Why All Athletes Should Master These Three Skills In Their Swim Training
In all high level swim squads there is a big focus on perfecting these three skills: Push offs/streamline Turns Finishes/No breathing from the 5m flags Even for open water swimmers and triathletes I believe there should be at least some time spent teaching athletes how to do each of these three skills properly. Even though […]
The Solution To A Tight Lower Back
One of the principles of fast swimming that we teach is flexibility. In our work with swimmers and triathletes we notice that hip, hamstring and glute flexibility is often poor. This can change a swimmer’s body position by causing their legs to drop and hips to sit below the surface. Athletes that are sitting for […]
High Performance Stroke Rates
If you’ve tuned into any of our recent videos, you’ll know the importance of stroke rate. When you race competitions it’s something that is often forgotten about. Instead we look at splits, technique, positioning, etc but rarely check stroke rate. Your coach or training partner can do it with a reliable swimming stopwatch or you can check […]
3 Things You Must Know To Be A Faster Swimmer In 2014
Before we head into 2014 there’s a few things I’ve learnt this year that might help you. 1. Training Hard Will Only Get You So Far Don’t get me wrong, you need to bust your arse in training…but it’s not the only thing that’ll get you to where you want. The smartest athletes know that […]
Why I Warm Up With Fins (Part 2)
In the first article I covered why my squad now does the majority of their warm up with fins on. If you missed it you can read Part 1 here. This article is about the type of fins we’re now using and why I’ve had my whole squad change to them. I’ve tried several different […]
Why I Warm Up With Fins (Part 1)
If someone had told me two years ago to warm up with fins, I would have asked them which ‘Learn To Swim’ class they had just came from. Today however, you’ll see my squad wearing fins in their warm up nearly every session. I can hear the sceptics already. “Fins ruin your technique” “You don’t […]
