Purpose
Correcting your stroke problems while breathing: pressing down, pulling through wide, catching early or lateImproving the alignment of your catch as you breathePreventing the lead ha ...
Purpose
Correcting your stroke problems while breathing: pressing down, pulling through wide, catching early or late
Improving the alignment of your catch as you breathe
Preventing the lead hand crossing over the centre line when breathing
Key Points
Kick on side with fins and a Finis freestyler paddle on the lead arm only
Tune into your alignment of the lead hand and your posture, pulling your shoulder blades together and back
Continuously exhale, rotate your head to breathe in keeping one eye in the water
Transition into full stroke breathing every 4 strokes to keep breathing away from the paddle
Rotate the body away from the lead arm as you stretch forwards and catch
Feel the extra support and provided by the paddle
Tune into any feedback from the paddle- whether you’re crossing over or dropping that hand before you’ve finished taking a breath
Repeat on the other side
Progression into full stroke
You’ll feel the magic of Javelin when you swim freestyle immediately after performing the drill, keep the fins and paddle on that same lead hand and feel the easier rhythm and timing of the stroke