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.
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.
What a great week. What an honor to work with the Russian Junior National Team here at Pinecrest.
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.
There are many ways to get ready for a long open-water swim when you don't have access to open water.
From our video shoot last week with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, take a look at this catch on freestyle.
Since we're in sunny Florida, and swimming everyday, our question this week deals with the sun.
While working at Pinecrest in Florida this week, we've discovered the next best thing to a video-evaluation session... the sun.
Just got back from coaching Masters. This was definitely the favorite set of the week.
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.
From our current video shoot in Sarasota, FL. Great weather, and a great swimmer.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The clock is ticking on the Kingdom swim, and while I've been spending more and more time in the open water, we can't always just hop in the bay.
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.