As the weather warms up and races are starting to spread across the country, more and more athletes are turning to their local lakes to get some open water practice. One of the biggest problems people have is swimming in a straight line, which means open water...
Watching top swimmers, they predominantly have one of two types of freestyle recovery. Either high elbow – the classical style mostly taught, or with a straight arm recovery. As mentioned last week, your recovery doesn’t do a lot for making you quicker...
With the racing season fast approaching, most athletes are thinking of entering events – whether its their first ever race or as a seasoned competitor! One of the things that can really help your motivation towards the season, and help give you real direction...
When you look at a pool of swimmers doing lengths, which ones are moving the fastest? The ones who are splashing and churning away at the water? Or the people being controlled, swimming quiet, serenely and smoothly through the water. Of course its the swimmers making...
Do you have “runner’s kick”? Lots of triathletes do! And it’s not a good thing, if you want to get better in your swim. Can you point your toes and straighten out your feet? When you kick on your back or with a float, do you tend to go very...
