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.
How To Improve Freestyle Kicking – Video
The speed of the freestyle kick is the baseline speed for your freestyle. The higher the baseline speed (kick speed), the faster you will swim, after adding your pulling motion and body rotation.
How to Breathe in Swimming
First, I want to dispel one myth about breathing during intense exercise. In no sport does an athlete ever take a complete inhalation or expiration.
How To Train For High Octane Freestyle
The 50-meter sprint primarily involves two of the three energy systems we have available to use. Stored energy and anaerobic energy production are the two principal ways in which we delivery ATP to our muscles for this short, all-out burst of speed.
Why RPM Matters in Swimming
In the sprinters’ world, RPM matters. When a swimmer goes from hip-driven to shoulder-driven, he basically changes the technique of using his hand (and arm) from an airplane wing and paddle to using it as a propeller.
How to Avoid the ‘Modern Toilet Seat’ Syndrome, Backstroke/Freestlye
I call this the ‘modern toilet seat’ syndrome, because in swimming freestyle and backstroke, the hand slows down just like a modern toilet seat with a spring on it to keep it from falling down hard.
Tripp Montgomery Joins The Race Club Family
The Race Club was responsible for training 53 Olympic swimmers that won 23 Olympic medals over 4 successive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008.
Five Nuances of a Great Start
We have discussed the two different basic techniques of track starts, weight forward and weight back, and the importance of coupling motions in improving the outcome of both techniques.
How to Get the Best Leg Motion on Your Start
The third coupling motion is also important and that is the back leg lift.
How to Improve Your Start from the Block – Fast Swimming Starts
The energy that the head provides on the start is related to the square of the speed at which it is lifted.
How to do 6 Kick 3 Stroke Backstroke Drill
Practice the six kick, three stroke backstroke drill and you will see a big improvement in your backstroke speed.
How to Breaststroke Kick with Olympic Champion Rebecca Soni
Breaststroke kick is one of the most challenging techniques of swimming. A powerful breaststroke kick relies on having great flexibility in the hips and dorsiflexion of the ankles.
Win With Dolphin Kick, The 5th Stroke
Coach Eddie Reese dedicates sets in each practice to improving the dolphin kick. It is no wonder that Texas had 6 out of 8 finalists in the men’s 100 yard fly at the NCAA Division 1 Championships this year.
Why the Late Breath in Butterfly is Better
Two of the fastest butterflyers in the world today, Joseph Schooling of Singapore and Chad Le Clos of South Africa, have a delayed front breath, though they achieve it in slightly different ways.
