The first instinct might be to simply kick harder, or put more force into your pulls. But because you’re in the water and fighting against drag, you can’t just muscle your way to a faster swim. Having good strength and power only contributes to a faster swim if accompanied by correct...
Head position plays a major role in your overall body position. When you swim freestyle, try to look down and focus your eyes on the bottom of the pool. Your neck and head should be in a neutral position, straight above your shoulders. You should not lift your head or look up in fro...
6×50 double-arm backstroke @:25 rest between reps If you have the time for a full workout, use each of these four sections to build a comprehensive session in the water that helps you swim with better technique, warm up properly, have enough time to crush a big main set, and some ...
So, as you can imagine, it takes some pretty advanced technology for your sports watch to tell the difference between freestyle and backstroke, for example. Swim tip: Make sure your Polar sports watch knows which hand you are wearing it on. Simply go to Settings > General Settings > I ...
Rule 6:Do NOT turn or push off in front of faster swimmers. Faster swimmers should allow slower swimmers as much time as possible before starting. Rule 7:Tap feet to pass. The person whose feet are being tapped moves out of the way to the corner at the lane end. Do NOT speed up if...
Looking to swim the 50 freestyle faster? Here are seven proven strategies for uncorking more speed in the splash and dash. Read More » Swim Training Tips When Should Swimmers Use Drills During Practice to Improve Technique? Wondering when to use swim drills to accelerate technique improvement?
descending (meaning each 50?is faster than the last). After completing this set, swim easy for a few hundred meters to loosen out your muscles again and allow your heart rate to decrease. Next, a short kicking set followed by a few hundred meters pulling with buoy and paddles will serve...
Throughout the arc stroke, the golfer will open the face on the backstroke, close to square at impact, and finish with a slightly closed putter face. Head Balancing The first feature of a putter you should consider is the head balancing. Depending on whether your stroke is straight path or...
For the first time ever, air pollution is on the world’s top – 10 list of killers, and it’s moving up the ranks faster than any other factor. So how can air pollution be so damaging? It is the very finest soot – so small that it roots deep within the lungs and then enters ...
Duquesne Coach Dave Sheetsopened the pool so Suzanne and I could swim prior to our clinic. He also joined us for the swim (and was impressively fast; in fact his backstroke repeats were as fast as or faster than my crawl.) We had only 30 minutes so I planned a set similar to Friday...