Follow the Train Tracks
In this video, we are looking at the hand entry, the alignment, and the tautness through the body. You can see that when he enters with his right hand, you can see that the thumb is turned in quite an angle and it is quite close to the head. When we are swimming, we want […]
Keep ‘Soft’ Hands?
In this video, I want to pick out two things that’s most likely causing quite a bit of side-to-side movement. With freestyle, we generally want to keep quite stable through the core and through the hips. You can see in this video that the swimmer has a little bit of side-to-side movement. Here are a […]
Don’t Lift Your Head
There are a lot of things that could look at focusing on, one thing that I want to point out to you is breathing. I see this in probably one out of every eight or nine students that I have is head lift before they take their breath. There are a couple of things that […]
How To Diagnose And Fix Your Sinking Legs
The main thing that we would like to talk about today is body position and how I like to diagnose or break down what’s causing someone’s hips and legs to sit low in the water and this can be useful thing to go through in your own swimming if you feel that your legs are […]
How To Use Your Glutes For A Better Freestyle Kick
In this video, we’ve got a triathlete swimming in an endless pool and an endless pool will often make any flaws or areas in your stroke stand out more than they would when swimming normally. While it does change a stroke a little bit, we can certainly see a couple of things that we want […]
A Very Common Cause Of ‘Sinking Legs’
In this video, the first thing that stands out here, if you look from this position is: 1. Body Position – The head is at the right spot, the hips are up near the surface. You can see that the legs are dropping down a little bit low. That extra drag on top of the […]
