Once you’ve honed your technique and are able to swim longer distances without compromising your form, that’s when increasing the power of your pulls, or speeding up the tempo of your strokes starts to lead to a faster swim. And when you ramp up the volume and intensity of your workout...
Special shout-out to Jeff for sharing this drill with us. You can catch-up withJeff on Twitter, or stay up to date with thePiranha Swim Club at their official website. See Also: Missy Franklin’s Favorite Backstroke Drill: The Water Bottle Balance. The world record holder in the 200m ...
Your hands should be relaxed with a few millimeters of space between each finger. This actually helps you swim faster and increases the power of your pull compared to swimming with your hands cupped tightly together! Related:How to Improve Your Catch with Open Finger Swim Training Your fingertips...
9 Benefits of Training with a Swim Snorkel The swim snorkel has become part-and-parcel of every competitive swimmer’s gear bag. Here are a bunch of reasons why you should use it in practice today to swim faster. Read More »
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...