This week I asked the swimmers from group 1 what they each thought they needed to improve on in their freestyle. Swimmer A said that they are not reaching out enough. I had them do 6 kick switch with 3 stokes so they would rotate their body with each stoke and reach out. Swimmer B said that they felt they were moving their head too much. They did freestyle with a kick board so they would keep their head still. Swimmer C is still placing their hand in the water sideways and slicing through without any pull. I had them do a drill where they combined fingertip drag drill and Josh Davis catch-up drill. This is when you drag your fingertips across the water for three strokes and then pause with both your arms straight above your shoulders for two or three seconds. Swimmer 1 and 3 discussed what they felt they needed to work on and decided on hand entrance in the water. They did fingertip drag drill then Josh Davis catch-up drill.
Swimmer A went a 35.13.
Swimmer B went a 34.28.
Swimmer C went a 32. 97.
Swimmer 1 went a 32.22.
Swimmer 2 was a no show!
Swimmer 3 went a 39.20.
Can you draw any conclusions when you incorporate the swimmers' perceptions of where they need to improve versus when they don't?
ReplyDeleteThe swimmers seem more willing to work on the things that they agree they need to improve on. Also by them pointing out what they are doing wrong they acknowledge the mistake, which I think is good.
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