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Double Finish Drill

How To Do It

Body Position:

  • • Swim freestyle with an additional finish to each stroke

The Movement:

  • • Begin swimming regular freestyle
  • • As your hand exits the water at your hip, recover it over the top of the water, only to a point where it is inline with your shoulder
  • • Re-enter your hand into the water at this point and finish the stroke again before recovering it back over the water and entering as you normally would in freestyle.
  • • Repeat the same movement pattern with the other arm.

Things To Focus On:

  • • Make sure you push your hand all the way past your hip before it exits to recover. Don't pull your hand out at your belly button.
  • • Accelerate your hand through the finish of the stroke.
  • • Make sure you are pushing water backwards, towards your feet to move forwards