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I’m enrolled in a Swimming for Triathlon class and last night was the first class.  When I got there I found out that there are only 3 of us signed up and last night, one didn’t show up.  That means a 90 min. semi-private lesson.  Super cool!  He had us start with a few laps, then gave form pointers.  I learned that I need to keep my elbows higher and not swing my arms out as much.  He also told me that my hand should enter the water at about a 45* angle.  I was swimming with a much smaller angle.  Then we did some drills to break down swim technique. 

This is where it fell apart.  The Overload Drill was first and it involves a 3 second delay just as the hand is about to enter the water.  That was tough.  I couldn’t figure out when to breathe.  After that, we did the Catch-up Drill, where you don’t start the pull until both hands are straight out in front of your head.  That one works on the underwater pull.  Then we did what he called 3-6 Drill.  This is the one from TI that has you on your side and kick for 6 beats, then roll, pull and kick again. 

Next was flip turns.  I don’t do flip turns.  Never saw the need.  Well, now I’m doing them.  Kind of.  Last we worked on breast stroke a bit; I hate that stroke.  But I put together a few passable lengths.  Since I didn’t feel like I swam a lot last night, I went back today to practice a bit.  It felt pretty good and I even did a few really good flip turns.  Swimming is a lot better when you have a plan and drills to do. 

Sorry about the long rambling post.   Just oversharing…  as usual.  J