Swim Smooth – Avoiding The Fall

Swim Smooth – Avoiding The Fall

Swim Smooth, Swim Consistent While there are many examples of great swimmers loping, or falling, into the water after a breath; for most of us normal swimmers, it’s a much better idea to maintain a direct and stable body position while swimming freestyle –...
Catch Up Drill And How To Do It

Catch Up Drill And How To Do It

People often ask me what drills to do – and how to do them to get the most out of them. In this article I want to talk about one of the most common drills to do, the catch up drill – and what it can do for your stroke if you do it correctly Why Do It:...
Ankle Pull Buoy Swim Drill

Ankle Pull Buoy Swim Drill

Maintaining a stable core is an important part of a good freestyle. This drill is a good one to help accomplish this. Many athletes swim with a pull buoy – as many triathletes know, some rely on their pull buoy! The main point of using one is to isolate the arms...
How to avoid becoming one paced!

How to avoid becoming one paced!

There’s a funny phenomenon in endurance sports that I like to call “becoming a one-speed athlete.” It happens to runners, cyclists and triathletes whose training becomes so focused on sustained efforts at race intensity that their ability to work at higher intensity...