A proper flutter kick is one of the most important keys to an efficient, fast and enjoyable freestyle swimming experience; however, it is also one of the hardest parts of the freestyle stroke to learn.
I’ve taught countless individuals with varying skill levels and everyone is different in the wa...
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I’ve grown up as a full-blown chlorinated pool swimmer with lifelong search for the perfect fitting goggles.
I swear, I must have tried like 50 different types and always found them inadequate.
Either they leaked or the suction was too much on the eyes until I found the...
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Just watch and learn from one of the best swimmers of all time.
The Russian rocket - Alexander Popov.
The ultimate sprinting machine from Russia.
He used to have one of the most beautiful and most efficient strokes out there.
His coach Gennadi Touretski, currently living an...
One of the basic skills of any beginner student of any activity is the ability to recognize if something is not done the right way.
Be it the ability to notice spelling mistakes in written texts (I am sure there many in my posts :)), the know-how to acknowledge that a ski jumper’s form during the...
Have you ever thought to yourself
I can't seem to grasp the way my arm should move under water when I swim
how should my legs move when I swim freestyle
I wish there was a way to see someone swim slow motion
I'd like to see how it looks from a different angle in order to understand. ...
Let me stop you right there, I implore you to ask a much better question: What Do I Need Paddles For?
If your answer to this question is "I don't know, everyone else is using them" or "I feel more powerful with paddles" or "I swim faster with paddles" or something along those lines, then chan...
Stereotypically, I find triathletes to be very self-motivated athletes always pushing their limits in whatever they do.
And rightly so.
In order to achieve a competitive level in all the three sports combined, triathletes have to manage their workout regimes very tightly, so they have time to...
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...
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...
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One of the toughest things to learn in swimming is a proper effective and efficient kick.
Many coaches can tell you that having a great kick is the essence of fast swimming, however, they also struggle with teaching the proper kicking technique.
No wonder though, the r...