Taking "Thinking" to another level and learning to focus.

After a successful day of Freestyle, we moved on to Backstroke.

A great classroom session was followed by 3 pool sessions breaking down Backstroke and really getting the campers to learn that there needs to be a connection between your mind and body.  We talked about "T.C.B.Y" (see the Blog post on that topic).  Thinking about what you do and being able to control your body the proper way.  Correcting bad habits and deliberately do things every time.  I told the kids that the difference between just doing a skill and doing it deliberately is that when you do it deliberately it takes thought to make your body do exactly what needs to be done.  It actually hurts because you are forcing yourself to do it correctly no matter how you did it in the past.

We talked about having a good body roll and creating power with a good "catch" (Anchoring your hand in the water 4" to 6".)

I try so hard to describe and detail things in a way that everyone can grasp.  The look on kids faces when they get it and make changes is awesome and worth all of their effort.

Here is a Panoramic view of the Backstroke lecture...

Tomorrow Breaststroke and Movie Night...midweek and still a lot to cover.


Coach Scott