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Legs Of Steel (Keep Your Legs From Sinking During Freestyle Or While Floating)

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...
Legs Of Steel (Keep Your Legs From Sinking During Freestyle Or While Floating)

Track Start vs. Grab Start Explained (Should I Choose The Track Start Or The Grab Start For My Races?)

Should I do a track start or a grab start? That is a question I get asked quite a lot. My answer usually is that it really depends on many things. Such things could be your body agility, what type of event you swim, how deep you want to go on a dive and what you feel comfortable with. If yo...
Track Start vs. Grab Start Explained (Should I Choose The Track Start Or The Grab Start For My Races?)

Should I Wear a Swim Cap? (How To Choose a Swim Cap?)

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...
Should I Wear a Swim Cap? (How To Choose a Swim Cap?)

Early Vertical Forearm Explained (Learn To Catch Water In Your Freestyle Stroke With High Elbow)

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...
Early Vertical Forearm Explained (Learn To Catch Water In Your Freestyle Stroke With High Elbow)

How Not To Swim Freestyle (Top 4 Freestyle Stroke Mistakes)

Let's check out how the freestyle stroke is NOT supposed to be done, for a change. In this post, I will examine a short video where you will see a front view of a freestyle swimmer who is swimming against the current in a small swim flume (endless pool). These endless swimming pools are quite ni...
How Not To Swim Freestyle (Top 4 Freestyle Stroke Mistakes)

How To Learn A Freestyle Flip Turn - Part 3 (Advanced)

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...
How To Learn A Freestyle Flip Turn - Part 3 (Advanced)

Swim Like Michael Phelps (A Champion Is Born And Raised)

After Michael Phelps' another stunning performance in the Beijing Olympics, it is only appropriate we find out what is hiding behind the scenes of his phenomenal swims. Apart from a great amount of swim practice with his coaches, have you ever wondered what it takes to swim as fast as Michael Phe...
Swim Like Michael Phelps (A Champion Is Born And Raised)

The Ultimate Match Up - Michael Phelps Vs. Mark Spitz (How Has The Butterfly Stroke Changed Over The Years?)

There is no doubt about the greatness of Mark Spitz in his time and Michael Phelps’ recent ongoing dominance on the swimming scene. Both Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps are multiple Olympic champions with many world records under their belts. Every competitive swimmer knows their name and drea...
The Ultimate Match Up - Michael Phelps Vs. Mark Spitz (How Has The Butterfly Stroke Changed Over The Years?)

Do You Know How To Swim Breaststroke? (Top 5 Most Common Breaststroke Mistakes)

Knock knock. Who is there? Head hovering right above the water, perhaps even with regular rimmed glasses on and dry hair, arms slowly pushing the water to the sides with a rhythmic, lazy, and very wide breaststroke-like kick in a weird angle to the bottom of the pool. I am sure you know who...
Do You Know How To Swim Breaststroke? (Top 5 Most Common Breaststroke Mistakes)

Body Balance And Swimming (Head Lead Body Rotation Drill)

The head lead body rotation drill is the foundation of a successful swimming stroke. If you do not spend enough time on this step or if you skip it entirely, you will regret it later on as you will struggle to improve. Got your attention? Yes? Very good. To reiterate, a proper body balance i...
Body Balance And Swimming (Head Lead Body Rotation Drill)
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