In middle to long-distance swimming, your hip rotation should be somewhat controlled (instead of fast and snappy). A swimmer at our clinic referred to this as ‘hydraulic’ hip rotation. This helps take some of the effort off the arms and legs to provide propulsion by helping everything work together. We’ll show you how to develop […]
In this episode, we look at a swimmer who wants to increase the distance she can comfortably swim and increase her speed. We look at why she will need to: – Exhale from her nose and blow out more assertively – Feel very wide with her arm extension to keep it straight – Enter earlier […]
There’s seven common workout mistakes that cause you to plateau in your speed and stop improving. Let’s look at what you can do to avoid them and to continue getting fitter and faster. Transcription: Hi, Brenton here. In today’s video, I want to share some common workout mistakes that people will make that cause them […]
Front quadrant freestyle is what most elite distance swimmers use. It’s a great way for most swimmers who are new to the sport to learn as it helps with balance, breathing, and timing. At clinics and camps, we see a number of faults in the stroke that make it difficult to swim front quadrant. In […]
In this episode, we have a swimmer who’s stuck at 1:50/100m pace for his 400m and more swims. His 100m PB is 1:31/100m. We cover why he needs to: 1. Enter further in front of the head 2. Increase his stroke rate 3. Go deeper with his catch and pull 4. Exit closer to the […]
We had a swimmer attend a clinic recently with great technique that we couldn’t fault, but for her 50m and 100m events she wanted to get faster. There were two things we got her to experiment with to help her swim faster in these events. A deeper catch and higher hand recovery. These two things […]
