The One About Swimming Easy (with John Konrads)
John Konrads holds 26 individual world records and won the 1500 m freestyle in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He now coaches up in the beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland. One of his mantras is “swim easy”. In this podcast episode I will talk to John and see how we can prove how swimming […]
How To Develop Rhythm In Freestyle (And Get Rid of ‘Dead Spots’)
Now, if you’re like me and you’re not a very good dancer because you lack rhythm on the dance floor, it doesn’t mean you can’t be a good swimmer. In swimming, you need to have a good rhythm because it reduces the amount of dead spots in your stroke and it means that you can […]
The Momentum Entry
I’ve been doing a lot of one-on-one stroke correction sessions where we do underwater filming, where we get great footage of the swimmer. We then do analysis on the computer and then we jump back in the water and we go through some drills and exercises to help the swimmer improve their stroke. One of […]
New Technology: Music Underwater Without Headphones
Music as an accompaniment to a swim workout is a great source of motivation, inspiration and distraction from exhaustion. However, when it comes to swimming and water sports, having your dose of entertainment with your favourite beats can become a challenge. Considering that water is an integral part in swimming, we always wonder how we […]
If You Don’t Think Kick Is Important…
If you’ve worn a band in your freestyle before, some of those rubber bands or those synthetic bands that you can tie around your feet so that you don’t kick…then you’ll know just how important it is to kick to balance and time your stroke. When you’ve got a band on, it keeps your feet […]
Quick Food Preparation For Hungry Swimmers
If you’re like me and you’re a swimmer and an athlete. If you eat a lot of food and you go to cupboard more than once to see what is there to eat then what I found to work really well to not only help me eat less but to make sure that I eat […]
