5 drills for 5 training sessions to improve your freestyle swim stroke!
A different workout every day of the week focusing on various factors to perfect your freestyle swim stroke.
A good swimmer must have excellent technique. Improving your swim stroke should be a must and, above all, part of your daily routine.
This article will outline five different drills to be included in your weekly training plan (consisting of five training sessions), each of which focusing on different basic aspects of the freestyle swim stroke.
Monday – HEAD POSITION
Lots of swimmers tend to hold their head too high causing greater resistance to forward motion. The best way to correct this fault is to swim 25 m sculling with your hands above your head, your chin almost resting on your chest and your body in a glide position.
Recommended drill: swimming a short distance after each technical drill will reinforce what you have learnt and help you swim with the right posture. So, swim 6×50 #25 front sculling + 25 ordinary swimming with 20 s recovery
- Tool: try using a snorkel to make the drill more effective
Tuesday – SHOULDER ROTATION
Excessive shoulder rotation will prevent you from catching the water…
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