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Jan 31, 2023 Sculling Zoom
How and Why to Use a Snorkel for Sculling
If you’re serious about improving your feel for the water, you need to scull. If you’re serious about sculling, you need to have a snorkel. Time to get serious!
Monday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1793-advanced-freestyle-swim-lesson-4-how-to-use-a-snorkel
From beginning - look at the stability of the head position
:20 - stability
:42 - take it slow
:55 - make it fit and comfortable
1:24 - sit on the side and start breathing
1:33 - standing on the bottom face in the water
1:47 - floating with 3 small breaths
1:53 - feet resting on the side and increase breathing to 10 seconds then increase time
2:05 - practice exhaling through the nose inhale w mouth
2:22 - some inhale and exhale through mouth only
2:29 - nose clips
2:47 - kick in head lead
3:00 - kick in hand lead
3:06 - easy swimming
3:16 - practice the purge
3:30 - without the snorkel on - practice the purge
3:38 - put on snorkel and go under
Tuesday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1489-breaststroke-front-scull-revisited
Can use a snorkel for this
:11 - stability of body
:28 - high and stable elbows
:39 - high and stable elbows
:43 - slight hand pitch
1:01 - great body balance
1:07 - head and body pressed in - balance makes sculling more effective
1:22 - slight head up position
1:27 - doesn’t have to be slow and easy
1:34 - fast sculling
1:53 - slight kick for stability
2:30 - balance
2:51 - fast
3:06 - back scull
3:09 - sit scull
3:11 - overhead scull
Wednesday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2235-front-scull-hands-at-sides
Can use a snorkel for this
From beginning - balance
Hands sweep out and snap to the finish
:22 - hands in a pushing back position -
Flick the water slightly OUT
:24 - hands slice back to the starting position
:32 - hands flick to the finish and then slice
:37 - hands pushing back
:57 - pushing slowly
1:06 - body balance - push and ride
1:14 - watch the body stability
1:24 - make it fast
1:30 - get a better feel for how fast he’s going
Thursday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1365-balance-sculling
Can use a snorkel for this
From beginning -
Front scull
:04 - transition to human drill
:14 - streamline balance kick
:17 - hand play
:20 - dog dig
Playing with variations of feel
Friday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2262-forward-scull-on-your-stomach-arms-in-unison
Can use a snorkel for this
From beginning
Front scull - stable body the whole way down
:16 - very big arm movement
:30 - eyes down more than Kevin - find your position
:45 - very big arm movement
:55 - slight pitch - not drastic
Saturday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2927-strapless-front-scull
Can use a snorkel on this
2:08 - watch for the slight lift to keep the paddles on
2:16 - body and head stability
2:20 - wide connection to hands nearly touching
2:25 - at the corners - watch the position of the hands on the way back
2:29 - up for a breath and you can see a slight push down to keep the paddles on
2:33 - turning into a bit more breaststroke pull drill
2:45 - another breath and then back to sculling
3:20 - everything very stable - pull buoy helps
Sunday
https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1979-breaststroke-front-scull
Can use a snorkel on this
:14 - using a bit more body movement
Pressing down on the outsweep and popping up on the insweep
:21 - adding a slight dolphin to the action
:25 - hands way in front
:28 - very fast corners
:33 - checking the position of the elbows
:38 - down to the out
:40 - up to the in
:58 - checking the position of the elbows
1:04 - you can see the full body involvement
1:14 - faster