How to Use the Touch Paddle

Fix leading elbow outsweep

• Catch up at thigh
• Single arm stroking with the non-stroking arm down
• Swim full out making sure the thumb is touching the thigh before exiting the water

Improve Hand entry

• The Touch Paddle makes the swimmers more aware of the hand pitch
• The Touch also helps the swimmer more aware of the angle of entry
• Stun Gun Drill
• Zipper Drill

Improve Push phase of Freestyle

• Braking the wrist at the hips to gain forward speed
• Catch up at thighs with Touch Paddles
• Single arm stroking with opposite hand up stroking with the Touch Paddle
• 6 Kick Switch

Improve Workouts

• Pull set components
  • High speed with Touch Paddles
  • Slow speed with Touch Paddles
  • High and Slow speed with ankle buoy with Touch Paddles
• Pull + Swim
  • High speed pull then a Slow speed swim
  • Slow speed pull then a high speed swim
  • Mix up paddles and bare hand
• Swim
  • Start with bare hand. Then in the peak of the main set add the Touch Paddles to build the muscles
  • Start with bare hand, Regular Touch, Large Touch, and finish with the X-Large Touch

Workout Components

• 4 x 25 mid pool breakouts w/ high speed finish @:15 rest
• 4 x 50 high speed w/ flutter kicks off walls @:15 rest
• 3 x 75 breathing every 3/5/7 @:15 rest
• 4 x 100 alternate slow speed and high speed 25s