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Does anyone have any good drills to get swimmers to not turn so close to the wall? We have done hundreds of free to back turns working on moving away from the wall and reaching with their feet. Looks good till we starting swimming again and then they revert back to bunched up on the wall. Any ideas would be appreciated!! |
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No drills, but try filming them to play back and show. Also, get them to set up as if pushing off the wall from the right position and then time them to say 5m as they push with their feet. Then do the same from a 'scrunched' position and demonstrate how much longer it takes them. Just a thought and I'll try it myself this weekend because we are having the same trouble with younger swimmers. |
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Oldmarlin - Give us an idea of what you think is too close to the wall. A good turn is going to have their knees bent slightly more than 90 degrees and the bend at the hips will be slightly more than 90 degrees. If you have them far enought away from the pool that they have to "reach" for the wall with their feet, their turn will be slower. Tighter is better. Look at how much faster figure skaters spin with their arms close to their body |
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Apologies if I misunderstood but I thought old marlin meant they were too scrunched up when they hit the wall. Certainly, tight tucks when spinning over are a must (as Windrath says like ice skaters spinning with their arms crossed to their chest instead of spread wide) but if you are too tight to the wall so that the knees are bent with the claves almost touching the thighs then time is wasted pushing out to the 90 degrees mark when you can actually leave the wall, hence my original suggestion. Also, too tight to the wall tends to mean feet planted too high and the push off is towards the bottom of the pool. |
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GW you are correct. Some of them are so close that there is maybe a fist worth of space between the wall and their butt. I will try what you suggested and see what happens. Thank you. |
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