Why Head Position Matters Swimming Freestyle
Elite freestylers, such as Michael Phelps, Sun Yang or Katie Ledecky, create a noticeable surge in speed with the head down right after the breath, accompanied by a strong propulsive kick.
Freestyle Flip Turn: Mastering The Approach
The important law of inertia comes into play at several key times during the flip turn and the approach to the wall is one of them. If a body in motion truly wants to stay in motion then the worst thing we can do is slow down while approaching the wall. Yet nearly every swimmer does.
Create a thing of Beauty With Your Backstroke Start
A great backstroke start is a thing of beauty. I liken it to a dolphin leaping out of the water or David Boudia scoring a perfect 10 off of the 10-meter tower. You see no splash and hear no splash.
Step Up Your Butterfly Drills (Video)
Watch Olympic champion Roland Schoeman demonstrate butterfly swim drills.
How to Hyper-Streamline in Swimming instead of a Simple Streamline (VIDEO)
“The best streamline swimming position has become a center for controversy in swimming…”
What grade is your freestyle recovery?
“In swimming, I like to describe the freestyle recovery as having three octane grades; low, medium and high.”
Why Sculling Matters In Swimming
Sculling with the hands is one of the best ways to teach a swimmer to feel the water.
What Are The Secrets To A Faster Dolphin Kick?
Developing a fast dolphin kick is not easy, yet everyone can improve their dolphin kick speed with the right anatomical tools and training.
Why you need to Max Propulsion with Coupling Motions
While nearly all of the forces that create propulsion come from the hands and feet, certain other movements we can do with will increase the amount of propulsion coming from the pull and kick. We call those coupling motions.
3 Common Freestyle Flip Turn Mistakes
Freestyle Flip Turn Part II: Olympian and The Race Club co-founder, Gary Hall Sr., breaks down “the flip” in the freestyle flip turn.
Yoga for Swimmers: Increase Your Core Strength (20 minute workout)
Follow Olympians in this 20 minute vinyasa yoga for swimmers focusing on core exercise.
Swim Training: Rethink Rotation in Backstroke and Freestyle
Gary Hall Sr.: “Although coaches and swimmers commonly believe that one of the reasons fast freestlyers and backstrokers rotate their bodies along the axis of their motion is to reduce drag, I don’t agree.”
The Two Important Nuances of a Great Kicker
I want to bring your attention to two common, but not widely recognized, problems of the kicking motion that adversely affect kicking speed. Neither is related to propulsion, but both are related to frontal drag.
Kick Faster In Freestyle and Dolphin Kick
One of my pet peeves is when coaches refer to the up kick on freestyle (or dolphin kick) as the ‘recovery phase’ of the kick.
How to Speed Up Your Kick from Hip to Knee to Ankle
The amount of propulsion generated by the kick is arguably the most important difference among fast and not-so-fast swimmers.
