Would you like to really increase your swimming speed and join the fast lane? Technique is only one part of the triad in improving your swimming (the others being training and open water skills). It’s very important to make sure your technique is efficient, but are your training methods? There's two ways to get more out of your swimming training: 1) Work harder in your technique session: Technique training is generally swum in your lower aerobic zone, or an effort level/RPE o

If you've ever completed a swimming or triathlon race, you'll likely to have experienced what I call the 'hundred hump'. This is when you're ready and pumped at the start line, hear the bang and then go out really hard, thinking 'wow I'm swimming super fast' only to feel your lungs burning and need to 'stop for air' after 50-100m. We see it in our coaching sessions all the time, there's no shame! We've all done it! Tip 1: When you start exercising your body isn't actually us

Here's another catch fault I often see in my Video Analysis  sessions - an overglide. Overgliding versus initiating the catch straight away This term refers to the swimmer spending too much time lengthening out at the front, which actually serves as a brake, slowing you down rather than increasing stroke length. I've drawn yellow lines on the picture to indicate how the arm should be positioned in the water, to initiate the catch straight away. This may make the stroke feel '

Increase your pulling power! Yellow lines indicate a 'vertical forearm' catch and pull through Here's a catch fault I see in my Video...

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