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Swimming is the only sport in which the face is in the water, meaning technique is needed to position yourself to breathe. The moments you can breathe are therefore limited. This complicates swimming especially when you are new to it. Breathing interrupts your bod...

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Skills & drills Streamline Flutter Kick

The streamline kick helps you focus on keeping your core engaged while kicking. Kick on your stomach with your arms in a streamline in front of you. The rapid movement of your kick can cause instability in your upper body, which causes resistance and loss of power.

How to do it 


  • Use a snorkel and start kicking in a streamline position

  • Place your hands on top of each other, lock your head in between your arms and engage your core by pulling in your belly button

  • Stretch out your upper body as much as possible

  • Look straight down the bottom of the pool and start to kick

Focus points 


  • Stretch your upper body while kicking and pull in your belly button to engage your core

  • Keep your shoulder still and face down during the kick

  • Breathe easily through the snorkel

Coach tip

The streamline kick is a basic drill that helps you to maintain your streamline while swimming. Put on fins to speed things up and alternate this drill with swimming freestyle.

Equipment:

snorkel

COACH TIP

The main set is long and challenging and it's a great test to see where you stand at the moment. Go hard on the 150's, but pace yourself in the first 150. Use an uptempo kick and a higher stroke rate for optimal cadence. Relax your breathing as much as possible.

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