• A Sprint Set for Better Pull and Kick Coordination

    Not getting enough juice from your kick in sprint freestyle? One solution is improving pull-kick timing. This sprint set will do just that.

  • A Swim Workout to Help You Close Races Like a Pro

    Build race day closing speed with this swim workout that spikes lactate early, then trains you to swim through it. Finish fast, finish like a pro.

  • Measuring the Unmeasurable: How to Create Benchmarks for Skill Development

    While tracking improvement is easy, the same cannot be said for skill development, which presents a problem.

  • How To Build Adaptable Skills

    The ability to switch gears and race in control is a skill that any swimmer can learn. It just takes a targeted approach.

  • How To Use Stroke Rate To Build Stroke Length

    Giving swimmers a set stroke rate and then asking them to go continuously get faster, without changing their stroke rate, is a beneficial drill.

  • The Power of Hand Postures

    One of the most important goals of any training program is to help swimmers learn to use their arms to create more propulsion.

  • Building Technical Accountability Into Endurance Training

    Esteemed swim coach Andrew Sheaff shows us a simple strategy to easily implement technical discipline into day-to-day training.

  • COACH’S EYE: The Late Breath is Key To Schoenmaker’s 200 Breast World Record

    Tatjana Schoenmaker waited to initiate her breath until she’d almost completed her entire breaststroke arm-pull – leading to a world-record 200 breast.