Fitter And Faster Swim Drill Of The Week: Upside Down Underwater Breaststroke

Swim Drill Of The Week

 

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters), Drill Of The Week excerpts are meant to be flexible for your needs and inclusive for all levels of swimming.

This week’s drill is upside down underwater breaststroke. As the name suggests, this drill forces a swimmer to move through the water in a totally unnatural way, challenging them to develop their feel for their stroke. Take a look at the drill below:

As seen in the video, this drill is completely underwater, swimming breaststroke on your back. Submerging at the wall, push off and begin swimming breaststroke upside down as far as possible. The drill is meant to work on the timing of the stroke and awareness of resistance. Key to this is keeping your stroke “tight” and within your body lines. If a swimmer has a wide pull or an inefficient kick, they will struggle mightily to make forward progress.

When explaining this drill, make it clear that this drill is supposed to feel completely wrong. You are literally turning the entire stroke on it’s head and essentially learning how to the stroke again. This forces your swimmers to bring more awareness to their stroke and really “feel” their breaststroke when they go back to swimming full stroke breaststroke. This is a great drill for more advanced breaststroke or IM groups that can take them out of their comfort zone and give them more insight into their stroke. Happy swimming!

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