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. ...

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#2 Improving Your Technique (with Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion)

Terry Laughlin
We chat with Terry Laughlin from Total Immersion. Terry  has developed a method of improving your swimming that has helped hundreds of thousands of swimmers and triathletes worldwide to swim smoother. He’s an expert at helping people fix the weaknesses in their stroke so they can move naturally through the water with ...

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#1 How to have more energy at the end of a race (featuring Olympian Ash Delaney)

Ashley Delaney
    Welcome to the Effortless Swimming podcast! In the first episode we chat with Olympic backstroker Ashley Delaney. He reveals: How he got started in swimming by accident The one thing he changed in his diet to drop two kilos in weight and start swimming faster times in training Small things he focuses on [...] ...

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7 Ways To Swim Faster This Year

Pick a race to target Without a goal or destination it’s difficult to be inspired at training. I’ve found that picking a race to train up for is 10x more motivating than swimming of the sake of keeping fit. It’s not that staying fit or getting fit isn’t a worthy goal, but the pressure of [...] ...

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Kevin Koskella interview and Tri Swim Secrets bonus

In this post, I interview Kevin Koskella from TriSwimCoach.com. Kevin’s a well-known Triathlon swimming coach from California who I’ve recently gotten to know. He’s considered one of the best online (and offline!) swimming coaches around. He reveals some great tips to shaving minutes off your triathlon times.Swimming ...

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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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Is Improving Swimming Technique The Only Way To Swim Faster?

When it comes to swimming faster, there are two ways to go about it. 1. Kick harder, pull harder and increase your stroke rate (the frequency of your strokes) 2. Improve your technique The first option is what 99% of swimmers will do in order to speed up and move faster through the water. There [...] ...

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Swimming Technique For Beginners – 3 Killer Tips To Faster, Smoother Swimming Technique

Great swimming technique doesn’t come naturally to most people. Most people are doing the incorrect thing because they haven’t been taught how to achieve great swimming technique. Do you feel like you’re trying much harder than you should be? Do you ever find yourself exhausted after only a few laps? Does it ...

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How to Dominate at Swimming – 5 Butt-Kicking Tips To Becoming A Fast Swimmer

Most of us are taught that to become a better swimmer we must train harder and train for longer. This was true 20 years ago when not a great deal was understood about how we move in the water. The reality is swimmers of all abilities (especially beginners) need to focus on the correct technique [...] ...

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The Shortcut To Swimming Faster I Stole From Any Olympic Medallist

There is one swimming drill which will dramatically improve your technique, power and feel for the water if you practice it prior to a race or competition. This drill easy to do and only takes a couple of minutes each session. In this article, I’m going to explain to you how best to perform it [...] ...

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