I had the night off because Cate and E'llee had other plans. So I decided to head to the pool and work on my drills some more.
I again did all the drills from Superman Drill up. Again focusing on hanging the head on the early drills which is becoming more and more natural. (I think anyway.)
When I moved onto zen switch I can feel that my timing isn't quite right. I can feel when my hand enters too soon causing my hip to follow instead of driving with my hip. So I did whole stroke (kind of with a very specific focus). I focused on keeping that patient hand out front until my fingertips had entered the water. I tried to remember that I always want a hand out front of the body regardless so that I am piercing through the water with my hand and not my head.
I have to admit I soooooo want to just swim. This imprinting stuff takes patience. But like I told Ann, I have been swimming one way for the past 30 years. I can take 6 weeks and work on these things. If I truly am slower and/or less efficient I am SURE I can always go back.
I know the imprinting is important because when I was focusing on this one thing I couldn't tell you what my head was doing. I do not know if it was relaxed or not. I understand why I need to take this time to get it ingrained into my muscle memory so that it becomes just as natural.
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