Edmund joined our online stroke analysis coaching last year with a goal to swim faster and place better in his open water swims. Over the past 14+ months, he’s gone from being last out of the water to a mid-pack swimmer. Transcription: Hey, Brenton here. In today’s video, I want to show you someone who […]
In this week’s episode, we look at a swimmer with a smooth stroke who doing a lot right. There’s still room for him to improve by changing his head position, alignment when breathing and developing a more effective catch and pull. Transcription: … too fast. So what we tend to see there when someone goes […]
My guest is Tim Ford, who is someone I’ve known for the last few years, and a number of years ago, he started his triathlon journey and over that time he’s lost more than 50 kilos. He’s completely changed his life with respect to his health, his fitness, and his work, and I think it’s […]
To increase the surface that you’re pressing back with and help you with your catch and pull…you might want to consider ‘elevating’ your wrist. Transcription: Rather than trying to have that effort come from the hand, or feel like the feel for the water is coming from the hand there, aim for it to be […]
We look at a triathlete who has competed in Ironman events and is currently doing shorter distance triathlons. His Ironman swim PB is 56 minutes, so what can he do to get it in the low 50’s? – Stroke rate (remove/reduce the pause in the reach) – Improve the catch – Fix the breathing (going […]
In this episode of Feedback Friday, we look at a swimmer who could change the following things in her stroke: – Avoid a crossover when entering and reaching forwards – Avoid ‘putting the brakes on’ – Go deeper in the catch and pull (on some strokes so she isn’t really shallow wasting energy pulling herself […]
