LEARNING TO LIVE IN THE WATER
KINESTHETIC AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT DRILLS A Program of proper Balance and Breathing in Water from Play to Fitness to Competition Swim in the water where you fall up, not on the water where you fall down. Swimming fast is the ability to sneak quick in liquid.
– Kick on belly – hands up/down
– 4 side kick– w/ fins
– Kick on back – hands up/down
– Single arm– the other arm @ side with or without a float
– Single arm – other arm down to side, heel touch finger tips
– Fake arm recovery
– 1-1-2
– Medial rotation of the arm
– 1-2-1-2
– Cup w/water on forehead
– 2 kick/1 pull
– “I”, “T”– 9, 7, 5 kick side to side
– Breast toward feet – Russian Breast – Breast pull w/ 1 fly kick, w & w/o fins – Fist/Scunnel – B.B.D.P.S.
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– Fist/Scunnel – B.B.D.P.S.
BY ROBERT STRAUSS SWIM GYM
