Do you make the grade?
PEAK stresses TECHNIQUE! Since Coach Baker started PEAK in 1996, swimming with near-perfect stroke mechanics (in practice) has been Rule One. As a PVC swimmer, he expects you to do the same. Your mission this week is to see if you make the “grade.”
Scoreboard:
- Score a Doctorate’s Degree for a Platinum performance.
- Score a Bachelor’s Degree for a Gold performance.
- Score a High School Degree for a Silver performance.
- Score an Elementary School Degree for a Bronze performance.
Butterfly
- 11-Entry Arms (straight and symmetrical)
- Headless Flyer (head underwater after breathing cycle)
- One-Butt Butterfly (via chest press)
- Pow-Boom Kick (2 kicks per stroke)
- 11-Finish Arms (straight and symmetrical)
Backstroke
- Chin-Up Head Position
- Tick-Tock Arm Cycle
- Tick-Tock Kick
- Equal Shoulder-Pop Rotation
- L-Arm/Pocket Finish (pulling arm bent 90-degrees by shoulder-line and fast finish at the hip)
Breaststroke
- 7-Squeeze or 6-Squeeze
- I-Y-Elbows High (near the surface)
- Waterline Shoot
- Breathing Cycle Faster Than Pulling Cycle
- Snap The Kick & Pointed Toe Finish
Freestyle
- Zero Nose Number (or close)
- One Goggle Wet-One Goggle Dry Breathing
- 2-Arm Shoulder-Width Entry
- Equal Shoulder-Pop Rotation
- Equal Thigh Finish At End Of Pull
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