Swim 4 Fitness - points for week of Oct 4

Review of Body Position

• Hands & Arms above the head
• Head down on chest
• Press the Buoy (press chest down - swimming downhill)

Stroke Correction

• Front Quadrant Swimming - hands cross in front of head
• 12-12 Drill: Swim 12 kicks each side -- lower arm extended, shoulders and hips stacked (perpendicular to bottom of pool)
• Elbow up: elbow high, hand down, as arm comes forward -- "marionette string" pulls the elbow up
• Fingertip Drag Drill: drag fingertips in the water as the hand comes forward
• Thumb Scrape Drill: scrape the thumb against your side as the hand comes forward

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