As a wannbe runner who is plagued by injury at every turn I took up swimming.  With a DVD of drills I've taught myself to swim; I've improved rapidly by doing these drills over and over.  As well as an imroved style they have developed more balanced

length with your hands curled in fists - this will encourage the use of the forearm to catch water and help propulsion. It's one of the best drills for learning how to feel the water you are trying to move through.More swim drillsThe drills above are easy

to add swim drills to your session.Swim drills are great for improving swim technique because they isolate areas of the stroke that may be deficient or imbalanced. Coaches prescribe drills to their swimmers for this reason and to add variety to training

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I'm thinking of introducing some stride drills into maybe an easy run once a week.What's the opinion on stride drills? Do they provide much benefit?The four drills I see are high knees, buttt kicks, skipping and hopping. Any other ones?My stride

I was just wondering if anyone feels the same as me about running drills/warming up...Since I have started taking my running more seriously, I have started warming up abit more properly i.e doing a little more than just a short jog around my block

Hi,I have noticed that, when I start to get tired, my legs go apart. I know that they should be together.Does anyone know any drill exercises to correct this problem?I have the Total Immersion book but can't find any especialised drills for the legs

I'm thinking about incorporating a few of these kind of drills into an easy run once or twice a week so a few questions for people who do them...- What kind of form drills do you do? I was thinking about stides, high knees, backside kicks etc

Hi, I am new to this, running and forums I mean. I have been reading Marathon Running for Mortals and have just reached the training plans. I am not sure what form drills/strides are and how I do them. Can anyone enlighten me? Strides are short

Hope the forum gurus can advise me  I was conducting a speed session today,  along the lines of warmup - drills - short reps - cooldown - stretch.  Part way through the drills I was taken aside by a girl there who is currently doing UK Athletics