GoSwim GoldPool Tools - Stretch-Cord One Spot
3 commentsContinuing with fun games to play with stretch cords in swimming, it's time to introduce a bit more learning and pain. Sorry, no matter what you hear to the contrary, it's part of the sport.
Pool Tools - Stretch-Cord 50s
True or false: Swim practices can be physically challenging, mentally challenging, and fun...all at the same time?
Pool Tools - Stretch-Cord Release
Here's a REALLY fun way to add some productive fun to your practices. Stretch-Cord Release takes the lessons learned from resisted swimming and converts them directly into actual swimming.
Turns - Tennessee Targets
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.
Starts - Entry-Point Variations
Where you land in the water for a start can have significant impact on how fast you transition to swimming.
Turns - Pushoff Target
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.
Freestyle - Ball Catch
Anything that gets swimmers focused on their catch is a good thing. When it costs so little, it's even better. Here is a standard drill used by Pinecrest Head Coach Jay Fitzgerald.
Turns - Stable Pushoffs
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.
All-Strokes - Shadow Play
While working at Pinecrest in Florida this week, we've discovered the next best thing to a video-evaluation session... the sun.
Butterfly - Second Kick
To swim really fast butterfly, you have to take advantage of every opportunity for propulsion. The place that most swimmers ignore this opportunity... is in the second kick.
Training - Double Med-Ball Eggbeater
So you want to get your legs in shape quickly? Here's a drill that's not only fun but also just a bit challenging. It's also a great way to work your legs without injuring the knees.
All Strokes - Taper Push Ups
Sometimes the toughest thing in any season is the time between two or more championship meets. You can rest completely for one meet, and the qualify for another... NOW what do you do? Now you have to swim fast again... in TWO WEEKS!
All-Strokes - Underwater Tempo-Trainer Dolphins
In case you missed the Olympics last week, and in case you missed how swimming was sorta in the limelight, you may have also missed seeing how important underwater dolphins are to a swimmer's success. As a hint, it's the first thing we've started working on... even for us old Masters swimmers.
Breaststroke - Sculling at the Wall
Sculling at the Wall is a great drill for learning how to move your hands from side to side (rather than pulling back) in breaststroke.
All-Strokes - Simple Streamline
This simple skill is quite possibly the MOST important skill in all of swimming. While I know we've covered this before, after spending the summer coaching young swimmers at swim camps, it can't be stressed enough.
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Breaststroke - Timing the Kick
by JORGE about 10 hours ago
A consciência corporal do gesto desportivo foi melhor entendido. more » -
Freestyle - Ball Catch
by steve about 23 hours ago
Like how her shoulders and hips rotate on a perfectly straight axis, and what a wonderful camera angle. I'll give this drill a try for... more » -
Swimming Question of the Week - August 25, 2010
by Maxwell Rubesch 1 day ago
I only swam a county swim league and high school swimming growing up after that I went to swim at Wabash going from two hour right after ... more » -
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by Nora Edwards 2 days ago
I needed this a month ago, when I hurt my shoulder. I'm in the recovery stage now and foolishly had stayed out of practice. Not advisable... more » -
Swimming Question of the Week - August 25, 2010
by sprinter 2 days ago
I didn't swim in college, but I remember a lot of first days at a new swim team. The first three new teams were kind of the same, because... more » -
Swimming Set of the Week - August 27, 2010
by sprinter 2 days ago
Agreed! And if you do 2x 2h per day fly kick on your back with arm at the side, you will get yourself an 8-pack in a week, yeah! :) To ... more » -
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