How to Train for an off - Road triathlon - Off - Road triathlon - Swim rotation drills
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This first drill is just very simply kicking on your side and you can, kind of, use the
head pillow and rest your head on the forearm and when you need to breathe, you can just
turn your head. When you're ready to rotate to another side, you can shift. You can do
one lap on one side and one on the other, or switch as you go along. But it develops
your ability to kick on your side. Front crawl is really a misnomer because it's only one
third, at best, on your front. Rotation is the key to successful, efficient swimming.
And the final drill is what we call the 3, 4 flip-flop. We do three strokes at front
crawl and then rotate onto your back, four strokes on the back, rotate on the front.
Again, the idea being that, it gets you rotating on both sides and getting you comfortable
and flexible with the rotation needed to be an efficient swimmer.
