Are You Enjoying It?
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-64.mp3 This week I drove from Melbourne to Sydney on our way to the Master’s National Championships. And on our way there, I listened to a really good book called Born to Run. And I listened to it through Audible which is a really cool service if you haven’t used it before. But the premise […]
The “Gentle” Entry
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-62.mp3 This week you will notice the video is a little bit different to what we normally do. The reason is I am going to show you a video that I have just posted in our online coaching program. We are looking at increasing stroke rate; a lot of swimmers can struggle with because they are […]
The “Fake” Catch
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-60.mp3 What could I mean by the fake catch? I have spoken a little bit about this in our online coahing program this week as well. Quite a few swimmers enter at an angle like that rather than keeping their hand flat there. The reason why some swimmers do it is because entering like that means […]
The Locked Elbow Pull
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-58.mp3 If we look at the freestyle catch one of the biggest mistakes swimmers often make is that they will enter and extend forward and lock their elbow out for longer than they need to. What that often causes them to do is push down on the water and then pull through. They are only […]
Sprint Freestyle Tips – Energy Transfer
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-51.mp3 A few changes that we made lately with my squad’s sprint freestyle is making sure that we get the energy transfer from our recovery into the water. Quite often you will see swimmers in their recovery they will extend and then enter; then they have lost their momentum they have got from the recovery […]
How to Stop Pulling Across Your Body In Freestyle
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-44.mp3 It is one of the most common mistakes in freestyle where a swimmer pulls across their body and is crossing over their midline with their hand and arm. There are two main causes of crossing over the body; the first one is keeping your arm straight in your pull through rather than bending your […]
