I've been swimming and coaching for many years and one thing that I see the most room for improvement, even in competitive swimmers, is the butterfly and breaststroke turn.
Let me give you a few tips and tricks on how to improve and speed up your butterfly or breaststroke turn.
1) Do not be...
The efficient movement of our bodies in the water while swimming, does not come naturally to the majority of our water filled planet's population. Putting our faces in the water and having fun around and in our local pools, lakes, oceans, seas or rivers is, however, as common as your favorite brea...
Some of you already might have heard that FINA has updated their breaststroke rule to accommodate an underwater dolphin kick during the pullout phase after the initial start or a turn.
The rule marked as SW 7.4 clearly states "A single downward dolphin kick followed by a breaststroke kick is perm...
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I have already discussed proper body position while swimming freestyle and the drag forces that act upon your body on numerous occasions on this blog.
However, the reality of it is that it is very easy to say, "swim relaxed with good body position", but a bit more diffi...
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Whether we like it or not, we live in a fast-paced modern technology world where what happened 5 minutes ago is old news.
It is extremely hard to keep up with new information and even harder to distinguish between good and bad information.
Since everybody and their grand...
Let's step away from swimming strokes, discussions of equipment and other learn to swim related material for a moment and look at the scarier side of swimming.
Not many of us realize this, but apart from drowning, it is possible to catch a disease or infection from your local swimming hole. And...
It looks like that the most requested topic in the last poll on the Swimator blog is about freestyle.
Well, let me talk to you about how to get the most power out of your stroke.
After you learn how to properly hold your body in the water and relax you can move on to starting to use your a...
That got your attention, didn't it?
Well, now that you are here, let me reveal the well-guarded secret of how you can get your own Fastskin3 from Speedo totally free.
What is Fastskin3?
It is a piece of supposedly revolutionary swimming equipment composed of three swim products: swimming cap,...
Today, I have three pieces of swim equipment that I promise will help you improve your technique.
You can achieve the elusive smooth stroke we all long for, however, sometimes you just need a little bit of help along the way.
I find these swim products quite helpful, so wanted to share them wit...
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...