The ready position is a great way to push off and to start to reinforce how you’ll be leaving the wall from your breaststroke and butterfly or open turns.

Hold on to the wall with one arm, and your feet on the wall just below the hips.  The body will be turned sideways with one arm outstretched toward the other end.

The outstretched hand should be held palm up at this point.

Find the position that’s the most comfortable for you, without too much strain on the hand on the wall.
 
If you want to feel the straight line better, you can start with your arm fully extended and the palm down, but you’ll see in the next step why keeping the palm up may shorten the steps to the push off.  

We’ll build on this more in the next lesson, but this is where we’re heading.  A slight lift of the body using the hand that’s on the wall, a swipe up with he extended hand to help the body fall to the correct position, the hands meeting in streamline and a jump off the wall.


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Ready Position