Swimming Flat? Try This Drill
If you know you swim too flat in freestyle and lack rotation, try ‘Slide and Glide Drill’. Transcription: So if you’re too flat, there’s very little connection through each part of the body. Hi, Brenton here. In today’s video, we’re looking at rotation and how to make sure that you’re getting the right amount of […]
The Two Ways You’ll Increase Your Swim Speed
When you keep it simple, the two main ways most people swim faster is by increasing propulsion and decreasing drag. In today’s Feedback Friday we look at three tweaks this swimmer can make to increase speed without increasing his effort. Transcription: For you to keep the tension and the tautness through the core that we […]
Hands Too DEEP Missing The Power Diamond
This swimmer has three areas that he could develop to help improve his swimming. 1. Exhale earlier 2. Possible 4-beat kick and better core and glute engagement 3. Depth of his hands during the pull phase Transcription: If we look at this angle is roughly 155 degrees. So, that just indicates he’s down too deep, […]
How To Swim 32 Seconds FASTER (Per 100m) In A Half Ironman Race
In this video, we look at Tab Jones who first attended a clinic in 2016. At the time she was swimming her 1900m race in 2.03/100m pace, and her most recent race was done in 1.31/100m pace. We’ll show you how she improved the propulsive phase of the stroke (her catch and pull) and her […]
How To Stop Your Legs From Slowing You Down
By simply keeping your feet in line with your body (instead of having them splaying wide) can change your speed significantly. The amount of drag it creates can slow you down up to 5 seconds per 100m based on what some of our members have seen recently. Transcription: One of our swimmers, Chuck, he took […]
Removing The ‘Pause’ At The Front Of The Stroke
This swimmer has great balance, timing, and rotation. What could he do to swim faster then? His stroke is one area to look at with a current rating of 54spm, he’d be able to increase his speed with a stroke rate 10-20% higher. This is something he could develop over the next few months with […]
