TI Freestyle Drills – Rhythmic Breathing

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Rhythmic Breathing

You will build the skills in this order:

1. Position (of the head for easiest, smoothest breathing)
2. Timing (of the Turn and Breath)
3. Air Management (when and how to exhale and inhale)

Drill: Superman Glide To Skate Position

Focal Points:

• Nod (to the side)
• Split The Face
• Hooked Fish
• Turn Early (turn head with beginning of catch)
• Small Bubbles Through Nose
• Clear The Hatches (at the last micro-second)
• Quick Sip Of Air
• Head Down Quickly (eyes should not see the recovery arm swinging forward)

 

Additional Instructions:

• Pick one wall you will turn towards (same wall, when swimming in either direction)
• Check Weightless Head and Laser Lead Spine before attempting to rotate. Head must be at surface already before rotation.
• Head will turn with shoulder, as if pulled with a string. It will return immediately to eyes-down position.
• Finish in Perfect Skate Position. Stop, go back into Superman Glide to start again.
• Do not take breathes on the first several repetitions. Stop to breathe. Make good head position a higher priority than getting a breath during these drills.

Drill: 1-Arm Stroking

Focal Points:

• Use same Focal Points above, and
• Turn With Catch
• Torpedo Head (no bobbing up/down, nor pull to side)

Additional Instructions:

• Use same instructions above and
• Keep one hand ‘in the pocket’, arm tucked in close to the body. Do not let elbow pull back to the side of the body.
• Turn toward the stroking arm, at the moment of the catch.
• Keep head steady. Prevent it from bobbing up and down in the water, on each stroke.

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