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Welcome to the \u201cFINIS Tip of the Week.\u201d Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we\u2019ll explore with drills and concepts for you to 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), each tip is meant to be flexible for your needs and inclusive for all levels of swimming.<\/span><\/p>\n

This month\u2019s tip series is focused on the all-important freestyle catch. Arguably the most important part of any freestyle, developing and maintaining an efficient freestyle catch is crucial for swimmers at any ability level.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start this week by looking at the very first phase of having a good catch: the hand entry. While this may seem like a simple stage of the skill (how hard is it to put your hand in the water?) there are a few key points that are useful to remember when thinking about the catch. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fingertips First…<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Swimmers want to enter the water as efficiently as possible to set themselves up for a good catch. With any level of swimmer you want to make sure that the <\/span>fingertips<\/span><\/i> are entering the water first to set up for a strong hold on the water. Particularly when teaching young or beginning swimmers, watch to make sure swimmers are not \u201cslapping\u201d the water or entering with the pinky or thumb side of their hand, as this will set them up for a less efficient pull later on in the stroke. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fingertip drag or <\/span>zipper drill<\/span><\/a> are both easy drills that slow down the stroke and help build swimmers\u2019 awareness of what they are doing with their hands. Video is also a great way to provide feedback to swimmers in this area, as many of them will not realize they may be entering the water incorrectly. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hand Placement\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Equally important when talking about the hand entry during the catch is to talk about <\/span>where <\/span><\/i>their hand is entering the water. Everyone\u2019s stroke and hand entry will be slightly different, but regardless of the swimmer you want to make sure that they are entering the water in front of their shoulder and not crossing over the center of their body line. This will ensure that they are in a stable position to get an immediate hold on the water and be moving themselves forward in the water, not at a different angle with each stroke. <\/span><\/p>\n

Again, any drill that slows down the stroke will help swimmers get a better sense of how to set up correct hand placement. For beginning swimmers, <\/span>six kick switch<\/span><\/a> is a great way to isolate a single stroke at a time and help them become more aware of their movements, as is <\/span>3-6-3 DPS<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>catch up eleven<\/span><\/a>. You can also play around with \u201cslow motion\u201d swimming to see how exactly swimmers are entering the water and challenge them to correct it in real time. Happy swimming!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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