Welcome to the \u201cSwim Drill of the Week\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s drill is 3 Pulls\/3 Strokes for breaststroke. This drill works on developing a strong and fast pull while also working on core control and body awareness. To perform the drill, swimmers alternate between 3 full breaststroke pulls with no kick and three full breaststroke strokes. <\/span><\/p>\n There are two major things to keep in mind with this drill. First, you want your swimmers to maintain proper body line and body position while doing the 3 pulls <\/span>without <\/span><\/i>using their legs. There can be a slight dolphin motion with the legs following each pull, but the focus should be on using their core and the \u201cfall forward\u201d after each stroke to maintain a good body position on the surface of the water.<\/span><\/p>\n The second focus is to have a smooth transition into the 3 full strokes of breaststroke that alternate with the 3 pulls. Swimmers need to make sure they are engaging their core and driving forward with their pull as they seamlessly add in their kick. Use this drill to find a more powerful and efficient stroke that generates maximum propulsion from the kick and the pull. This is a particularly effective drill to do long course as it will give them plenty of transitions between pulls and full strokes. Happy swimming!<\/span><\/p>\n All swimming and dryland training and instruction should be performed under the supervision of a qualified coach or instructor, and in circumstances that ensure the safety of participants.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to the \u201cSwim Drill of the Week\u201d. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":253200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56100],"tags":[61227,25274,57442,57757,28040,142],"class_list":["post-253182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drill-of-the-week","tag-3-pulls3-strokes","tag-breaststroke","tag-swim-drill","tag-swim-drill-of-the-week","tag-swim-technique","tag-swimming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n