Sculling Drills in Swimming

Reviewer Hits the common mistake dead on and gives you two real drills to fix it.

Moderator Exactly the swim skill — hand sculling for feel of the water, figure-eight/windshield-wiper motion, front scull vs high-elbow scull. Everything in it is about this sub-skill.

Reviewer Clear, progressive, and genuinely built for someone learning this for the first time.

Moderator Entirely a vertical sculling how-to, from shallow-water basics through to a harder deep-water version. Precisely on target.

Reviewer Very good: start on the wall, thumb up on the in-sweep, pinky up on the out, and check both sweeps are even.

Moderator Walks through three sculls: standard scull (palms behind the hips, thumb up on the in-sweep, pinky up on the out-sweep), totem scull (arms overhead, elbows bent), and alligator scull on the front or back, with where you should feel it and why sculling helps feel for the water and shoulder health. Squarely on sculling drills.

Reviewer Clear, structured, and connects the scull to hip drive -- good coaching.

Moderator This is a dedicated, structured 4-phase sculling progression start to finish -- entirely and precisely our sub-skill.

Moderator This is sculling, full stop, a specific sideways-sculling variation with a clear why, how, and fine-points structure.

Reviewer Clean, specific coaching, good cues on hand pitch and keeping the V position solid.

Reviewer Detailed, hands-on coaching -- you can see the corrections landing.

Moderator Real coaching session with named athletes, covering shoulder mobility prep and then support scull technique in real depth -- elbow position, why to go slow (control), rib/core engagement, arm horizontal line. Squarely about sculling, delivered as live coaching.

Reviewer Clear, technical, and useful -- a real coach's cueing.

Moderator Squarely about support sculling technique: elbow spacing to use the scapula, catching water with the elbows forward, hand shape ('make your hands like balls'), keeping the body line straight, wall progression into an off-the-wall vertical version. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Good progression of drills with real cues for knowing you're doing it right.

Moderator The entire video is vertical sculling drills and their progressions -- hand position, moving forward/back, adding leg variations. Squarely, entirely on-topic.

Reviewer The windshield-wiper image plus the 'don't go outside your shoulder line' rule -- a complete, usable lesson.

Moderator Full technical walkthrough of the scull itself -- shoulder roll to set the high-elbow catch position, the windshield-wiper hand path, and the boundary of where you should be holding water relative to the shoulder. This is the actual how-to that other clips in this batch are missing.

Reviewer Clear, relatable, teaches the core idea well.

Moderator Genuine swimming sculling lesson -- 'moving yourself through the water using your hands' with a clear beginner analogy (small experienced swimmer vs. big inexperienced one) and covers 4 sculling variations.

Reviewer Clear, well-explained, great analogy for hand feel.

Moderator Explicitly a beginner sculling drills workout -- exactly the sub-skill, front and center.

Reviewer Brief but it's the right cue, clearly explained.

Moderator Directly on-topic: explains the catch mechanics behind sculling -- flat palm and forearm, no bent wrist -- recommends a snorkel to isolate the drill, and describes the basic windshield-wiper scull motion.

Reviewer Technically solid, moves a bit quickly.

Moderator Front sculling drill, squarely about the swimming hand-sculling technique -- forearm position, propulsion phases, entry to exit.

Reviewer Clean, specific coaching — exactly how to learn this drill.

Moderator This is squarely a sculling drill lesson — demonstrates the sculling and doggy paddle drills explicitly to build feel for the water, with clear cues about hand/elbow position.

Reviewer Thorough, multi-stroke sculling drill.

Moderator Multiple sculling variations - front scull, butterfly, backstroke scoop - all squarely the skill.

Reviewer Specific drills, good progressions.

Moderator Pure sculling - I-to-Y drill, sweep in and out of the shoulder line, fins option. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Clear, well-built sculling progression.

Moderator Three sculling drills, front, lateral and paddle scull, with the why behind feel for the water. Bang on the sub-skill.

Moderator Introduces sculling and shows several versions: in front of the body (the frosting-a-cake motion, pinky leading then thumb leading), down at the sides, a forearm press, and the hardest one, on your back feet-first with a pull buoy. Explains the point: redirecting water builds feel for the catch. Squarely on sculling drills.

Reviewer Good intro: the frosting-a-cake cue and four versions to try, a bit light on hand-pitch detail.

Reviewer Useful sculling warm-up, a bit repetitive.

Moderator Standard sculling warm-up plus a dolphin-kick variation, all about feel of the water and proprioception. On topic.

Reviewer Clear, well-demoed sculling drill.

Moderator Squarely sculling - in-place and moving scull, hands relaxed, feel the water, applied to treading. On the sub-skill.

Reviewer Accurate detail, but feels incomplete on its own.

