After we swim we hope that the actions we make are as shut as doable to the motor challenge we had in thoughts simply earlier than we began.
How shut these actions are to how we imagined them displays are coordination expertise within the water.
These expertise come on two ranges: common and particular.
Whereas the previous concern the actions themselves from the educational course of to full management of our movement, the latter are linked with our skills and, therefore, the opportunity of performing these actions at a sure rhythm, in a sure place (steadiness), in response to a sure sign, realising what diploma of depth of motion our muscle mass are present process and for the way lengthy they need to/should stick with it.
If, while you’re swimming, you discover that your arm is getting into the water “with a low elbow”, will probably be your coordination expertise that let you right this error.
If you wish to enhance your begin, swim stroke or flip, you’ll all the time should depend on these expertise, which, clearly, are simply as necessary as your bodily attributes (energy, stamina, velocity).
The very best age to enhance your coordination ranges from 7-13/15 years, however don’t despair, there is no such thing as a particular age restrict that can forestall you from bettering them when you carry out good drills frequently.
Here’s a set of drills to be carried out over brief distances (25 m) with every drill to be carried out not more than 4 occasions.
EXAMPLE: 2 x (12 x 25 with 15”/20” restoration, 4 for every drill + 200 pullbuoy respiratory each 5-3 strokes with 30” restoration)
1. Freestyle swimming with 4 arm strokes at floor degree and three strokes at a depth of 1 m.
2. Backstroke with breaststroke legs (one leg kick each arm stroke) turning your head to the appropriate while you use your left arm and vice-versa.
3. Freestyle with two recoveries earlier than your hand enters the water (let your hand skim throughout the water throughout the first restoration and hold your arm prolonged throughout the second)
4. Freestyle with breaststroke legs respiratory first to the left after which to the appropriate.
5. Butterfly with clenched fists, prolonged arms and freestyle legs.
6. Backstroke: carry out three arm strokes and two entrance crossovers (when one hand is alongside your facet and the opposite in entrance of your head, hold them prolonged as throughout the restoration section and describe two semicircles crossing your arms over in entrance of your nostril).
7. With freestyle legs carry out 1 freestyle arm stroke together with your proper arm and a pair of strokes together with your left (1 breaststroke, 1 freestyle) then two arm strokes together with your proper arm (1 breaststroke, 1 freestyle).
8. Swim backwards: push off the wall together with your arms, swim freestyle in a susceptible place (rotate your arms backwards as when you had been swimming backstroke and don’t kick your legs) respiratory as soon as to the appropriate and as soon as to the left.
9. Swim freestyle with 4 quick arm strokes and 4 gradual strokes, 3 quick and three gradual, 2 quick and a pair of gradual, 1 quick and 1 gradual.
10. Swim 1 breaststroke arms and 1 butterfly arms.
My first coach all the time used to inform me: learn to swim correctly, when you’ve got mastered that you’ll already be higher than you assume.
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