Most people who have had any contact with a swim coach will have heard the refrain: “Hand over hand, wrist over wrist, head squeezed firmly between your upper arms, pinch your butt together and point your toes.”, writes the World of Endurance.

Hines suggests taking the time to practice the stretch assists greatly with correct application. A sure sign that you need to practice this technique is if you have difficulty breathing properly while kicking in this position.

A perfect opportunity to practice the streamline position is when doing kicking drills without a kickboard. Use the kicking drill as a streamline drill at the same time. Hines maintains that we will go faster during the kicking drill.

The benefits of improving this technique will be an increased ability to “glide” further as well as energy saving. (And remember Peter Reid’s great words about Ironman: “its about energy management”). Furthermore, you will develop greater speed.

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