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...
To answer the question if you should wear a swim cap, let's first think about why you are swimming and to what purpose would the cap be to you. So why do you swim?
If you are out there stroking from one side of the pool to the other for fun or a wonderful exercise and you have short hair, buying...
If you are just starting out learning how to swim, or if you struggle to improve your swimming, you have probably heard someone along your swimming journey say: "You just need to relax more".
At that moment you also probably thought to yourself: "Yeah right. How am I supposed to relax if I am usi...
The last few years has seen a tremendous explosion of miscellaneous sport games which require some physical and social activity rather than the traditional sedentary joystick control games.
So what does this has to do with you and learning how to swim?
Well, Microsoft just announced a new swim...
Being a beginner swimmer is definitely not easy.
Where do I start? How do I do it? It seems much harder than it looks. How come?
These are just a few questions I get asked all the time.
As I discussed on many occasions, swimming is not as simple sport as it may seem.
Sure, what is there...
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...
If you have gotten this far, you have seen the light and are serious about improving your swimming, so let's get started.
There are many schools of thought regarding teaching swimming, some rely on repetitive swimming a lot of kilometers or miles to improve, some swear against it and focus only...
Here are a few special tips and tricks if you are already a flip turn professional :) and you have mastered both phase 1 and phase 2 of the flip turn school.
1) Let's focus on the glide into the turn first:
When you start your glide, you should be slowly submerging yourself underwater, so...
This post is long overdue, but finally, I kicked myself to introduce you to the wonderful world of the Palm Paddle.
I am not kidding when I say it is the world's smallest hand paddle.
At first sight, the paddles are so tiny and cute that you just want to cuddle them in your palm :).
Do not...
Ok, guys, I have decided to go a little more high tech on this one.
Just kiding.
What is a good swimming lesson without a proper demonstration?
So, here you have it.
Watch the Australian olympic distance swimmer Grant Hackett do his thing.
Report a non-functional swim video...