Category: Technique
-
How to build your own Streamline Sticks
“Develop devastating underwater kicks using these simple tools. More info at www.streamlinesticks.weebly.com and swimmingwizard.blogspot.com”
-
Gary Hall Sr. on the fundamentals of fast swimming
Gary Hall Sr speaks with The Race Club campers at the Florida Swim Camps in Islamorada. He talks about fast swimming technique and the three laws of motion that reign over us.
-
CC photo #363: Jump!
Our youngest practicing start jumps on his very first (official) swim lesson, back in August 2012. His technique is a bit, ehm, ‘a leap of faith, we’ll work on the entry later’ :-P
-
CC photo #355: Bodyblade in use at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Someone using a Bodyblade vibration and inertia training tool during swim training at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Never seen that thing in use before, very interesting. I filmed it also, to show how it works … and then there is a short glimpse of the big screen being booted in…
-
Behold swimming drills with Aschwin Wildeboer
Some wild moves here, you can fast forward to 11:38 if you are in a hurry
-
An interesting drill performed by Allison Schmitt and Anthony Ervin
A scene at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs, “What goes on in the warm up warm down pool stays there”, courtesy of CoachJackRoach (See yfrog) Update, GoSwim calls this a Partner Pusher
-
CC photo #348: Daniela Schreiber’s starting position
Very interesting, and it works for her: 53.59 and easily through to tonight’s semi-finals, at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See result list here.
-
Swim Instructor Tips: Check for Understanding Technique
“Do you remember the last time one of your swim lesson students made their parents really proud? Didn’t that give you a great feeling? Well today, I would like to share with you a teaching technique that will give you that feeling again and again. It’s called the “Check for understanding” technique. As seen in…
-
The Basics of Learning to Swim Butterfly
“In a lot of ways, while Butterfly is one of the harder strokes to learn to swim correctly, it is actually the easiest stroke. One of the things that makes swimming butterfly easier is to learn the fundamentals of the stroke- basically, the first half of the stroke. Once you learn this, you’ll be amazed…