PVC Technical Strategy 47

Your mission this week is to swim a total of 1,000 yards or meters of near-perfect freestyle technique (every practice) for the next six days. It can include the freestyle performed in your daily warm-up, main sets, or warm-down. And you don’t have to do all of the yardage in a row. Instead, pick your spots throughout the practice. 

As a PEAK PVC swimmer, challenge yourself to apply as many PEAK techniques as possible. These include: 

• A fixed, low, non-breathing head position (Nose Number 0 or Nose Number 1).
• Shoulder-width entry arms. 
• Fully extended entry arms.
• An early, high-elbow catch (elbow tip should almost break the surface).
• Fully extended finishing arms (at thighs).
• A full-fast finish (finish each pull with speed).
• Symmetrical arm recovery (high elbow, low elbow, or straight arm).
• Bilateral Breathing.
• Minimal Breathing (small breath close to the surface).
• Equal side-to-side rotation. 
• A long-legged freestyle kick, starting from the hips (not knees).
• Motorboat Kick (keep the feet in the water).