Learning how to swim butterfly can be physically demanding, especially for younger or inexperienced swimmers In this article, we will provide advice, drills, dryland exercises, hacks and tips, as part of a step-by-step guide to learning how to swim butterfly. Learning how to swim butterfly can be physically demanding, especially for younger or inexperienced swimmers. … Continue reading Learning How to Swim Butterfly
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Learning How to Swim Breaststroke
· For many swimmers, especially younger and inexperienced athletes learning how to swim breaststroke can be difficult In this article, we will provide advice, drills, dryland exercises, hacks and tips, as part of a step-by-step guide to learning how to swim breaststroke Breaststroke is the slowest and least efficient of all the competitive strokes. For … Continue reading Learning How to Swim Breaststroke
Learning to Float in the Water
Learning to float in the water can help you to better control your body position to help ensure you are in the correct position to enable you to develop your stroke technique In this article, we will provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on learning to float in the water. Learning to float in the … Continue reading Learning to Float in the Water
Learning How to Dive
Here we break down the learning how to dive process with a series of preparatory exercises and progressive drills In this article, we will provide advice, drills, exercises, hacks and tips as part of a step-by-step guide to learning how to dive. One of the key attributes of a competitive swimmer is the ability to … Continue reading Learning How to Dive
Common Competitive Butterfly Faults
Butterfly should only be performed at the intensity and distance where swimmers can maintain a good technique and high stroke rate. In this article, we will provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on common competitive butterfly faults and how to fix them. Introduction Swimming butterfly can be physically demanding, especially for younger or inexperienced swimmers. … Continue reading Common Competitive Butterfly Faults
Common Competitive Backstroke Faults
Since backstroke is performed on their back, the swimmer cannot engage as many of the body’s larger muscle groups as they can while performing either freestyle or butterfly. In this article, we’ll look at the most common competitive backstroke faults and provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on how to fix them. Since backstroke is … Continue reading Common Competitive Backstroke Faults
Improving the Backstroke Arm Stroke: An Introduction
In this article, we will provide advice, drills, hacks and tips, as an introduction to improving the backstroke arm stroke. To help make a swimmer’s backstroke more powerful and efficient. What is the backstroke arm stroke? The backstroke arm stroke is a continuous alternating arm stroke, used during backstroke to provide the primary propulsion. How … Continue reading Improving the Backstroke Arm Stroke: An Introduction
Improving the Freestyle Pull
The freestyle arm pull is often referred to as the propulsive phase. In this article, we will provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on improving the freestyle pull. To help develop a more effective and powerful freestyle arm stroke. The freestyle arm pull is often referred to as the propulsive phase. What are the benefits … Continue reading Improving the Freestyle Pull
Improving the Freestyle Catch
Improving the freestyle catch can help to develop the effectiveness of a swimmer's stroke In this article, we will provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on improving the freestyle catch, to help develop a more effective and powerful freestyle arm stroke. What is the freestyle catch? The freestyle catch is a part of the freestyle … Continue reading Improving the Freestyle Catch
Leg Kicking Patterns: An Introduction
Freestyle leg kicking patterns are an important but often-neglected key component of an effective freestyle stroke In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips as an introduction to developing effective freestyle leg-kicking patterns, to help boost a swimmer’s propulsion. The benefits of effective freestyle leg-kicking patterns Freestyle leg-kicking patterns can provide the swimmer … Continue reading Leg Kicking Patterns: An Introduction