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Catch Up Drill

How To Do It

Body Position:

  • To swim Catch Up Freestyle you will swim regular freestyle, with a pause out in front. Having the recovering hand touch the extended hand before you pull through for the next stroke

The Movement:

  • Begin to swim regular freestyle
  • As your arm recovers over the top of the water keep your extended arm gliding out in front of you
  • Wait until the recovering hand has touched the extended hand
  • Once the entering hand touches the extended hand, begin to pull through for the next stroke
  • Each hand should catch up to the other on every stroke, as if one arm is telling the other "OK, I have caught up to you, now it's your turn to pull through"