Some Helpful Hints

1. When swim training think about quality rather than quantity. There is no point in practicing drills when you are tired/fatigued you will gain no benefit what so ever. All drills should be practiced over short distances with plenty of rest, before you start attempting longer drill sets.

2. Practice all drills to the best of your ability; don't try to rush things. The longer you spend on trying to build your new stroke the better the end product will be. If the drills are difficult don't be afraid to mix up the drills with normal swimming, a half length of a good drill is of more benefit then a full length performed nearly right.

3. When practicing the drills always relate the key aspects of the drill to the swimming stroke.

4. Continue to practice the drills in warm-ups and cool-downs in your normal sessions, especially once your drills course is complete - the idea is to make sure that your arm-pull, recovery, rotation are happening correctly.

5. When practicing the drills always concentrate on one aspect of the stroke - this will help reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed with too many parts of the stroke to focus on.

6. All kicking sets should be practiced without a float - this way you can practice your upper body rotation or the fully extended position.