Monday, April 16, 2012

SMAC- Bronze I with Maureen & Michael

Review streamlined pushoffs & underwater dolphin kick before they get in!


Drills to review:
Catch-up freestyle drill- hands touch out front before starting next stroke
2 kicks 1 pull breaststroke drill- head down at the end of each stroke
Underwater dolphin kick on back- small fast kicks

KICKING-
Review the breaststroke kick on their backs (drop feet down & around, knees shouldn't come out of the water), then, see if you can go a set of 50's as follows:
Odds-
25 kick free on back, do backstroke flip turn
25 breast kick on back
Evens-
25 kick free on back, do backstroke flip turn
25 fly kick on back
Mix this up as you see fit (maybe 2 of each, or three 50's of each descend 1-3???)

Break into two groups:
One group work on flip turns from mid-pool
Second group work on starts- okay to go from the pool deck before going off the blocks.

Everybody do an excellent job with your HW tonight & practice your breaststroke kick in front of the big mirror at home. Have a great day!