[How to Fix] Trying Harder But Not Swimming Faster
This week I’ve got a challenge for you. I want to challenge you to try what I’m about to talk about. To see if you can get an increase in speed by trying this one thing. In the next few weeks we’re releasing the Effortless Freestyle DVD which we’ve been working on for the last couple of […]
How To Swim A Faster 50 Breaststroke
On the weekend one of the swimmers that I coach, Stuart Moffat, broke the world record for the 50 breaststroke short course in the 50-54 years age group. The world record was 30.61. Stu went 30.48 with a great swim. (**Update** Due to a technicality at the meet itself it can’t be counted as a […]
The Pointy End of the Field
The Good Thing About Being Slower If you are a swimmer who is may not be as fast as you’d like to be then the good thing is that you have a lot more room for improvement. Swimmers at the pointy end of the field find it harder to improve because the improvement is much […]
The Shotgun Approach to Training
If you look at what the top swimmers do in their training, they focus their training for one event in particular. They won’t use the shotgun approach where they target the 1500 freestyle, the 100 butterfly and the 400 medley all at once. They target their training towards one event. If you’re racing a number […]
How to Tumble Turn
This week I want to show you one of the things that makes for a fast tumble turn. If you’re a triathlete or a Master’s swimmer who is having trouble tumble turning, this might be why. Good Tumble Turns Have… If you look at a good tumble turn here, as the swimmer goes in, they […]
7 Household Items You Can Use In Your Swimming Training
1. Sponge Tie a piece of elastic around the sponge and then around your waist and use the sponge as resistance. 2. Rubbish bin Make sure the bin is clean and empty and do butterfly kick under the water with fins on, holding the bin out in front of you. It will catch all of […]
