Training Intel

A Simple Trick to Stop You From Freaking Out Behind the Blocks

Here is one of my favorite tricks for keeping calm behind the blocks, while also helping you swim with more control and speed. Whammy!

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How to Develop Next Level Resilience in the Pool

Grit, mental toughness, fortitude—whatever we’re calling it this week, is essential to your swimming success. Here’s why resilience is the difference maker you’ve been looking for in the pool.

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Without Failure, You Can Never Succeed

Failure is awesome and you need it! Without failure, you can never succeed. Without failure, you can never grow. Without…

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A Day on Deck with Gary Hall Sr.

It was clear after watching Gary Hall Sr. on deck that he has been successful by focusing on the fundamentals, communicating effectively and creating an engaging environment…

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How to Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable in Training

Improvement comes just beyond our comfort zone. Here’s how to get cozy with the scary unknown in the pool.

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Cody Miller Daily Swim Vlogs #5 and 6 – No Breaststroke Fridays

With the conference meets going on, we missed the last 2 installments of Cody Miller’s week-long series of daily workout…

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Cody Miller Daily Vlogs #3: Speed & Power Wednesdays

The 3rd day of Cody Miller‘s week-long series of daily training vlogs is live, and Wednesday is Speed & Power…

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Caeleb Dressel vs. Adam Peaty – An Analysis of the 100 Breaststroke

At the 2018 SEC Championship meet, University of Florida swimmer Caeleb Dressel broke the U.S. Open, American, and NCAA records with the…

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Cody Miller Training Week Vlog #1: The Most Painful 400 IM Ever

This week, Cody Miller‘s YouTube Vlog, which is one of the best new things in swimming recently, is going next-level. This…

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LASC Racers Take On an Eddie Reese Speed Set

As the saying goes, nothing in sports is ever new, and all the great coaches are copying other great coaches…

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Freestyle Head Position

While swimming freestyle, the positions of least frontal drag do not necessarily correlate with the positions of maximum propulsive power.

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A Closer Look At Zane Grothe’s Freestyle

Last month at the Winter Nationals, Zane Grothe broke two American records in the 500 and 1650 freestyle: 4:07.2 and 14:18.2. Not a bad weekend!

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Why we should rotate our bodies in freestyle and backstroke

All of the elite swimmers of the world rotate their bodies along the long axis, the axis that their body is moving down the pool, while swimming freestyle and backstroke. They don’t just rotate a little bit. They rotate a lot. The question is, why?

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Ocean IM Practice With UCSD Head Coach David Marsh (Video)

UCSD Head Swimming Coach David Marsh has a long history of producing innovative practices.  Marsh loves to change up the…

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