TODAY WE'LL LEARN THE SIDE-GLIDE BALANCE (SGB) DRILL:
Practice all your drills today. To do the SGB, push off from the pool on your side, with the lower arm extended straight toward the end of the pool, your other arm pressed lightly along your side, and your nose pointed up, breathing freely. Start kicking easily. The back of your head should be in contact, or nearly in contact, with your extended arm. Stay in this side-lying, nose-up position for the length of the pool. Do this drill on both sides. When you're balanced on your side, you'll feel a strip of flesh exposed to the air all the way down your side arm from shoulder to wrist. Putting more pressure on your buoy by leaning in on your armpit will help this. Your extended arm should feel weightless. Note that when you're balanced, your head should be in the same position as in the Back Balance drill -- ears underwater, nose straight up, and only about 1/4 of your head exposed to the air.
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