This is the combat swimmer stroke. Used by military special ops programs.
Here’s a story I like to share as a coach that specializes in this world:
A former D1 athlete (football) wanted to be a SEAL. He was a great athlete but did not really know how to swim. He was “self taught” the CSS when he first came to me.
I said, “let’s see what you got.”
He started swimming and about 20 to 25 strokes later he finally made it to the other side of a 25 yard pool. Obviously that was a lot of work. I noticed he was very excited. And I asked him what was up. He said “that is the first time I’ve ever made it across the swimming pool without stopping.”
To make a very long story short, we fixed his stroke. The next time he came back he swam a 500 yard swim in less than 10 minutes. He continued to work to where he got it at about 8:30.
Yes - he had a great coach. But he put in the work. I would only see him for about 30 minutes a week in the pool and he would spend hours every day fixing his weakness to where it was no longer a weakness on his own. That type of effort and determination is not coachable. He wanted it that bad so he made no excuses and got it done. Fast forward to today… He has been a Navy SEAL now for over four years.
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