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.
Here's a fun and challenging drill that can help you learn rhythm and develop power for your freestyle.
EVF(Early Vertical Forearm) Drill will help you isolate the initial point of connection for the freestyle catch.
This drill comes to us from our good friends at Almaden Swim & Racquet Club. Coaches Andre Salles-Cunha and Jason Martin.
Working flutter kick is typically a standard part of practice. Here's a fun twist sure to build up some lactic acid in your thighs.
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..
One of the first requests we received on the iPhone app, was to discuss, or illustrate, how the hand should enter the water on freestyle.
Here's a quick drill to help learn good sighting techniques for open-water and triathlon swimming.
When working with great swimmers, it's always interesting to see what specific things they do that we can all learn from. Working with Fran Crippen showed us a great breathing drill mixed into an old standard.
Do you limp when you swim freestyle? Do you lean too much to one side or the other because you breathe to only one side? While these things are easy to correct for a short period of time, a permanent fix requires greater focus over a longer period of time. Here's a quick way to experience what a proper, balanced freestyle pull should feel like.
Talk about a quick drill, here's one. This drill can be done during a kick set, or as a stand-alone drill.
If it weren't for the breath... that darn need for air... just about anyone could learn to swim a beautiful freestyle. This drill, which asks you to connect the shoulder to the breath, can help you establish better rhythm and timing.
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.
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.