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PHILLIP TORIELLO: Hello and welcome to Expert Village. I'm Phillip Toriello from the Avila
Bay Athletic Club. Butterfly Pull Drills: Basically, there's just one, as far as I'm
concerned, and that's one utilizing the pool buoy. Basically, what you'll do is isolate
your legs, meaning that you will not use your legs. And this is a common misconception with
people. What they'll end up doing is they'll put this in their upper thighs and they'll
end up kicking their knees while they're using their arms. So, when you're using the pool
buoy, do not kick. I reiterate, do not kick. Basically, what this will do is provide you
the opportunity to work and focus on your upper body strength, working on your catch,
pull, push, and recovery. Now, during this drill, it's really quite helpful, during your
recovery, to keep your arms low and close to the water. What people sometimes end up
doing is, either due to arm strength or just not knowing, is they'll drag their arms through
the water which, again, causes drag and resistance. So really, a good drill during this pull drill
is to drag your thumbs just on top of the water. This is approximately how high you
want your arms to come out of the water during this drill. And also work on bringing your
arms, during the recovery, to line up just with your shoulders. Don't cross your shoulders
over and don't have your shoulders too far out here as those both will slow down your
stroke and slow down or reduce the distance per stroke.