Why Freestyle Body Rotation Matters (Video)
Body Rotation is one of the key ingredients to a fast freestyle swim technique.
Roland Schoeman schools you on The Fifth Stroke (Video)
Many are talented kickers, but all fast swimmers work their kick a lot. Dolphin kick not only requires tremendous leg strength, it demands the whole body to move to create maximum propulsion.
Backstroke Drill, 6 Kick Switch (video)
World champion backstroker Junya Koga demonstrates a backstroke swim drill, also known as 6 Kick Switch, that will help you appreciate the importance of this extreme rotation from one side to the other.
Learn Dolphin Kick Freestyle – Michael Phelps swim technique (VIDEO)
Michael Phelps uses this technique. The dolphin kick freestyle was also used by Olympic Champion Michael Klim from Australia, in the final meters of his leadoff 100m freestyle on the relay at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Learn How to Fly Fast like Roland Schoeman – Race Club Swimisode
Olympic Gold Medalist Roland Schoeman has developed one of the fastest dolphin kicks in the world. The dolphin kick has become so important in the sport of swimming, now being used in all four strokes, that it is commonly referred to as the ‘fifth stroke’.
How to do a Perfect Backstroke Start – Video
World Champion Junya Koga shows us both the incorrect and correct feet positioning while Gary Hall Sr. explains why correct feet positioning matters in the start, launch and entry.
How to Master The Back Footplate on Starts
There are two options for the track start using the back footplate, weight forward or weight backward.
2015 Race Club Fall Swimisodes Are Here (Video)
In swimming, where water is 800 times denser than air so every detail counts.
Yoga for Swimmers – Release Tension in Your Hips, Quads and Glutes
In this intense 20 minute Vinyasa flow yoga practice, we focus on stretching these regions of the legs that tend to be tight in swimmers. (Featured image: Rebecca Soni)
What is The Art of Swim Parenting?
Being a swim parent is not easy. If it were, we would likely have 2 million registered USA Swimming members, rather than 400,000.
Why Olympic Swimming Champion Rebecca Soni Does Yoga (Video Feature)
Rebecca used Yoga during her career as an elite athlete eventually replacing her weight lifting program entirely with yoga.
The Truth about Your Head Position In Swimming
Gary Hall Sr.: “Most swimmers swim freestyle or backstroke with their heads positioned too high, looking forward slightly as they swim through the water, or in the case of backstroke, with the head perched up.”
Olympic Swim Star Rebecca Soni Demonstrates Freestyle Kick Breaststroke Drill (VIDEO)
About 80% of the propulsion in Breaststroke comes from the legs. Knowing that more than any other stroke, breaststroke relies on the power of the kick for propulsion, Rebecca Soni has reinvented the breaststroke technique.
If you swam and now suffer from Halux Valgus or Hammer Toe, read this Olympic Testimonial
Courtesy of Gary Hall Sr., 10-time World Record Holder, 3-time Olympian, 1976 Olympic Games US Flagbearer and The Race Club co-founder.
How to Maximize Swimming Starts with the Back Footplate
Getting off to a good start is one of the most important parts of the swimming race. The shorter the race, the more important the start becomes.
