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Frontcrawl Finger Touch Drill. Let your fingers
skate across the water surface as you move your
arm slowly forward, allow the hand to cut into
the water with forefingers and thumb first. Keep
your legs kicking strong in order to support the
body. This will develop correct arm recovery.

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Frontcrawl - Drills:

Frontcrawl Shoulder Touch Drill. Touch your
shoulder with one hand before it enters the
water. Keep your legs kicking strong as your arms
move slowly forward. This will ensure the elbows
are always higher than the pitch of the hands.

Frontcrawl - Drills

Frontcrawl - Drills:

Frontcrawl Catch-Up Drill. Allow the stroke
technique to slow down with a pause at the
front of the stroke where the hands come
together and meet up for two seconds.
Maintain a good streamline position and keep
your legs kicking to improve your technique.

Frontcrawl - Drills

Frontcrawl - Drills:

Frontcrawl Streamline Drill. Push off the wall
underwater with hands overlapping and the
body stretched out. Kick underwater for a few
seconds or to a maximum of five, ten or fifteen
metres whichever is more comfortable. Walk
back to the wall and repeat as necessary or
swim easy for the remainder of the length.

Frontcrawl - Drills

Frontcrawl - Drills:

Frontcrawl Forehead Touch Drill. Touch your
forehead with one hand before it enters the
water. Keep your legs kicking strong as your
arms move slowly forward. This will develop
correct elbow position.

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