GoSwim GoldAll Strokes - Monofin Sprints
2 commentsSure, we all know the FINIS Foil Monofin is great for training the underwater dolphin, but there's another great use for it as well.
Drill of the Week - Body Dolphin with Board
Here's a quick drill we use with our age-group swimmers to teach a more stable body dolphin.
Swimming Set of the Week - February 22, 2013
Short set in each stroke this week, with the FINIS Tempo Trainer as the Toy of the Week.
Drill of the Week - Freestyle Pull-Buoy Balance
The pull buoy is rarely used to teach the ownership of balance, but by using it to shift the balance point of the body, a swimmer can learn more about adjusting their stroke.
Swimming Pics of the Week - Wu Peng Butterfly
We've added some great new video to www.goswimtv.com of Chinese Olympic Butterflier Wu Peng.
Main Set Wednesday - When the Ball's in Your Court...
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.
Main Set Wednesday - Head-Up Dolphin
Thanks to Barbara for throwing down the gauntlet to my noon masters group. When they saw Barbara's group doing the Head-Up Dolphin drill, they said... WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE!
Butterfly - Head-Up Dolphin Kick
Finding "fun" and challenging ways to keep practice intriguing for swimmers is partly what drills are all about. It's even better when these drills tax the swimmers' bodies so that physical conditioning also takes place.
Main Set Friday - Vert Fly!
All coaches love when they get requests! Makes things so much easier in the planning department.
McKenzie Coan Heading to London!
Sometime we get so caught up in our own day-to-day life that we miss some of the best news possible.
Swimming Pic of the Week - Michigan Team Elite
Now visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan and working with Team Elite at the University of Michigan.
Main Set Thursday - May 3, 2012
I was a little gun-shy about giving this workout to my Masters group this morning. I handed it out with lots of warnings about not doing too much butterfly.
Swimming Set of the Week - April 27, 2012
Our set of the week is short, intense, and a chance to work on many things.
Butterfly - Sprinting Fly with Fins
A very short clip of video showing what your swimmers should look like when sprinting butterfly with fins. We've posted Fast Fin Fly before, but this is reinforcement... plus just some really cool body positions in this.
The Pool
- Articles
- Motivational Articles
- Pic of the Week
- Question of the Week
- Set of the Week
- Go Swim With Us
- Bios
- Links
Partners
Recent Comments
-
Online - Scott Tucker Straight-Arm Freestyle
by Frank about 21 hours ago
It takes extra energy out of swimmers who have longer arms. Those who are not physically strong enough would easily get exhausted. more » -
All Strokes - Change-of-Direction Relays
by qotaeba abbasi 2 days ago
MISS YOU more » -
GoSwimTV.com Site Tour
by John Cocks 9 days ago
Thanks Glenn - all good. more » -
GoSwimTV.com Site Tour
by Glenn Mills 11 days ago
Sounds like you're using an older version of Internet explorer. Try chrome or Firefox. more » -
GoSwimTV.com Site Tour
by John Cocks 12 days ago
Like some of the others above, I am unable to view the videos. Only get text when clicking on the thumbnails. Cannot determine how to get... more » -
All Strokes - Monofin Sprints
by Grant Hanson 17 days ago
There are several reasons why we have used a body dolphin, freestyle arms drill. For some swimmers, their sprint freestyle would be fast... more » -
All Strokes - Monofin Sprints
by Jim Jutte 19 days ago
Hi Folks, As a breastroker, I completely understand the idea behind using the monofin for fly and breastroke. We drill pull this way a... more » -
Embrace the Training
by Reemi Wentzel 19 days ago
Glenn, I loved reading this article. I sent this to my new swim friend. Great approach and I will be applying "Embrace the training&... more » -
Pic of the Week - Teaching Breaststroke
by swmgrl 21 days ago
Steve Haufler is an incredible inspiration. He's so intent on thinking ahead of the swimmer's moves and using tools to teach so that it's... more » -
Breaststroke - Mini Pull
by Andy 21 days ago
I love this drill which I have been using for some time now, I am trying to get my swim teachers to incorporate the mini breast stroke in... more »
More
Underwater Tag Cloud
1650 Aaron Peirsol active drag active recoveryswimming Adam DeJong aerobic endurance age-group Amanda Beard anchoring android Android app ascending sendoffs backstroke balance Barry Murphy beach reading bilateral breathing birthday swim blueseventy Bobby Savulich Body Shape bodyline brain training breakout breaststroke breath control breathing Brendan Hansen broken swims buoy butterfly Carlos Almeida catch challenge set coaches coaching combat side stroke competition crossover turn Cullen Jones Cullen JonesKarlyn Pipes-Neilsen cycle rate Dave Denniston descend set distance per cycle distance training dive dolphin dolphin kick Dominik Meichtry DragSox Drills dryland DVD efficiency eggbeater kick Endless Pools Eric Shanteau Eric Vendt etiquette EVF fatigue feel Finis finish fins fist drill flip turn flip turns flutter kick Fran Crippen freestyle gallop stroke goals goswimtv.com hand entry hand exit head position heart rate hips hybrid IM inner strength iPhone app Jason Lezak Jeff Rouse Jessica Hardy Kaitlin Sandeno Kara Lynn Joyce Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen Kevin Clements kick kids learn-to-swim Lia Neal long axis strokes loping Margaret Hoelzer Martyn Forde masters Matt Patton medball Michael Phelps middle distance Misty Hyman mobile video monofin negative split neural Olympics one-hour swim open turns open water Over training pace pace clock paddles paralympics parents passive drag propulsion pull pulling pulse rates pushoffs pyramid questiontaper race specific training Rachel Stratton-Mills racing recovery relay starts resisted swimming rhythm Robert Margalis Roland Schoeman Roque Santos rotation Sara McLarty science Scott Tucker sculling SEALs shoulders sighting snorkel speed work sprint Staciana Stitts Starts stations Steve Haufler straight arm recovery streaming streamline stretch cord stretching stroke count stroke rate subscription support swim across america swim camps swim fun swim technique swim training swim video swimming Swimming Golf swimming music Swimsense swimsuit taper teaching Tempo Trainer tether timing training Triathlon tuck turn Turns underwater dolpin underwater pull Vasa water poloswimming water temp weights work to rest ratio Wu PengWho is GoSwim?
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.