Do You Breathe Like This In Freestyle?
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-20.mp3 This week we look at your head position when you breathe in freestyle and how you change it to make it make your stroke more efficient and faster. We also give you a diving tip which will help you get off the blocks quicker. And we also look at exercises that you can do […]
The Two Biggest Kicking Mistakes
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-19.mp3 We look at how to improve your kick, we’ve got a sprinting tip if you’re a 50 or 100m swimmer, and we’ll look at getting back to basics and what that can do for you. Now with kick, there’s two main mistakes that I see made. 00:16 – The Two Biggest Kicking Mistakes 00:47 […]
3 Ways To Swim Faster
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-17.mp3 In swimming news this week we look at 3 ways to improve as a swimmer, how to cut seconds from your times with a better streamline, what to do if you’ve got sore shoulders from swimming. We also ask – do you need the perfect conditions in training to improve? And we also show […]
Forget About Stroke Count
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-16.mp3 Forget about stroke count. Now why would I say that when I talk a lot about stroke count and so do most other coaches? Well, the fact of the matter is that very few swimmers, only about 1 in 20 actually do stroke count. Now stroke count is when you are counting your strokes […]
Should You Write Up The Whole Session?
Brenton Ford with the swimming coaching tip. There’s always the debate about whether you should show your swimmers the entire set or just give it to them in stages. And it all depends on, will they try as hard if you right up the entire set. So sometimes if its a big main set and […]
The Distance Trap
http://media.blubrry.com/effortlessswimming/s3.amazonaws.com/effortlessswimming/Podcast/Swimming-Podcast-14.mp3 Don’t get caught in the distance trap where you’re more focused on how far you do in a training session than what you do in a training session. Unless you are training for the English Channel, an ironman or a long distance event, then you are better off focusing on what you do in a training […]
