimmer needs to examine for him... or her self.
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.