Thursday, March 31, 2016

Makeup Sessions

From the makeup sessions Swimmer 3, who swam all by themselves despite being a part of the group coaching method, did a drill where they do normal freestyle but right as they are about to place their hand in the water pause for about a second or two. This drill prevents swimmers from dropping their elbows. They did this drill for two 50s.
Swimmer 3 went a 40.19 in a 50 sprint.
Then we did another makeup session where the drill was Josh Davis catch-up. They did this for 3 50s because swimmer 3 is still crossing over, however not as bad as when we started the experiment.
Swimmer 3 went a 39.22 in a 50 sprint.
Swimmer 1 and 2 did their two makeup sessions together. First they did a 50 where they do freestyle but pause as your about to put your hand in the water. Then they did two 50s of Josh Davis catch-up to prevent cross over. Then lastly they did a 50 of zipper drill to stop their arms from swinging around in freestyle. The arm swinging makes them move their hips too much, which slows them down.
Swimmer 1 went 32 seconds.
Swimmer 2 went 34.5 seconds.
In the second makeup session for swimmer 1 and 2 they did two 50s of zipper drill for high elbows. Then I had the swimmers do a mixed drill where they perform zipper drill and Josh Davis catch-up drill together. This when they do three stokes, each while dragging their fingers along the sides of the body and they keep their hands out in front of them above their shoulders for about two or three seconds and then continue the zipper drill freestyle arms. I put the two drills together so they could feel what it was like to not make the mistakes like cross over or swing their arms around.
Swimmer 1 went 32.75 seconds.
Swimmer 2 went 35 seconds.
Swimmer A also made up a session. I watched their stroke and Swimmer A is pushing their head down and swinging their arms. I had them do two 50s of Josh Davis catch-up zipper drill combined.
Swimmer A went 33.28 seconds.

Swimmer 1 and 2 only have one makeup session and they will be all caught up, yay!

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