Starts - Cord Breakouts
Want really fast breakouts from your starts? Here's a quick drill that will help.
Want really fast breakouts from your starts? Here's a quick drill that will help.
Even though the majority of time at swim practice is spent going back and forth, it's the switching from one direction to the other that is more important than ever.
What's the single most important thing you can do to improve your swimming? Streamline!
Backstrokers. How do they do it? They swim upside down and backwards. They can't see where they're going. They use nose clips. And...they do THIS.
We've been fortunate to have produced one of the most widely used breaststroke turn videos. It's beautiful! Dave Denniston showing absolute perfection in his turns. Yes... we're biased.
Coaching in a group setting sometimes requires that you give technique work that everyone is able to do.
Developing a great underwater dolphin is something swimmers can work on every day.
Want to develop a great start that gets you to the other end in about 10 seconds? Learn to jump like Cullen Jones!
Many swim coaches are adamant about having their swimmers NOT GRAB the wall on an open turn... even when there's a wall to grab...and it's legal to grab it. This advice can actually slow you down at the turn.
To swim your fastest, one thing you always have to keep in mind is how FAR you swim. Swimming straight in a race means you're swimming the shortest route possible to the finish.
Our last in a fun series from Pine Crest School in Ft. Lauderdale. We continue to use the stretch cord as a target with an old standby drill, Tennessee Turns.
Where you land in the water for a start can have significant impact on how fast you transition to swimming.
We can never stress enough the importance of good streamlining and push offs. Here's a quick trick to demand focus from your swimmers, both in and out of the walls.
When many younger and older swimmers come off a flip turn, they're sometimes disoriented and push off incorrectly. In order to learn a great line, and stable exit from a flip, here's a good sequence to help.
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.