For many years people have strived for a longer stroke length through the water. In many endurance sports, a key focus is a longer distance for each stroke or stride. But at what point does stroke length become TOO long? The answer really is “IT DEPENDS”....
When you are trying to improve your swimming technique and form, it can seem really bewildering. What to focus on at what time – there is so much choice! Common theory was that the human brain could think (consciously) of 7 things – plus or minus 2 –...
The majority of triathletes like using a pull buoy to make life easier for themselves. Very few use it as a tool to improve their swimming – so here is a potential drill that you might be able to use. Rather than relying on a pull buoy to keep the hips afloat...
One of the first segments of a swimmer’s stroke to fall apart when fatigue sets in is the finish, the last bit of underwater pulling that takes place during the arms-submerged cycle. Powered by the tricep muscles of the upper arm, the finish of your stroke is...
This is an old standby drill for freestyle that’s been done by coaches and swimmers since as long as we can remember. You may well have done this with your arm out in front – for balance. Here we do it with the still arm trailing – so you can get...
