{"id":141570,"date":"2015-07-06T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=141570"},"modified":"2015-07-06T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T16:54:07","slug":"5-drills-every-coach-should-know-from-a-swimmers-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/5-drills-every-coach-should-know-from-a-swimmers-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Drills Every Coach Should Know, From a Swimmer’s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ashlee Weingarten, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Every coach knows that drills are the key to swimming correctly and perfecting a swimmer’s form. To a swimmer, drills can be boring and sometimes it seems like the only good that comes out of them is being able to swim 25s in practice.<\/p>\n

The following five drills are simple, easy ways to learn components of all four strokes that swimmers will like to do.<\/p>\n

1. Kicking<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It’s an integral part of every stroke. Although swimmers complain about it, they know it’s necessary. Finding balance in each stroke will help perfect the motion for all strokes; and for butterfly and breaststroke, it will help the timing for breathing.<\/p>\n

Finding your balance point in all strokes while kicking is just the start for a seamless stroke. Each of the following four drills take a focus on one stroke.<\/p>\n

2. Freestyle:\u00a0Head\u00a0Touch<\/strong><\/h3>\n