{"id":227733,"date":"2016-11-03T09:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=227733"},"modified":"2016-11-03T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T18:37:47","slug":"fitter-and-faster-swim-drill-of-the-week-long-axis-combo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fitter-and-faster-swim-drill-of-the-week-long-axis-combo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitter And Faster Swim Drill Of The Week: Long Axis Combo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the \u201cSwim Drill of the Week\u201d sponsored by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fitterandfaster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\u2019s drill is long axis combo. Similar in concept to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fitter-and-faster-swim-drill-of-the-week-short-axis-combo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short Axis Combo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this drill has swimmers alternate between 4 stroke of freestyle and 3 strokes of backstroke. Rotating from stroke to stroke, the idea of the drill is to maintain proper body line, core control, and a strong and immediate catch in their pull.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When presenting this drill to your swimmers, many of them will simply interpret this as corkscrew. And while they aren\u2019t far off, this drill is different than simply rotating along your long axis down the pool. Present it as corkscrew with a purpose. The key is in the transitions between the strokes. When switching from freestyle to backstroke, the last stroke should still stay extended long in front as your swimmers rotate onto their backs, maintain an in-line head position, and use their core and legs to steady themselves quickly into the correct position for backstroke. While they are in the process of flipping over, they should seamlessly set their catch with their top arm and take their next stroke for backstroke to continue their forward movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, when transitioning from backstroke to freestyle they should keep their last stroke arm extended, use their core and legs to rotate over as they set up a strong catch with their top arm to transition into freestyle as they rotate over. 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