TOP 9 SWIM MISTAKES WHILE LEARNING THE COMBAT SIDESTROKE
By: Naval Special Warfare
Posted: March 4, 2020
The overarching theme of these nine items is that if you want to improve your Combat Sidestroke (CSS) Physical Screening Test (PST) swim, you have to go back to the basics. This applies to you if you are a new swimmer trying to break into the 9’s or if you are a more experienced swimmer who wants to turn his 7:50 into a sub 7:30. How you learn is equally as important, as illustrated with the first four elements of this list. The time spent on the fundamentals and on the drills in the official CSS video and the CSS guide is the best investment you can make in your improvement. The resources are all right here on SEALSWCC.COM. Don’t just watch the CSS video, and don’t merely read the CSS guide. Instead, study them.
Swimming remains a great way to increase your overall fitness without introducing serious risk. Focus on technique, and the speed will come. Make sure you have two good sides to swim on, and the better you are at all strokes, the better you will become at any one of them, since all of the elements of propulsion in water are ultimately related.
1. SKIPPING OVER THE BASICS
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