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the question is, which one to use, why that specific drill (what do you want out of that drill), when do you use them and what combination of drills and other stuff (a lots of time it is full stroke swimming) do you use.
i agree that bunch of them does not make sense.
a lot of drills are contaminated with bad mechanics and things you can not transfer to full stroke swimming in the way you imagined it would bee.
but then again...
it's your fault:)
nobody forced you to incorporate them into your training sessions:)
that is the thing i was told a 1 000 000 times.
so, my point is...
use drills when you see a swimmer with a specific problem causing a chain reaction of problems. try with talking, then with the drill, then progress to a more stroke like drill or full stroke.
if he or she understands and gets the picture... no drills
if he or she understands what is needed but can not fell what is needed... try with carefully chosen drill or drills (as simple as possible)
if the drills turn the light bulb in the head... cool, continue practicing and combining the drill and the full stroke while incorporating the elements of the drill
if not... ask for more focus and understanding and return to the initial drill (for weeks literally).
on the other hand, swimmer must want to totally engage in the problem solving process. some people get the point immediately, some after a long time. the first are the lucky ones, the second need to practice until it is perfect. (my mentor used to say: he who knows, he knows. he who does not know, he goes to school, sometimes up to 25 years. then, he probably will know too.)
that is the reason why swimming can be boring sometimes:)
but the same is with musicians, actors, craftsmen, other sports.
ask a basketball player how he managed to shoot free throws in 95% accuracy...
or ask ryan lochte how he got to the point where he can swim his underwater portion of the backstroke race that fast.
catch my drift?:)
It's true that many drills have faults and disadvantages that need to be countered with other drills, but I don't think that's a waste of time - it's making the swimmers more aware of the results of their actions in the water.
I also agree that some drills are just ineffective and awkward. I dislike one-arm fly with heads raised because that really throws off swimmers' rhythm, especially younger kids - but I'm also aware that side breathing doesn't really help two-arm fly. I take it as a rhythm and timing drill and then try to apply that timing to a full stroke. I think that's the key - the application of the good technique (or parts of a technique) into an actual set or normal swimming.
I understand all that is hard to do in a squad session, so I make the squad to the golf drills. I give the other drills to the swimmer as homework (they can do it in their own time or in their warm up/down). I also do a lot of drills early in the season when I am trying to build the stroke up again from scratch. Later in the season the drills are all golf-type drills.
It's a long process, but then again, no one really cares who the fastest 12 year old in the country is other than their parents and a probably really inexperienced coach (unless that 12 year old is 2 metres tall and making senior national cuts, then it is totally different!).
ON the other hand, the KRLS drill is a complete waste to time, other than loosening up your shoulders.... That is my two cents.
is necessary for leverage and thus mechanical advantage and effective power. This is only one example of a basic principle that many coaches may approach with different drills but leverage is the key lesson to be taught. Drills include every aspect of training from repeating laps to repeated nourishment, resting and life style. Our lives are one big drill. The key is to select those that most beneficial for the goals you want to achieve.
As another poster mentioned I think if we have a certain skill and a certain aspect we want a certain swimmer to work on then it is much more likely the drill will be successful. However when we talk about sending an entire squad out with some side kick drill, are we really making a difference for most of those folks?
I think as we consider how useful drills are we should separate the idea of chronic changes and acute changes. When I have a brand new adult onset swimmer, I can have them do a kicking drill where they take a stroke when they breathe and make sure their belly button points to the side of the pool. That drill in that circumstance can acutely change that new swimmers way of breathing, letting them roll instead of simply turning their head.
On the other hand, a year's worth of working some days on stick drill with a weighted stick and alternating days working on windmill style swimming, over the course of a year that can help a swimmer develop an adaptable stroke where she can adjust based on the length and conditions of the race (perhaps rough open water). I wouldn't expect those drills to make a change on any given day, but little by little.