How To Reduce Bubbles On Your Hand In Freestyle

Sam Ashby talks about reducing the bubbles on your hand in freestyle by changing the duration of your glide. The full Skype interview with Sam is available inside the Mastering Freestyle program.

The Little Things That Make A Big Difference

Have you ever been to an expensive restaurant and made to feel like a celebrity? It’s because of ‘one percenters’. The little things that make a big difference. They pull your chair out for you, they call you ‘Sir’, the meals are presented well…it doesn’t take much extra effort but the impact it has is […]

The Three Types Of Freestyle Technique

You know that not everyone has swims with the same style or rhythm in freestyle. This video by The Race Club and Gary Hall Snr provides a great breakdown of the different freestyle techniques. There’s more than one way to swim, and any coach that tries to tell you that there is only one is […]

Three Steps To Better Freestyle

Here’s the first three steps you need to take to swim better freestyle. 1. Constant Kick – You don’t need to have a super kick to be a fast freestyler. In fact, the fastest freestyle girl I coach barely kicks at all. Kick is used for body position and balance more than propulsion in triathlons. […]

Did you hear about Phelps?

Michael Phelps has awesome technique. He is the best swimmer in the world because he can travel through the water with speed, but stay relaxed and controlled at the same time (this is key guys’). There is more to Phelps than his technique though. Check it out in the great article by ESPN. Michael Phelps […]