Back to Blog

Sharks Swim Practice: Oct 1, 2019 – Backstroke & Breaststroke Drills

Sharks 2Practices

100 IM Kick100 BK K2 x 25 Position 11Question of the Day: What does the long whistle mean at a swim meet?Answer: Get ready, get on the block, get in the water, get ready to do your start.Y = 50 FREEN = 50 BK4 x 25 on 1:00 FR K with board.<

3 x SL on BK + 3 HLBw/R

Head Lead Balance with Rotation

Body in soldier position, kick with face up.

Rotate hips and shoulders from parallel to surface to perpendicular to surface. Rotate through both sides.

Have constant kick to keep body straight.

Rotation Drill.

3 x SL + 1x (11, Eat, 11) + 2 second glide

Streamline underwater. At surface do position 11, eat, then back to 11 and a short pause before repeating.This is the breaststroke arm MOTION, not the swim. Does not provide forward movement yet.

Sweep hands in to face, no elbow chicken wings

1 x 200 FR w/ FINS

1 x 150 BK K w/ FINS

1 x 100 FLY K

4 x 100 4 BR + FR rest

This is part of a larger system

This content fits into the Swimming Ideas quest — a guided journey from first-day instructor to program director.

Originally from: https://www.swimminglessonsideas.com/blog/sharks-10-1-2019/

Discussion0 comments

Loading comments…