Main Set Tuesday - Boot Camp!
Working on a few triathlon skills today: pace-line drafting; sighting; and how to settle into a sustainable pace after pushing the pace to the first buoy.
Working on a few triathlon skills today: pace-line drafting; sighting; and how to settle into a sustainable pace after pushing the pace to the first buoy.
Which is more advantageous for swimmers: steady exhale or forceful exhale?
Barbara's masters team has been focusing on negative-splitting their 100s and 200s for the past month. Here's what they did today, with a modified version for the "beginner" lanes.
Today is President's Day in the US, so we created a set that tests how well you can do two things at once: think about swimming AND come up with an answer.
Continuing to focus on freestyle breathing patterns this week. Today we worked on bilateral breathing.
Experimenting today with how changing your breathing pattern...specifically, giving yourself more air during the course of a swim...can affect your pace, speed, and energy.
This one was just plain fun. Nobody wanted to get out of the pool at the end.
Following the theme of controlled descends this week, Barbara's team applied the concept to some 200s.
Having a little fun during Hanukkah with Barbara's masters team.
First part of today's practice was all about technique and building awareness of rotation, kick, and hand entry. Then we carried the focus points into a set of 200s.
Getting back to basics today with Barbara's masters group. Working streamlines, pushoffs, and distance off the walls.
Barbara's masters group used their kick day to accept Glenn's challenge to do just a little bit more with the Head-Up Dolphin drill.
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.