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Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique Practice for Improved Swimming Performance
What is the most effective breathing technique for swimmers? Coach Shev Gul takes a look at diaphragmatic breathing for swimmers and how to achieve it while swimming. Using this breathing method in swim practice could help a swimmer perform better in training and racing and help improve recovery from training and swim meet competitions.

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Age Group Racing
Cathy Manthey with summaries of racing skills for athletes, based on stroke and distance; From ASCA.

Swimming Technique Help from Coach Shev Gul
This series of articles has someting for everyone. They are written by swim coach Shev Gul, who operates the California Swimming Clinics, based in London, England. He aims to help swimmers achieve their full mental and physical potential.

Age Group Stroke Drills
Debbie Potts explains several of her drill ideas - she has hundreds! From ASCA.

Audio Download Coaching Library from ASCA
ASCA has made their vast audio library of more than 1000 clinic presentations available for download at 99-cents each. Each is about 1-hour long, and include talks from swim coaches like Talbot, Nelson, Counsilman, Firby, Schubert, Maglischo, Colwin, and Boomer. Topics include coaching philosophy, nutrition, psychology, starts, turns, stroke mechanics, training, and team management.

Alexander Technique and Swimming
Swimming with good technique can be of enormous value to our mind, body and spirit offering the perfect antidote to the stresses and strains of modern life.

Alexander Technique of Teaching Swimming
Ever notice that poor swimmers tend to pull their heads back and fix the muscles of the neck, but more smooth and elegant swimmers allow their heads and necks to move freely? This is one of the keys of the Alexander Technique; From Positive Health.

Burnout
Forbes Carlile and ASCA define burnout and how to help athletes suffering from it to get better.

Drill for Success
Terry Laughlin discusses the important items to consider while perfecting stroke skills. Basic, general ideas to help you go with the flow.

Group Drills
Ideas from USMS on practicing stroke drills with your fellow swimmers. Some good ways to add fun to your workout.

Halfacre on Swimming Technique
A good review of the freestyle basics

Help Dad win the Fitness Battle - Water Exercise
Every father has his own physical battles. Whether the enemy is a spare tire around the midsection, a golf swing gone aloof, continual back pain, knee surgery, lack of cardiovascular exercise, or another adversary... water exercise can help.

Hold the Water
So what is good swim technique? You'll probably get as many different answers as there are swim coaches.

Holding Water
Troy Dalbey explains his views on using little finger orientation to reduce slippage while swimming, from "The Art of Lateral Movement" in Swim Info.

Imitation Swimming on Dryland
Imitation exercises create the correct kinesthetic perception for a swimmer. The exercises include imitation of various swimming positions. Why should the positions be imitated?

Improving your swim technique
Some steps to follow to get better at swimming; establish a baseline and use it to measure your technique improvement.

Maximizing Forward Speed
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.

Precision Movement
This fee based service will analyze your movements, and work towards making them more efficient, and hopefully decrease your risk of injury - or if you are injured, assist you in the rehab process.

Racing and Splitting for Age Groupers
Cathy Manthey explains ideas on race strategy, race elements, and pacing; from the ASCA.

Shaving Down
Charles Sprawson and Swim Gold discusses shaving down - from the esthetic and feel point of view.

Sign-up for 5 Weeks of swim workouts for swimmers
Swimmers, would you like to receive a set of swimming workouts each week to help you plan your practices? These workouts are designed to help your swim training, to build fitness, and to give you some variety in your exercise regimine.

Sprinting
Sam Freas and ASCA present ideas on developing sprinters.

Stroke Drills
Dr. Ralph Richards of the WAIS explains the what, when, why, and how of drills.

Stroke Efficiency Training
Mark Fellner explains the details of coaching and teaching SET (Stroke Efficiency Training), from CSCA.

Stroke Teaching and Correction Video Series
An on-line video demonstrating several different stroke improvement drills. A new project from ASCA. Requires Windows Media Player.

Swim Down Hill
An assortment of swimming tips from George Park, one of the great freestyle swimmers of the mid-1950's.

Swim Meet Behavior
How to get ready for and how to act at a swim meet, as described by the staff of Edinburough's Warrender Baths Club.

Swim Tips at Swim and Tennis.com
Variuos technique tips from Jack Madden, swimandtennis.com's competitive swimming consultant.

Swim.EE Swimming Pictures
Sequential breakdowns of starts, strokes, and turns.

Ten Things You Can Do to be a Better Swimmer
There are many things that you can do to swim better. This to do list of 10 ways to swim better could help any swimmer improve in the water.

The Basics
Simple descriptions and drawings of all four strokes; From Net Swimmer.

The Fastest Swimmers
Cislunar Aerospace's lesson plan to teach how fluid dynamics influence swimming speed.

The Kick
Marty Hull gives his insight into what makes a good kick. A lot of information on something that many people think is very simple.

The Shaw Method of Teaching Swimming
The Shaw Method of Swimming is a new approach based on the Alexander Technique (a method of postural re-education with the aim of learning to use your body more effectively) which helps swimmers of all levels, enhance their experience of being in the water.

Twenty-one Swimming Laws
Just what it says - things to remember about swimming, from Jerry Heidenreich.

Video Clips of Swimming Strokes
Above and underwater clips of Front Crawl, Back Crawl, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Elementary backstroke, Sidestroke, Overarm Sidestroke, Trudgen Crawl, and Inverted Breaststroke.

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