{"id":187453,"date":"2016-02-26T13:52:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=187453"},"modified":"2016-02-26T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T20:52:29","slug":"fitter-faster-drill-week-freestyle-open-turns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fitter-faster-drill-week-freestyle-open-turns\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitter And Faster Drill Of The Week: Freestyle Open Turns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the \u201cDrill of the Week\u201d sponsored by <\/span>The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour<\/span><\/a> 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), Coaches Corner excerpts are meant to be flexible for your needs and inclusive for all levels of swimming.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s drill is used to practice breaststroke open turns in a slightly different way than we\u2019re used to all in order to create an awareness of body position, timing, and power off of the wall. Oh, and all while going fast!<\/span><\/p>\n

The drill itself sounds relatively simple: have your athletes build a length of freestyle into an open turn. But in order to do the drill correctly, swimmers need to pay attention to how they are initiating and following through with the turn. Touching on what will be their \u201ctop\u201d arm, the athlete should continue through a fast turn. The classic \u201celbow your brother, call your mother\u201d cue works great for explaining how to move through the turn despite a slightly unorthodox starting position. Take a look at the drill below:<\/span><\/p>\n