Stroke Technique: Just When You Think You’re Doing it Right.

I was at swim practice a few days ago and have been feeling pretty good about my technique…feeling like I’m finally getting the rotation right. Then the coach came over and asked me how my swimming felt. I said “pretty good”, and he said “looks like a lot of work”. I replied “Isn’t it supposed to be?”. He explained my stroke should be more relaxed , and he told me try to think like a child and ‘play’ with my stroke. I guess I’m not quite getting it yet…must keep plugging away at it.

On a more positive note, I had a really good work out yesterday. A team mate in the next lane and I were swimming some intervals together. He’s faster than me, so he’d give me a head start. Then he’d try to catch up to me, and I’d try not to let him catch me. It was a great challenge for me. He said it was good for him, too. (Hope he wasn’t just being nice) Definitely alot more fun to swim with a buddy than solo.