How Better Technique Can Make You Slower

In news this week: How Better Technique Can Make You Slower – You’ve gone through drills, you’re stronger, you’re holding the water better…but your times are dropped off. There’s two reasons this happens. I’ll take swimmers for stroke correction and after we’ve gone through the changes, some swimmers will be too ‘gentle’ with the water. […]

Freestyle vs Other Strokes in Training

Freestyle is the best stroke to use for aerobic and anaerobic sets. They are the longer sets where you’re training in the lower and medium heart rate zones. It’s harder to train these energy system with form stroke so even if you’re not a freestyler, it is the best stroke to use for these kinds of sets. Form stroke is best used for threshold and speed training. So those sets where you are doing repeat 50’s with a lot of rest but at high intensity and short & sharp sprints.

How To Recover Faster & Getting Taper Right

In news this week look at: How To Recover Faster – If you’re low on energy and getting sore after sessions, a protein drink can help your muscles recover faster. I use WPI protein available from BodyBuilding.com Does Your Hand Drop When You Breath in Freestyle? – There are usually two solutions to keeping your […]

What To Look For In The Olympics, How Your Hand Angle Can Increase Your Speed

This week we look at: What you can learn from watching the Olympics [00:06] Paul Newsome at SwimSmooth [2:08] How hand angle affects your speed [3:46] Deep catch vs high elbow pull [4:43] How to quickly improve your kick [5:53] Being specific in training [6:46] In the video I mention the Mastering Freestyle program which […]