Catch-up drill is one of swimming’s best-known technique drills, but it isn’t right for every swimmer. Coach Ray explains why catch-up can reinforce overgliding and dead spots in freestyle, explores the Swim Smooth approach, and shows when catch-up can still be a valuable tool for improving your swimming technique.
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Improve your freestyle technique with this drill-focused Saturday Swim Session. Alternate between purposeful drills and normal swimming to immediately transfer better movement into your stroke. Choose from three workout distances and use drills such as KOS, 6/1/6, 6/3/6, Popov and Broken Arrow to develop more effective freestyle swimming.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Drill Into Better Freestyle
Build aerobic endurance and freestyle efficiency with this simple but effective swim workout. Alternate between freestyle and Pull Buoy 200m repetitions, focusing on a strong catch, consistent pacing and good technique. Choose from three distances—1,700m, 2,300m or 3,400m—to match your current swimming fitness and training volume.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Alternate Swim & Pull 200s
Improve your freestyle efficiency with this week’s Saturday Swim Session. Combining technique drills, fast 50m repetitions and Distance Per Stroke swimming, this workout helps develop better body position, propulsion and stroke control. Choose from three distances designed to challenge recreational swimmers, masters swimmers and age-group triathletes in the pool.
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