Swim drills/Swim websites

[Wahine]

Here are some links to Youtube vids for drills.

This has commentary with Dave Scott and includes 3 basic drills.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=5


This has a bunch of kick drills and includes the kick drill on your side.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=4

This shows a bunch of drills but has no commentary

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...86357774676416

[HillSlugger]

I tried these today. They were hard! I felt like I was this close to drowning. It's going to take a while to feel comfortable. However, when I went back to freestyle I felt like I was rocking side to side more than before, so maybe it already helping?

[Tri Girl]

Welcome to the boards! Glad to have another one here.

Drills are excellent for technique, but for endurance you'll want to swim repeats of longer distances (100 repeats, 200's, etc).

Here is another site with a bunch of drills:
http://trinewbies.com/category2.asp?catID=4


There is an endurance program that my husband used when he first started swimming. It got him from swimming 25 yards w/out stopping to swimming 1000+. I can't find it right now, but I'll look after work.

[HillSlugger]

For endurance training I used something called "0-1650 in 6 Weeks":

Week 1 (x 3 days)
100m x 4 (12 breath rest)
50m x 4 (8 breath rest)
25m x 4 (4 breath rest)

Week 2 (x 3 days)
200m (12 breath rest)
100m x 4 (10 breath rest)
50m x 4 (6 breath rest)
25m x 4 (4 breath rest)

Week 3 (x 3 days)
400m (12 breath rest)
100m x 4 (8 breath rest)
50m x 6 (4 breath rest)
25m x 6 (4 breath rest)

Week 4 (x 3 days)
600m (10 breath rest)
300m (8 breath rest)
100m x 4 (6 breath rest)
50m x 4 (4 breath rest)

Week 5 (x 3 days)
1000m (8 breath rest)
100m x 4 (4 breath rest)
50m x 4 (4 breath rest)

Week 6 (x 2 days)
1200m (6 breath rest)
200m (4 breath rest)
100m (4 breath rest)
50m x 3 (4 breath rest)

Week 6 (day 3):
1650m straight!

I liked the simple, progressive, increase but found the jump from week 4, 600m straight, to week 5, 1000m straight, to not be possible for me. I ended up getting to 1000m straight more slowly and haven't really gone beyond yet.

[Tri Girl]

Thanks, MDhillslug! That's very similar to the program my DH did. Thanks for posting it.

[2PharmDs]

Wow!

Thanks for all the great replies! I am happy to report that I went from only 100m without stopping on Monday to 450m today! Yay! I couldn't believe it! I think I could have made it another 50-100m, but I would have been struggling and my form would have gone to heck, and I'm trying to only swim as long as I can with good form. It's been 2 months and FINALLY I got a little distance under me! I still have a long way to go, but that was a great confidence booster! I really like the endurance training plan and am going to start it Friday. Great stuff, thanks again!

2PharmDs

[Wahine]

That's a really cool program MD. Thanks for taking the time to post it. I think it will help a lot of people here.