You can’t tell a butterflyer to hold water at speed, you have to...
Andrew Sheaff@AndrewKSheaff
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Dec 24, 2025
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You can’t tell a butterflyer to hold water at speed, you have to show them how.
If butterflyers can’t hold water at speed, they won’t swim fast.
If we want them to learn this skill, we have to show them how.
If butterflyers can’t hold water at speed, they won’t swim fast.
If we want them to learn this skill, we have to show them how.
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In this set, we’re going to use several different strategies to help swimmers learn this key skill.
First, we’re going to use the parachute to encourage swimmers to create more propulsion.
Second, we’re going to ask them to go far AND fast against the parachute.
First, we’re going to use the parachute to encourage swimmers to create more propulsion.
Second, we’re going to ask them to go far AND fast against the parachute.
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This challenges their ability to hold water in different ways.
And each round, we’re going to change their hand position during the first two repetitions to force them to use the whole arm to create propulsion.
And each round, we’re going to change their hand position during the first two repetitions to force them to use the whole arm to create propulsion.
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By combining these strategies through effective set design, we can put swimmers in positions where they’re much more likely to learn how to hold water and how to go fast.
It’s a whole lot more effective at creating change that matters as compared to just telling them what to do.
It’s a whole lot more effective at creating change that matters as compared to just telling them what to do.
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If swimmers can learn to use their whole arm as an anchor to move water, they’re going to be able to create more speed.
It’s a simple enough concept, but that doesn’t mean swimmers can easily make it happen.
I like to use strategies that force swimmers to make the change.
It’s a simple enough concept, but that doesn’t mean swimmers can easily make it happen.
I like to use strategies that force swimmers to make the change.