Reduce The Effort Here…Swim Faster
Here we look at a triathlete with good rhythm and cadence. Some of the things he can do to improve his stroke are: – Reduce his upper body rotation (especially on the breathing strokes) – Reduce the power in his catch phase and work closer to a high elbow position – Keep his head centered […]
Stop Your Hand Slipping | A Way To Increase Your Propulsion
If you feel like your hand is slipping through the pull and not holding much water, try this. When you keep your palm facing behind you most of the way it increases the surface area of your paddle. When we film swimmers, it’s common to see many of them with their palm facing inwards through […]
Why I’ll NEVER Teach This In Freestyle
There’s so many different styles in swimming that it’s ridiculous to get everyone to swim the exact same way. There’s a number of different factors that can impact how you swim and the type of stroke you use. I like to focus on an athlete’s natural strengths and style and use those to their advantage. […]
This Is What Happens You OVER-REACH and OVER-ROTATE
Aren’t you meant to reach forwards and rotate in freestyle? Yes, but you CAN go too far with both of those things. This swimmer can REDUCE his rotation and reach LESS to swim faster. Take a look at why that is in today’s Feedback Friday analysis. Transcription: What I’d encourage this swimmer to do, because […]
Rotate To THIS Angle, Fix Your CATCH
The swimmer we’re looking at today competes in triathlon and currently races at 1:38/100m. We look at the following things in his stroke: – Head position (too deep at times) -Shoulders over-rotating causing his arm to go deep and elbow to drop -Left hand entering close to the head, needs to go further forwards Transcription: […]
Stop FORCING Change, Let It Come To You
When you’re trying REALLY hard to change something, it can make that change harder to make. The force and tension that comes from trying really hard is a difficult state to be in for a change to occur. We like our swimmers to be relaxed and patient when changing their stroke. Transcription: One of the […]
