Power Bags: For Flip Turns:
- Great to train faster flip turns
- Train them to ‘throw water’ off the ends of the bags
- Will help eliminate ‘down kicks’ into turns by keeping arms down as kick into a wall for a flip turn
- Helps to untrain a 2-legged ‘down kick’ when engaging the turn
- Flip Turn Drills that are ideal to add Power Bags:
- 5-stroke Flip turns (flip every 5 strokes with full rotation and continue same direction)
- On any ‘swim’ set, drop the arms at the flags and ‘kick through’ the turns
- Lay flat on the surface (facing a partner), flip feet over the top and ‘throw water’ at your partner’s face
- Add small pull buoys inside bags to avoid ‘down kick’ into turns
Tech Snorkel: Improve Streamlines Off Walls
- Frankly, the Tech Snorkel will pinch your mouth if you are not fully in streamline as you push off the wall
- There is no other way to KNOW that you are fully in streamline at the precise moment of force
- This one function makes the Tech Snorkel a must-have for competitive swimmers
- Don’t get mad when you FEEL the mouthpiece off the wall… get your arms locked sooner!
- Any pressure on your mouth as you leave the wall, should tell you to get your arms up faster
- The fins on the Glide Paddle will help swimmers feel incorrect arm/hand movements on their flip turns
- The hands should stroke (normally) through on each of the last 2 strokes, stopping at the thighs
- The hands don’t sweep out and try to ‘help’ the rotation, but be ready for streamline as the body rolls into the hands
- Try drills like ‘5 Stroke Flip turns’ or just normal flip turns during workout sets
- Be sure your hands finish at our thighs and not outside the body line
- You should not FEEL any pull or slicing of the paddles into or during the flip turn
Feedback (Swimmers FEEL / Coaches SEE / Video for Self-Analysis):
Glide Paddle: Clean Up Incorrect Hand Movements During Flip Turns
Feedback (Swimmers FEEL / Coaches SEE / Video for Self-Analysis):
