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 […]
#19 The One About Training Smarter (with Jeff Booher from TriDot)

http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/traffic.libsyn.com/effortlessswimming/Swimming-Podcast-with-JeffBooher.mp3 Jeff Booher is a triathlon coach who specialises in custom designed training programs. He works with all levels of triathletes from age groupers to professionals. He also leads a coaching team of 15 Tridot certified coaches who work with hundreds of athletes all over the world. —- Free offer for Effortless Swimming listeners —- […]
How To Be Comfortable In The Water

http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-57.mp3 If you look at the top swimmers, Olympians or the swimmers of really good ability – they look like fish in the water. It looks like the water is their second home. Compare that to someone who is brand new, they’ll usually be tense, nervous and they’re fighting the water. So, how do you […]
How To Adjust Your Technique While Racing

http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-55.mp3 If you followed our videos in the last few weeks you will know there is more than one way to swim freestyle. If you look at Ian Thorpe versus Michael Phelps they both have very different techniques but they are both very fast swimmers. If you look at swimmers in a certain race they […]
#18 The One About Raising Champion Swimmers (with Gary Barclay)

Gary Barclay of TheSwimmingExpert.com is the author of Swimming for Parents – a book about how to best support your child in swimming. In this episode of The Effortless Swimming podcast Gary will talk about how to raise a champion swimmer. Brenton Ford: Welcome to another episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast. Today’s guest is […]
How To Increase Your Stroke Rate In Open Water

http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-52.mp3 In Effortless Swimming’s Membership Program, one of the things that we talk about a lot is getting your stroke rate up in open water swimming. A lot of our athletes are triathletes and open water swimmers and in order to go faster in open water swims you might need to get your stroke rate up. […]