Swimming with Flippers
Tuesday March 30, 2004
Swimmers, do you want to improve your kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position, and go faster during swim practice? Add flippers to your swimming workouts.
The Oil Rig Drill
Wednesday March 24, 2004
Glenn and Dave (GoSwim) have a fun two-person drill that helps with power, timing, and coordination for breaststroke and butterfly, the Oil Rig Drill.
Swimmers - you think you have a good dolphin kick?
Tuesday March 23, 2004
A lot of swimmers use dolphin kicks on starts and turns for backstroke and freestyle (oh yeah - butterfly, too). Not as many swimmers use vertical kicking drills to help ... Read More
Butterfly Thoughts
Monday March 22, 2004
The final part of putting words to general technique is for butterfly. This is the result of a quick mental exercise, trying to describe different elements of butterfly swimming technique.
Improving Your Swim Technique
Thursday March 18, 2004
Rich Strauss (Trifuel/Crucible Fitness) has some ideas for triathletes that want to swim faster. His bench mark is about 24:00 for a 1500. That is about what a below ... Read More
College Recruiting Help for Swimmers
Tuesday March 16, 2004
American College Connection provides a comprehensive recruiting program that helps student-athletes find the right college. ACC is owned and operated by former Olympic and NCAA Head Coaches with a ... Read More
What do you eat before your morning swim workout?
Monday March 15, 2004
What a swimmer eats - or does not eat - before and after a morning swim workout can make the difference between a good practice and a bad one. Like ... Read More
The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
Monday March 15, 2004
The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame is back and fans can vote. Participating online voters will be automatically entered to win one of three VIP trips to Chicago to attend ... Read More
Breaststroke - Thoughts on Basic Technique
Friday March 12, 2004
When you see a breaststroke swimmer moving through the water, how would you describe each part of their technique? Here's one coach's list of what they see when they look ... Read More
Want to learn how to swim?
Thursday March 11, 2004
You want to learn how to swim (or get one of your kids into swimming) but don't know where to start? One choice for swimmers (or for swimmers to be) ... Read More
Faster and Stronger off the Walls
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Swimmers, are you looking for a way to improve strength and speed off a wall when doing a turn? Barbara Hummel (GoSwim) has an easy and fun drill for this ... Read More
Speedo swimmers morph into aquatic superheroes
Monday March 8, 2004
Speedo has released never-before-seen images from its multi-million-dollar global marketing campaign advertising its new line of swimsuits, which will be launched March 9. According to Speedo, the suit has been ... Read More
American Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Monday March 8, 2004
What do swim coaches Jack Cody, Dave Beaver, Richard Quick, Mark Schubert, and Soichi Sakamoto have in common? A lot of things to do with swimmer's success, and that is ... Read More
Backstroke Technique
Tuesday March 2, 2004
What elements of backstroke swimming are important - and what elements of backstroke do you see when you look at a swimmer? Here's a look at one set of answers ... Read More
Swimmers Qualified for USA Swimming Olympic Trials
Monday March 1, 2004
The USA Swimming Olympic Trials are July 7 - 14, 2004 at the Long Beach Swim Stadium. Which swimmers are qualified so far? The lists of USA Swimming Olympic Trials ... Read More