Category: Technique
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Hand Speed vs Efficiency: Why some swimmers swim faster with less average force
Why some swimmers are able to swim significantly faster with smaller average force? I tried to answer this question by looking at the acceleration of the hand stroke. We know that when the velocity of the hand increases in backward direction, it produces high force forward and increasing speed of the swimmer. If the velocity…
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Episode 22 – Summary of the Series: Using Swimming Drills to Improve Your Freestyle Swim Stroke | Swim Smooth
In this 22nd and final episode in this series, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, summarises the benefits of doing drills to help refine your swimming technique and how important it is to transition immediately into the stroke following the drill (where possible).
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Josh Zuchowski Velocity Meter Analysis | The Race Club
Coach Gary breaks down rising superstar Josh Zuchowski’s strokes using the Velocity Meter
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Essential Swimming Skills | Swim Tips From The Professionals
They make swimming look so easy but how do professional triathletes do it? For many of the freestyle swimming technique, then doing it in a race can be quite a daunting prospect! We spoke to Lucy Charles-Barclay, Josh Amberger & Richard Varga to see how we can swim easy too!
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Episode 18 – high elbow freestyle swimming, good or bad? | Swim Smooth
In this 18th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses the merits and downfalls of trying to swim with an overly high elbow during the recovery phase, whilst discussing the fabled “finger trail” drill.
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Swimming Ep 3 | Breaststroke Technique Tips | Home Advantage
Join Aquablack coaches John Gatfield and Michael Weston in this week’s swimming episode, which demonstrates some pro tips on mastering your breaststroke at home. https://youtu.be/huSGZ3-Qbl4
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Episode 17 – tethered resistance training for swimmers using a parachute | Swim Smooth
In this 17th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses the benefits of using a tethered parachute to show you how fluid and rhythmical your stroke is (or is not!). You’ll have a lot of fun with this one, especially in an Endless Pool!
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Episode 16 – does the catch-up drill cause you to over-glide when swimming? | Swim Smooth
In this 16th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses how the fabled catch-up drill might well be one of the primary causes for a swimmer to believe they should be endlessly lengthening out their freestyle stroke, but ultimately becoming *less* efficient and over-gliding.