Late for class. The folks were already in the pool doing drills when I arrived. There were few trainees today, as most of the better swimmers were taking part in the FINA open waters on Saturday and had gone for classes earlier in the week. So that left all the slow novices in class today, which was great!
Learnt some new drills today.
1. Started off with side-kicks. Then progressed to side-kicks with rotation to the other side and continue with side-kicks, and rotate back.
2. Rolling drill - Essentially, keep both arms down by the side of body, and only kick the legs. Face down, then roll over face up (aka float on back), then roll back on the same side. I found that to be the easiest drill, and happily rolled myself over and over, like a skewered-satay stick on the BBQ pit. Haha.
3. Feel water drill - Basically lightly kick legs, arms outstretched and gently rotate wrists to 'feel the water'. My gosh, it was hard to breathe.
Next we did laps - 600m, followed by 400m. Then the dreaded sprints: 4x 100m. My lungs were bursting and gasping for air by then. It was a real struggle to complete, not to mention a few of us paused after every 50m (instead of non-stop 100m) to catch oxygen.... Just as we thought the training was over, Coach sprang another set: 2x 50m. Ok, much more manageable, though still oxygen-deprived. Lastly for cool down, we had to do backstroke - to 'stretch and lengthen' our arms in the opposite direction.
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