{"id":192836,"date":"2016-03-31T07:16:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=192836"},"modified":"2016-03-31T07:16:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T14:16:14","slug":"set-of-the-week-breaststroke-drill-progression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/set-of-the-week-breaststroke-drill-progression\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Of The Week: Breaststroke Drill Progression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming World\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set Of The Week! This week\u2019s set is a breaststroke set designed to find the timing and rhythm of your athletes\u2019 breaststroke. This is a great secondary set to introduce before a larger IM or stroke-focused set to set up proper stroke technique. Take a look below and see the set and read how to incorporate it with your team:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">12 x 25 breaststroke drill on :40<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1: front scull<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2: middle scull<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3: front to middle scull transition<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#4: breaststroke pull with flutter kick<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 x 50 breaststroke drill on 1:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO PULL OUTS (except for 4th 50)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1: pull w\/ body dolphin<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2: separation drill<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3: 2 kicks, 1 pull,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#4: Swim focus on timing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This set starts off with a drill progression through 25\u2019s that focus on the breaststroke pull. Front scull should focus on the outsweep at the beginning of the pull, while the middle scull works on the insweep in the middle of the pull. Front to middle transition is a progressive scull through the 25, where your swimmers work their way from the front position to the middle position by the end of the 25. The fourth 50 of breaststroke with flutter kick has your athletes putting everything together on the front end of their stroke, using the flutter kick to provide constant forward momentum to spot any \u201cdead spots\u201d in their stroke.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next set of 50\u2019s is a drill progression that focuses on adding in correct kick timing into the stroke. Other than the fourth 50 of swimming, have your athletes push off the wall without a pull-out to maximize the time spent doing the drill. In the first 50, use a breaststroke pull with a \u201cbody dolphin\u201d motion to engage the core and focus on driving forward at the end of each stroke. 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