Comments on: A New Kind of Pull Set https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/a-new-kind-of-pull-set/ Total Immersion Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: Louis Tharp https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/a-new-kind-of-pull-set/#comment-55 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:21:13 +0000 http://totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=753#comment-55 Ok. I’m going to try this. This is like the old stretch cords?

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]]> By: CoachSuzanne https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/a-new-kind-of-pull-set/#comment-54 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:13:38 +0000 http://totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=753#comment-54 Perhaps it’s no coincidence I set a new PR in the week after doing this “pull” set. (actually it’s probably true, true and unrelated, but still…)

Glad I could finally “teach” YOU something about swimming, even if it was just to bring up an old memory.

]]> By: terry https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/a-new-kind-of-pull-set/#comment-53 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:49:49 +0000 http://totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=753#comment-53 Suzanne
Thanks for reminding me of one the sets I used to give the teams of young competitive swimmers I coached 30 years ago. They had a lot of fun, while gaining some invaluable kinesthetic awareness.
I would have them do 100m repeats in a 50m pool, one pulling, the other holding the leader’s ankles and adding as much propulsion as possible with a strong flutter. At the far end, switch places and come back. We did races and relays and generally had great fun.
But the extra resistance the puller faced forced them into high-leverage catch positions. This is far better at teaching EVF than those ‘tech paddles’ and encourages a far more natural arm action. Plus it was instructive to be holding the ankles and experience the dynamic response of the whole body to the armstroke. Thanks for reminding me. This would be great fun to include in a TI camp that extended for several days.

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