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Zoomers Gold Review: Improve Your Freestyle Kick In A Soft Rubber Comfort!
Final rating: 5/5 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...
Freestyle Slow Motion (Grant Hackett and Sun Yang - The Ultimate Distance Freestyle Stroke)
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...
The Largest In The World Of Swimming (From The Green Grass Of England To Long Sandy Beaches of Chile)
Have you ever wondered why every swimming pool is almost the same length? I am going to have to disappoint you and tell you that I don't know why that is. Someone probably came up with a standard that made sense and I guess it took off. However, what I do know is that the largest swimming p...
How To Relax In The Water? (Sink To Float And Float To Sink)
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...
Breaststroke Pullout 101 (How Champions Do The Breaststroke Pullout)
It is well known that the fastest breaststrokers have one of the longest and fastest breaststroke pullouts. If you are not sure what I mean by a pullout, it is basically what happens underwater after the start or the turn, right before the swimmer starts swimming normally. Now, why is that? ...
How To Dive Off A Starting Block (Take Your Marks! Go!)
Last time, we were discussing the proper streamline during a dive and also some basic exercises to get you more comfortable jumping and diving into the water. Today, we'll build on top of what we have learned and add a few more diving steps before we move onto a proper start off a diving block. ...
How To Breathe With Swimmer's Snorkel (Front/Center Mount Snorkel)?
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...
5 Tips On How To Get Motivated To Train (Keep Swimming And Show Up For Swim Practice)
If you ask top athletes out there about what makes them give it a 100% at every practice even if the body says no? The answer is relatively simple. The thought of their goals being fulfilled motivates them to achieve the impossible. Of course, let's come back to earth and realize that we are...
Learn To Control Your Breathing (Swim Sets To Improve Your Lung Capacity In Swimming)
It is no secret that a swimmer has one of the best lung capacities from all the athletes or at least should have. :) . Having to be accustomed to not be able to breathe whenever you want takes some time getting used to. Here are a few fun ways how you can improve your breath holding ability du...
How Will Dead Man's Float Make You A Faster Swimmer
Not Only For Beginners Now that you have had some time to practice getting used to the water doing bops blowing bubbles putting your face in the water holding breath and relaxing It is time we start focusing on floating in a proper body position. However, don't neglect the other...
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The Viking Legacy - One goggle to rule them all
It was in the 1970s in a small village in Sweden that the swimming goggle industry changed forever. Jan Malmsten, an avid swimmer and entrepreneur, designed simplistic, sleek, and affordable swimming goggles that were adopted by the majority of elite swimmers around the world. These goggles, commo...
Airofit Review: How Stronger Breathing Makes You A Faster Swimmer
Final rating: 5/5 Breathing is as crucial to your life as water is to your swimming. You draw a breath thousands of times per day, yet how often do you actual stop and examine your vital breathing pattern. Similarly, when training, you more than likely tend to focus on endurance and muscu...
Last Minute Gift Ideas For Swimmers And Triathletes
With the busy schedule we all have, I often find myself not having much time to do an extensive research online to buy a thoughtful present, so I look for pre-compiled lists to give me an idea of what to give to the person in question. I know, I know, no excuses. I should do better, but procrasti...
Xmetrics: A New Swimming Wearable Which Will Make You Swim Faster
"All you have to do is swim." That is a promising bold claim made by a technology company with a new swimming wearable gadget soon to be released to the swimming and triathlon communities. This new swimming computer goes under the name of Xmetrics and with its sleek design and a long list of fea...
How To Become A Swimming Superhero - The Corsuit Review
It is a well-known fact that every superhero has to have a special suit, a cape or a mask to be taken seriously. Right? At the same time, he or she has to have a certain set of extraordinary skills that often are enhanced by their attire. Think Batman and his winged cape or his belt which never...
11 Ways To Enjoy Swimming In A Crowded Lane
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...
A Surprising Result Of Swimming Flaws Analysis
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...
8 Ways To Use Your Hand Paddles
Hand paddles are commonly used in swimming pools around the world. In fact, you hardly ever see a pool deck or the infamous Lost and Found basket (yes, they do exist) without a pair of them laying around. They are either loved or hated. The main rudimentary idea behind the original hand padd...
How To Do Back To Breast Turns (Open vs. Bucket vs. Cross-Over)
In the individual medley races, there are a lot of transitions between strokes: fly to back, back to breast, breast to free where each swimmer could either gain or lose time on the opponents. Usually, the most complex turn is the one from backstroke to breaststroke. In the history of swimming,...
Aquaviz Review: The Swiss Army Knife Among Swimming Prescription Masks
Final rating: 5/5 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...
Swimming Gear Reviews
Safer Swimmer Float In-Depth Review: Swimming safe without hindering your performance
Final rating: 5/5 The sport of swimming has seen many innovations over the last few years, some of which we have covered here on the Swimator Blog. (new full-body suits, technique improvement related swimming equipment or new insights on how to swim faster). However, one aspect of swim...
The Viking Legacy - One goggle to rule them all
It was in the 1970s in a small village in Sweden that the swimming goggle industry changed forever. Jan Malmsten, an avid swimmer and entrepreneur, designed simplistic, sleek, and affordable swimming goggles that were adopted by the majority of elite swimmers around the world. These goggles, commo...
Swim Smooth DVD Review: Clean Up Your Stroke (Practicing One Thing At A Time)
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...
Swim Products That Will Make You A Better Swimmer
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...
shinfin(TM) Leg Fins Review: No More Sinking Legs During Your Swim. (Fins For Your Legs, Freedom For Your Feet)
Final rating: 4.5/5 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...
Zoomers Gold Review: Improve Your Freestyle Kick In A Soft Rubber Comfort!
Final rating: 5/5 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...
Dry Case Review: Mobile Swimming Tips At The Pool (Underwater Angry Birds)
Final rating: 4/5 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...
Aquaspotter Review: Swimming Safety In Open Water
Final rating: 5/5 Roaring speed boats, slowly churning fishing barges, a crazy youngster on jet skis, tourists in canoes and kayaks, all of these have one thing in common and it is called "danger to swimmers". When you do not have the luxury of swimming in open water without any boat traffic,...
