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Warm Up
Be sure and do a thorough warm up of 400-700 yards.
Coaching / Drills / Stroke Technique
This Free/Back Combo Drill is a drill that anyone can incorporate into their training. We’ve mentioned time and time again the importance of head position and body alignment and this drill focuses...
Coaching / Drills / Stroke Technique
Several years ago I was desperate to find a way to teach butterfly to adult swimmers … from scratch. I had a lot of adults who, over the years, had lost ankle flexibility, core strength and rhythm....
Coaching / Drills
This drill, provided by Kerry O'Brien was so popular in a newsletter distributed earlier this spring, that we have decided to post it for our entire membership. The drill focuses on hip rotation and suggests the "board wag" to ensure enough rotation of the hips.
Coaching / Drills
Swim and water polo coaches have long used the Tarzan drill to strengthen the trapezius muscles on the back of the neck and the back itself. McLarty points out that this is especially important for...
Coaching / Drills
The humble dolphin kick is now considered the second fastest “stroke” and is used for butterfly, freestyle and backstroke breakouts; as well as on the pull-out in breaststroke.
Coaching
They are there for us when we can't understand why we aren't getting any faster. They are the voice we hear when we don't want to jump into the cold water. They are the love and support we get when...
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