Posted by heathweaver

One step closer to my new target of breaking 17 seconds. I am always shocked when I beat my targets.

I swam every day last week; pushing myself too hard on Sunday without warming up. Afterwards my should was sore so I didn’t swim yesterday. So today I was taking it really easy.

I was practicing the roll-over drill below. It is a very interesting drill. The goal is to exagerrate the rotating you do when crawling. It takes a lot of focus to keep yourself straight when rolling. Each stroke rotates your body from a horizontal to a vertical position. I breath on every stroke and if you keep your head in place your mouth will naturally come out of the water. It is also very difficult to remember to keep your elbow very high as you begins recovery. The video is much easier to understand than my explanation so check it out.

I also regularly practice my dolphin kicks and am definitely seeing improvement. At the very end of my swim I jumped off the blocks and hit 17.63. Good stuff.

Here is a bonus video just for fun. (1.418 m/sec)