How To Reduce Bubbles On Your Hand In Freestyle
Sam Ashby talks about reducing the bubbles on your hand in freestyle by changing the duration of your glide. The full Skype interview with Sam is available inside the Mastering Freestyle program. ...
The Little Things That Make A Big Difference
Have you ever been to an expensive restaurant and made to feel like a celebrity? It’s because of ‘one percenters’. The little things that make a big difference. They pull your chair out for you, they call you ‘Sir’, the meals are presented well…it doesn’t take much extra effort but the ...
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The Three Types Of Freestyle Technique
When we run workshops for swimmers, one of the things we cover is the different types of freestyle. You know that not everyone has swims with the same style or rhythm in freestyle. This video provides a great breakdown of the different freestyle techniques. There’s more than one way to swim, and any coach that [...] ...
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Three Steps To Better Freestyle
Here’s the first three steps you need to take to swim better freestyle. 1. Constant Kick – You don’t need to have a super kick to be a fast freestyler. In fact, the fastest freestyle girl I coach barely kicks at all. Kick is used for body position and balance more than propulsion in triathlons. [...] ...
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How To NOT Swim Faster – Avoiding Success, Training Without Purpose And Being Stuck In Bad Habits
Swimming is outrageously fun. Powering through the water with effortless speed and rhythm can be a blast. But not every wants that. If that sounds familiar, this article is you for. Here are 7 quick and effective tips for NEVER swimming faster to avoid success, train without a purpose and stay stuck in your bad [...] ...
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Did you hear about Phelps?
Michael Phelps has awesome technique. He is the best swimmer in the world because he can travel through the water with speed, but stay relaxed and controlled at the same time (this is key guys’). There is more to Phelps than his technique though. Check it out in the great article by ESPN. Michael Phelps [...] ...
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Body Position in Freestyle – The 3 Steps to Achieving Correct Body Position in Freestyle
I wanted to share something with you that I learnt on the weekend from Australian swimmer Sam Ashby. He came along to our Saturday training session and assisted with the coaching on the day. He ran through a number of drills which focused on one hugely important part of freestyle. I worked on this one [...] ...
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Why freestyle should NEVER be called front crawl!
The best way to save energy in swimming freestyle is to rotate from side to side. We rotate for a few reasons. It is important because it reduces the amount of drag our body creates in the water. Does it waste energy going side to side? It does and it doesn’t. Rotation does use energy [...] ...
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Freestyle Catch: Start slow so you can flow
In swimming, effective propulsive movements are SLOW to FAST. In every stroke you reach long, feel the water, catch and then accelerate through the pull to the recovery. A powerful stroke starts with an effective feel on the entry and then a strong catch. Once you have got that strong catch, it’s the acceleration through ...
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Freestyle Technique – What They Didn’t Teach You In Swim School
As most people know, freestyle is the fastest stroke, most efficient stroke, as the body maintains a streamlined position with the arms and legs are able to apply constant propulsive forces. The arms perform an alternating action while the legs perform a continuous flutter movement. Body Position The body position needs to be ...
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