**More Reasons to Love your Pull Buoy**

Most swimmers love to pull…and pull and pull.  But your beloved pull buoy can be used for SO MANY other things!  This week we look at a few of them, like developing a narrow kick in breaststroke, teaching ownership of balance, and fixing a splayed kick in freestyle.  Come join us...and bring your own favorite uses for the pull buoy.

**Monday 11**

**Glenn Endless Pool:  Pull Buoy Flutter Kick**

Glenn demos a completely opposite use of the pull buoy: using it to teach a narrower flutter kick; a 2-, 4-, and 6-beat kick, and to correct a splayed kick in freestyle.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3081-pull-buoy-flutter-kick>

0338 where the pole boy like you normally would

0595 initiate the swimming with straight legs

0934 rotate with course stability

1126 initiate a two beat kick

1821 initiate a four beat kick

2500 initiate a six speed kick

**Tuesday 12**

**Breast Drill: Pull Buoy Kick**

Swimming full-stroke breaststroke with a pull buoy improves your breaststroke timing and imprints a narrow kick.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1376-breaststroke-pull-buoy-kick>

0245 where the pool boy in the traditional Space

0423 swim breaststroke

0780 look at the line from the torso to the knees

1067 hide the calves in the recovery

1387 get the toes pointed out at the top of the kick

2618 finish the kit completely

5531 kick is more straight back than rounded

**Wednesday 13**

**Glenn Endless Pool:  Pull Buoy Breaststroke Kick**

Here’s another view of how a pull buoy can be used to imprint a narrow breaststroke kick.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3116-pull-buoy-breaststroke-kick>

0484 hold the pole boy in the traditional spot

0549 swim breaststroke and finish the kit completely

0723 hide the calves behind the thighs

0740 get the toes outside of the body line

0776 finish the kit completely

1712 allow the pole boy to fall out

1900 try to maintain a narrow recovery

1917 get the toes outside of the body line

1990 finish the kit completely

2170 leg starting to get wider

2181 feet farther outside of the body line

2434 knee slightly wider calves still hidden

2447 toes outside of the body line

2970 playing with width

3740 pull buoy back on

4744 releasing at the top of the kick

5293 working on staying narrow

**Thursday 14**

**Free Drill:  Pull Buoy Balance**

By changing the placement of your pull buoy (ankles, knees, “normal”), you learn valuable lessons about balance.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/1421-freestyle-pull-buoy-balance>

0890 hold the pull buoy at the ankles

0981 rotate the core and all the way down to the feet together

1811 pull buoy in the traditional spot

2320 try to maintain the height of the pull buoy

3733 move the buoy to the knees

4179 try to maintain the height of the legs

4785 move the buoys to the traditional spot

5356 then move it back down to the ankles

5928 then to the knees

10733 there are no rules

11335 when it starts to slip between the heels you’re really working in the tight legs 

12335 holding the buoy during the push off requires straight legs and pointed toes

**Friday 15**

**James Guy: FINIS Axis Buoy at Ankles - Annotated**

The FINIS Axis Buoy is an excellent tool for creating a stable body line, as demo’d by Olympian James Guy.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2599-finis-axis-buoy-at-ankels-annotated>

0503 course stability all the way down

1231 everything rotating together

3078 pointed toes

5233 Single line

5470 additional shoulder rotation to breathe

12051 all emphasis on pointed toes and tight legs

13543 Core stability

14436 watch for any swaying of the legs

22600 pointed toes

**Saturday 16**

**Pull Buoy Stability**

Glenn talks through a pull buoy progression that demands core control and mastery of balance.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2357-pull-buoy-stability>

1138 pull buoy held in the traditional position

1799 maintain horizontal body line

4280 initiate a slight swaying of the hips

5341 maintain course stability

10032 out of balance

10519 return to balance

10802 initiate slow swimming

11125 maintain focus on core balance

12971 goal body line

14160 start the body swaying from one side to the other

14465 start full body rotation

15111 oops

20039 try again

21288 slightly better

22016 balanced body

22115 initiate slow swimming

22482 body fall slightly out of balance 

22639 continuing to work

24438 with velocity the body starts to balance

**Sunday 17**

**Free Drill:  Ankle Pull Buoy Turns**

To improve the speed of your flip turns, try securing the pull buoy at your ankles and going for a long swim.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/3616-ankle-pull-buoy-turns>

0547 my favorite tools paddles

0830 buoy

1106 snorkel and nose clips

1506 ankle strap

1988 the ankle strap makes it easier to keep the buoy on for a longer swim

2760 swim with flip turns

3967 repeat many times

5445 take off the buoy and strap

5656 feel the speed of the feet

**BONUS**

Kara Lynn Joyce: BONUS – Pull Buoy and Paddles.  Perfection in the most simple, basic use of pull buoy and paddles.

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/673-bonus-pull-buoy-and-paddles>

Kristian Golomeev:  Body Balance Alternating Sweeping Arms

<https://www.goswim.tv/lessons/2250-body-balance-alternating-sweeping-arms>


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More Reasons to Love your Pull Buoy