Tonight I finally figured out why my coaches have been telling me not to breathe my first stroke off the wall. All these years I thought it was purely a style thing… getting used to not breathing so much. No! There’s actually a reason behind it. And, as it so happens, it coincides with the things I’ve been practicing lately. I’ve had a problem with sloppy flipturns, but I’ve been working on it. Specifically, I’ve been working on flipping over straight, then pushing off on my back and rotating back to normal during the push-off. Well, as we worked on our break-outs tonight (first stroke as you come up from a push-off), Coach Durant showed us why you shouldn’t breathe on your first stroke. You see, your first pull from streamline position should be with the deeper arm while you are on your side. It makes a huge difference. And that’s why this is so funny to me. For years I’ve been trying to not breathe off my first stroke, but I think I’ve been pulling with my shallow arm, completely defeating the purpose of not breathing that first stroke.<\/p>\n
Warm-Up (1450):<\/strong> Open Turn work (10 x 25) Final Set (400):<\/strong> Tonight I finally figured out why my coaches have been telling me not to breathe my first stroke off the wall. All these years I thought it was purely a style thing… getting used to not breathing so much. No! … Continue reading
\n1 x 400 Free
\n6 x 75 Free\/Back (5 strokes, switch, 5 strokes, switch, etc.)
\n6 x 100 Free on 1:45 (2 white, 2 pink, 2 red)<\/p>\n
\nBreak-Out work (10 x 25)<\/p>\n
\n16 x 25 Free Sprint on 0:45 (one direction to the feet, the other direction from a dive)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"