Mat's Swimming Blog December 2007 Archive

When we learned to swim freestyle as children, most of us swim flat in the water, with little or no hip rotation as our arms are doing the majority of ... Read More

In an effort to provide an effective rehabilitation tool for injured soldiers in the Middle East, Endless Pools, Inc., has donated a Fastlane Pool system to the 1st Brigade Combat ... Read More

Most of us know to put ice on an acute injury, like a sprained ankle, but what about heat? These guidelines will keep you in the know and speed the ... Read More

A swimmer asks: While I do enjoy swimming, I have never learned to flip turn. Every time I try to do a flip turn, I get nauseous! I want to ... Read More

Early Vertical Forearm Training specifically isolates and strengthens the shoulder muscles and should not be avoided. In the world of competitive swimming, swimmer's shoulder is not a good thing! Strength ... Read More

An email I received during the week mentioned that Gary Hall Jr. was quoted as saying that his coach told him to 'try to reproduce or re-enact the same winning ... Read More

Swimmer’s Shoulder, or painful arc/rotator cuff tendonitis, is a repetitive stress injury where tendons in the shoulder have been damaged. This form of tendonitis is so named because it most ... Read More

All the energy we need for life as well as for exercise comes from the food we eat and the fluids we drink. These nutrients are commonly broken into three ... Read More

An open water swimmer asked me recently about the difference in mental preparation between a sprint swimmer and a long distance swimmer, especially when finishing the race (not winning) becomes ... Read More

The 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships are 13-16 December in Debrecen, Hungary. Omega Timing has live meet results and there is a live web cast through the 2007 European ... Read More

Most recreational swimmers initially dismiss butterfly because it apparently needs such a high degree of strength, mobility and coordination - but it is not as hard as it looks. It ... Read More

Twenty-six of the USA's top swimmers, including five Olympians will travel to Manchester, England to represent Team USA at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, April 9-13. World record-holder ... Read More

Swimmers, you can turn almost any swimming pool into a "lap" pool by using a tethered swimming system. These devices hold the swimmer in one spot (or almost one spot), ... Read More

The 2007 2007 US Paralympics Open Swimming Championships were 6-8 December in College Park, Maryland. Full results from the swim meet are available on-line from the US Olymipc Team website.

You probably think about what you eat before exercise, but do you know that what and when you eat after exercise is just as important? While eating high carbohydrate foods ... Read More

A Head Swim Coach asked if I could focus some tips on training for swim meets, as well as the events themselves, for some very valid reasons. He teaches his ... Read More

The United States Sports Academy has nominated Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps and Kate Ziegler for its 2007 Academy Athlete of the Year. The Academy Athlete of the Year ballot is ... Read More

How important is an Early Vertical Forearm in swimming? It is undoubtedly the most important propulsive element in swimming and unfortunately for most swimmers, it also the most elusive. The ... Read More

I've only been playing water polo for a couple years, but I've become good at it in respect to those that I play with. My problem that I faced was ... Read More

Ryan Lochte continued his dominant performance on the final night of the 2007 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships, setting an American record in the 200y back and shattering ... Read More

Club Wolverine set the American and U.S. Open records in the 800y free relay Friday at the 2007 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships. The team of Michael Phelps, ... Read More

I received an email from a coach in the States recently asking how to stop her swimmers from worrying and reacting to un-controllable in races, which are the things we ... Read More