What a great opportunity to spend some time with Israeli Olympic sprinter, Andi Murez. She shared with us her focus on working on the UP kick in her freestyle.Why do it:
When sprinting, the act of ha ...
Here's where we're headed this week:a clean recovery of the arm during backstroke breakout.By leading with a rotated shoulder, you present a narrow profile to the water and maintain more momentum into ...
Fast feet. This is fantastic to do, Jess. Moments before you're gonna start your main set. Really looking, as you can see here with Niko Andrina, they got good body position, they started looking a li ...
Watch any elite swimmer and you’ll notice that they have great underwater dolphin skills. Underwater dolphins are so important that they’re now considered to be a fifth stroke in swimming.In order t ...
The difference between a powerful length of butterfly…and a painful length of fly is often the breakout. In this lesson, we’ll take a closer look at the kind of breakout that helped James Guy win a ...
Margaret performing the underwater dolphin. This slow motion clip focuses on Margaret's hands and head as she heads for her first stroke. Watch how gradual the climb to the surface is, not direct, but ...
We finish the week with underwater footage of an elite-level butterfly start and breakout, demo'd by Estonian Olympian Martin Liivamagi. The clip has no voiceover but, by now, you know what to look fo ...
During our travels, we get the opportunity to work with many teams. This past week in Lexington Kentucky, we visited the Swimchester Sailfish and saw a simple progression for developing better underwa ...
Moving forward, just like we did on the back, you're going to extend the hands out front to practice the same movement. You can see that our swimmer here is using a snorkel and fins so he can focus mo ...
FREESTYLE TECHNIQUE - KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN
The late, great Fran Crippen had many tricks for maintaining a balanced bodylineduring the breath.Check 'em out in today's video.
Even in open water, when .. ...
When working on a low breath, having something to look at is a great way to check to see how you’re doing.Looking UNDER the lane line WHILE breathing is a great trick.This literally is a visual queue ...
Right. So the first exercise that we're gonna get started with, with Brad is just basic balance. So from fingertips to toes, you see how his core is nice and stable. His hips are right at the surface. ...
In this exercise, we’ll start to alternate the head down, with the head up position. Through the entire exercise, the focus is on the lead hand. Making sure the lead hand DOES NOT MOVE.Start in the s ...
When we look at all the parts of James’s stroke, from fingertips to toes, several things stand out. His head is low – you can see almost all of it under the surface – and his hips are high. As a re ...
