Long Axis Stability
Your long axis is the line that runs from the top of your head through your feet. It is the line your body should rotate around in freestyle (and backstroke).
This week we worked on slow swim form. It is just as (if not
more) difficult to maintain proper body position through the stroke at slow
speeds than at fast ones. You must be very deliberate with your motions and
sense where the water is holding you up vs. where you’re pushing against it.
Throughout this class we’ll alternate swimming slow and
fast. In addition we’ll often swim correctly and then do the exact opposite to
feel the differences. This is what will help you get a feel for when you’re
swimming well, and if you feel off, how to play with your stroke and correct
it.
Have fun!
Warm-up:
4x50 kick/swim
200 easy free
4x50 fast free
10-20sec rest between swims
Main set:
The focus is maintaining body position at the surface at
slow speeds / low effort levels.
You’ll count strokes the last 25yds of each swim (except the
first swim).
100 – swim easy, count strokes
100 – swim easy, and BADLY, letting your hips drop way down
every stroke, especially on breaths
100 – use a kickboard as a pull buoy, swimming very gently
and feeling your body be as straight as possible, rotating around your
centerline
100 – straight swim, very easy, trying to duplicate the
feeling you had with the buoy
Cool down:
3-400 easy free
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