An Index Of Primary Swim Smooth Drills

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If you use The Swim Smooth Guru, or one of our other coaching products (e.g. our Waterproof Training Plans or The Swim Smooth Book), you'll be familiar with many of the Swim Smooth drills, including how to perform them, exactly what they correct and how to use them to develop your stroke technique.

However, the Swim Smooth coaching system is now world famous and many coaches claim to follow our methods but perhaps without fully understanding the purpose of each drill and how to perform them.

To help clear up some of that confusion we've brought together the list below of our Primary Drills* and the PURPOSE of each drill.

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Swim Smooth Primary Drills* Index

(If you are already a Guru subscriber, just click on the links below and get taken to the complete video instruction on each drill)

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Sink Down Drill

Improve your exhalation technique and reduce anxiety.

Breathe Bubble Bubble Breathe

Combine exhalation and coordinate bilateral breathing.

Popeye Breathing

Keep your head low when breathing to keep your body position high.

Head Positions

Experiment with different head positions to see what works best for you.

Ballet Leg Kick

Improve your kicking technique to reduce effort and reduce drag.

Torpedo Kick And Swim Back

Tune up your leg kick technique to bring your body position higher.

Torpedo Kick With Fins

Stretch that core!

Kick On Side Drill

A key drill to develop your posture and alignment in the water.

6/1/6 Drill

Maintain your posture while you introduce arm strokes.

6/3/6 Drill

A progression from 6/1/6 introducing three consecutive arm strokes.

6/5/6 Drill

Focus on your alignment and posture without the interruption of breathing.

Popov Drill

Use Popov to develop a classic high elbow arm recovery.

Broken Arrow Drill

Loosen off your shoulders and develop a nice clean hand entry into the water.

Scull #1

A primary drill to develop your catch and feel for the water

Doggy Paddle Drill

Develop your catch mechanics and timing.

Breathing Under Arm Drill

A preliminary step before the full Unco Drill.

Unco Drill

Known as the King Of Drills for good reason - Unco is a unique way to work on the rhythm and timing of your stroke.

P-Unco Drill

Add a pair of paddles to Unco for increased proprioception during the catch.

Javelin Drill

Improve your catch technique whilst breathing.

Pull Buoy And Paddles

A classic way to swim with paddles is to combine them with a pull buoy to isolate the upper body.

Criss-Cross Drill

Use the criss-cross drill to work on your stroke timing

* Note, these are our Primary Drills that we commonly use within technique sessions. The Guru also contains a set of Secondary Drills which we use to correct less common technique problems that you might have.


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