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Category: Technique

  • Norwegian Swimmer Demonstrates Skills Backwards

    Norwegian Swimmer Demonstrates Skills Backwards

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    The butterfly is generally regarded as the hardest of the four major swimming strokes to perfect. In that case, it’s difficult to understand how anyone could even attempt to do it backwards. In this video, Norwegian swimmer Eirik Ravnan performs a flawless looking version of the stroke, while facing the wrong way down the pool.…

  • The Race Club Swimisodes – Backstroke Spin Drill

    The Race Club Swimisodes – Backstroke Spin Drill

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    The backstroke spin drill is one of the most effective ways of teaching swimmers to accelerate the straight arms quickly through the recovery phase of the stroke cycle. One of the greatest challenges we see with our swimmers at The Race Club is getting them to turn their arms over fast enough in backstroke. In…

  • Technique vs. Training – An Olympic Swimmer’s Perspective

    Technique vs. Training – An Olympic Swimmer’s Perspective

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    My stroke has always been in my favour, my strength. Up to the age of 13, I won races thanks to an effective stroke and a winner’s mind. It got me pretty far but eventually my competitors came up beside and passed me. I realized there and then: I have to start training for real!…

  • Going for Gold podcast: Swimming with Olympian Ryan Lochte

    Going for Gold podcast: Swimming with Olympian Ryan Lochte

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    USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour hosts with special guest and USAT Sports reporter Nicole Auerbach, who spent a day at the pool with American swimmer Ryan Lochte. The 11-time Olympic medalist teaches Nicole the fundamentals of the freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. See the video in its entirety at www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/ol…6/03/29/82373064. Then Nancy and Nicole talk about the…

  • Swim school with Ryan Lochte

    Swim school with Ryan Lochte

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    Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte teaches USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach how to master the individual medley. https://youtu.be/Tp2vJ02mvQg

  • The Race Club Swimisodes – Breaststroke Kick – Speed Drill

    The Race Club Swimisodes – Breaststroke Kick – Speed Drill

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    Swimmers of all ages and abilities come from all over the world to the Race Club swim camps to improve their swimming technique. Join us! http://theraceclub.com/swim-camps/

  • True Tarzan Freestyle

    True Tarzan Freestyle

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    This is some of the best footage of the Olympic champion swimmer in action, especially from underwater. In the movie the swim was speeded up–here it is slowed down so you can appreciate Johnny’s technique. Most “official” videos from competition were filmed strictly from the deck, and do not show his efficient freestyle. https://youtu.be/7sQyRhWMNrs

  • Swimisodes – Freestyle Swim Technique – Body Rotation

    Swimisodes – Freestyle Swim Technique – Body Rotation

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    Body Rotation is one of the key ingredients to a fast freestyle swim technique. At The Race Club, we believe a swimmer should rotate the shoulders maximally during most races. One of the most important drills we have found in teaching swimmers how to rotate their body for freestyle swim technique is the body rotation…

  • Ultra Short race skills – Underwater phase

    Ultra Short race skills – Underwater phase

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    Guest post by Jez Birds, originally posted on SwimPath In keeping with our favourite tradition of fast stuff first, here’s a great little ultra short race skills set to improve the all important underwater phase in order to maintain that speed off the block and wall… Firstly, apt to reiterate that the purpose of the…