Moderator Hip-to-thigh sculling phase of the underwater pull -- squarely about a sculling motion, though narrowly scoped to just this one phase (labeled 'part three') without the earlier context.

Reviewer Solid, progressive sculling drill.

Moderator Sculling drill applied to the butterfly arm path - isolates the catch with a flutter kick. Clearly a sculling drill.

Moderator Sculling drills built around holding the water instead of pushing against it, the feel the catch is built on. Squarely sculling.

Reviewer Gets the key idea across, hold the water don't shove it, in a quick coach-led clip.

Reviewer Right cues (engage the forearm, figure eight, don't scoop) shown live, though short on hand-angle detail.

Moderator Scull drill inside a freestyle session: no fins or paddles, pull buoy between the legs, move yourself with the hands alone to work on entry and catch with the forearm engaged, figure-eight path rather than scooping, then back to easy freestyle pull. On the sub-skill.

Reviewer Explains the why really well, but doesn't show you the actual hand motion -- pair it with a demo.

Moderator Entirely about sculling -- why it works and what it trains (feel for the water, catch, shoulder stability, body position). On topic start to finish.

Reviewer Thirteen seconds is enough to show a progression exists, not to coach it.

Moderator A sculling progression: a series of drills building feel for the water for swimmers refining their stroke. Squarely sculling.

Reviewer Good drill for feel and catch, but at 28 seconds it shows more than it coaches.

Moderator A lateral sculling drill: face the wall, sit as if in a chair with the legs up like treading water, and scull sideways using only the hands and forearms, building feel for finger angle and pressure. A specific sculling variation, so squarely on topic.

Reviewer Looks like a structured lesson based on the wrap-up alone - reasonable bet.

Moderator Title explicitly frames this as swimming basics and scull technique - squarely on the named sub-skill.

Reviewer Right setup (eyes down, high elbow, fingertips and forearm), but 20 seconds leaves little detail on the sweep.

Moderator Front sculling drill: float face down, watch your hands, keep the elbow just under the surface, and catch the water with fingertips and forearm to build feel. Squarely a sculling drill, though mostly the setup is covered.

Reviewer Real coaching cues, but the transcript is choppy and hard to follow without seeing the swimmers.

Moderator This is an actual poolside coaching session on sculling: hand tone, finger spread, elbow position ('reaching over a barrel'), and toe positioning. As squarely on-topic as this batch gets.

Reviewer Purpose-driven drill breakdown.

Moderator Third upload of the three-drills video. Sculling is the third drill — fingers down, in-out pressure, skinny-S. Covered, one of three.

Reviewer Purpose-driven drill breakdown.

Moderator Re-upload of the three-drills video. Sculling is the third drill, covered with purpose but sharing time with single-arm and dog paddle.

Reviewer Purpose-driven drill breakdown.

Moderator Sculling is the third of three drills — covered with purpose (catch feel, skinny-S pressure, in-out) but shares the video with single-arm and dog paddle.

Reviewer Good, specific technical coaching on the scull portion.

Moderator One of three drills covered is front scull, explained in real technical detail (hand position, pushing water out and back, wrist position) - the other two-thirds of the video (616 drill, water polo drill) are different drills.

Reviewer Credible source, but the caption doesn't show the actual technique - can't confirm depth.

Moderator Caption is squarely about sculling as a swim drill and why it matters - directly on the named sub-skill, from an account that brands itself as a swim coach.

Reviewer The sculling section is short but explained well, the icing-on-the-cake image actually helps.

Moderator Covers a spread of drills by level, and the advanced section is specifically sculling, feel-of-the-water work, front scull, described clearly. It's one part of a bigger video, not the whole focus, but it's genuinely on topic.

Reviewer Really well explained catch mechanics with a live example.

Moderator About the catch/'gathering the water' concept using Finis Agility paddles — closely related to what sculling drills develop (feel for the water) but it's a different specific drill/tool, not sculling itself.

Reviewer Clear reasoning for why sculling helps, with a real prescription.

Moderator Sculling is named as one of five progressive exercises to fix the high-elbow catch, with an actual prescription ('4x25 every day'). It's embedded in a broader freestyle lesson rather than being the sole focus, but the sculling content itself is genuine and purposeful.

Reviewer Sharp, specific correction -- useful even in under a minute.

Moderator About the high-elbow catch and correct internal rotation of the arm -- precisely the feel-for-the-water skill that sculling drills are designed to build, even though it's framed as general stroke technique rather than a sculling drill demo itself.

Reviewer Ok, but a bit vague and brief.

Moderator Sculling is the featured drill for feel of the water, plus a couple of related ones. Good fit.

Reviewer Handy quick list, but shallow on each.

Moderator Five-drill rundown, one is sculling with high elbow. Covers sculling among several others.