Technique - Starts, Turns, & Strokes

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Maximizing Swimmers Speed and Swimming Efficiency
Swimmers probably want to swim faster or swim more efficiently. Faster means swimming a set distance in less time. More efficiently means covering a set distance in the same amount of time but at a lower energy cost.

The Freestyle Flip Turn for Swimmers - Basics of the Freestyle Swimming Flip
Heading into the wall, somersaulting, and pushing off that wall - the basic swimmer's flip turn. Wow! Looks neat. But is it necessary? The flipturn (or flip turn if you prefer) may not be necessary for swimmers, but it can make your swimming a little faster ans more fun.

Swimming Open Turns for Swimmers
If you are swimming in a pool and reach the wall, what do you do? The most obvious thing to do is stop, call it a workout, climb out and head for the showers (I'd call that a finish). But if you swim more than one lap, turning is inevitable. Open swim turns involve touching the wall with your hand(s), then reversing direction - you probably get a breath of air during the turn.

Freestyle Swim Drills to Improve a Swimmer's Swimming Technique
A guide for swimmers on performing several freestyle technique improvement drills to help make a swimmer's freestyle swimming faster and improve swimming efficiency. Learn how to improve swimming technique to swim faster and more efficiently by watching a video of freestyle swimming technique drills.

Swimmers, Increase Your Swimming Efficiency - Play Swim Golf
This simple swimming drill will help swimmers develop better swimming technique, improve swimming efficiency, and help swimmers improve their sense of pace. Give it a try in the swimming pool the next time you go for a swim.

Freestyle Swimming Head Point Drill
A swimmer's "Head Point" - the top of their head - works like a compass. If it points someplace besides the destination, things get out of line and the swimmer gets lost. We started using this term with our youth group, and they got it - it clicked. The swimmers body positions improved and they got more efficient in terms of swimming stroke count versus swimming speed.

Swimming Distance per Stroke and Swim StrokeRate
How many swimming strokes a swimmer takes for a given distance, and how fast you take them, makes a difference in your swim training and swimming races.

The Freestyle Flip Turn for Swimmers
Heading into the wall, somersaulting, and pushing off that wall - the basic flip turn. Wow! Looks neat. But is it necessary? The flipturn (or flip turn if you prefer) may not be necessary, but it can make your swimming a little faster ans more fun.

Distance per Swim Stroke Ideas
How can swimmers get more with less? By altering their swimming technique, a swimmer can decrease the number of strokes it takes to cover a certain distance. If they can hold this distance per stroke and maintain the same speed (or swim faster) they are getting more with less!