EP 282:How To Swim EffortlessFly, Back and Breast with Sam Ashby

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My guest today is Mr. Sam Ashby, a coach who has trained swimmers to national medals. In this episode, we will talk about the benefits of practicing different swimming strokes. It helps the body move differently and can aid in recovery and developing swimming skills. We will also discuss common mistakes that occur during clinics for butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke.

03:58 Swimming Background
10:00 Refining Your Knowledge
13:18 Visual Learning in Swim Clinics: An Advantage for Kids
15:04 What is The Key to Good Butterfly Stroke?
21:02 Improving Rhythm in Butterfly Stroke
26:26 Common Mistakes in Backstroke: Lifting the Head Too Much
33;53 Common Mistakes in Breaststroke: Maximizing Drag Reduction
38:19 How Simplicity Leads to Better Results
43:01 Simple Cues/tips for Mastering Breaststroke

Change your technique and swim smoother, easier freestyle in the Effortless Swimming membership:
https://effortlessswimming.com/training-and-membership-plans/?el=blog

View our freestyle clinic schedule around Australia:
https://effortlessswimming.com/freestyle-stroke-correction-clinics/?el=blog

This podcast episode is brought to you by FORM Goggles. Use code ‘EFFORTLESS‘ on checkout to receive 15% off your FORM GOGGLES today.
http://formswim.com/effortless

Related Content:
The Transition From Athlete to Coach with Sam Ashby
The One About Preparation (with Australian team swimmer Sam Ashby)

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Amazing swimming and fitness podcast

Love, love, love listening to Brenton and his guests. Always learning something new to add to my swim sets with drills or training sets. Also very motivational guests with great tips to add to your fitness routine. I love the stories of the longer distant swims and what’s involved. I’m always smiling after listening to these podcasts!! Thank you so much !!!!

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Brenton and Mitch were great to work with at the clinic, Good to get video analysis to work on straight away, practice some new drills and go home knowing what you need to work on.

Alex McFadyen

Sydney