It is one of those days.
The swimming lane I am about to plunge into is overcrowded and even though it is marked with the clearly distinctive letters "FAST SWIMMERS", the lane is plagued with leisurely swimming head up breaststrokers and wannabe swimmers standing by the wall and discussing the lat...
Swimming is a sport that is not natural to everyone.
Walking, running, biking, all of these are quite easy to master, however, it takes some coordination and stamina to learn how to swim and to top it all off, before we improve our swim technique, we all have a different swimming style based on...
This is an additional post on proper head position while swimming freestyle.
I know you might be tired of hearing the words "put your head down" while you swim, however, believe me, if I tell you, this is the building block of your swimming.
Without the proper head position, your stroke wi...
Based on your comments from the blog and the poll, it looks like you are requesting some information and guidance on how to move your arms during the freestyle stroke.
So, here we go.
Freestyle is what you would call an asymmetric swimming style.
Well, asymmetric is a strong word, but almost....
Final rating: 5/5
The Swim Smooth's Clean Up Your Stroke DVD set is not your usual learn to swim program on DVDs.
It is more of a series of short hints and tips addressing a few important aspects of an efficient freestyle stroke.
The DVD is split up into a few logical sections:
Breath...
Since I am on the topic of breathing while swimming, let me explain, what seems like an obvious procedure, how to breathe through the swimmer's snorkel.
Before we get to that, perhaps a bit of an introduction of what the swimmer's snorkel is and how it can help you improve your swimming techniq...
Squinting my eyes to see the pace clock's red hand to tell me when to start my next swim set.
Worse yet, having to take off my darkly tinted goggles all the time to be able to see the clock is just plain annoying.
All I want is to enjoy my swim workout without having to come out of the water w...
After a short break, I am back with some highlights from the Swimator Blog archives for 2011.
What swimming tips did you find the most interesting in 2011? That is the question.
Below is a short list of the top 10 Swimator Blog swimming tips:
1) As traditionally, our novice and beginner swi...
The guys over at SwimSmooth have done it again.
After introducing us to the Wetronome (tech gadget to help you with your stroke rate)and Mr. Smooth (an application to show you how swimming is done from all angle at all speeds), SwimSmooth has now produced SwimTypes.com.
SwimSmooth's swim...
Learning to float can be a daunting task for many novice swimmers. If you are just starting out or tried it out before and got discouraged because you couldn't get past the floating stage, perhaps the following piece of advice will help you to get over the initial learning curve.
Whatever the reas...