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.
In moving up the ladder in mastering the underwater dolphin, more fine points come out. The quickest way to work through these, is to focus on one.
The weather is changing, and it's time for many of you to think about heading to the big water.
In the next steps to learning the underwater dolphin, it's finally time to take it underwater.
I jumped in with the Navy team for a few sets and kept up OK (they were wearing tennis shoes).
There are few things in swimming that cross the lines of all strokes, but learning the underwater dolphin is certainly the most important.
This may not look like a kick set, but it's a kick set.
A bit of market research this week... about flutter kick.
This week's swim set works your dolphin kick off the wall.
A great coach recently said that the biggest problem with breaststroke is "the kick." This confirms our belief that working on when and how you initiate the kick is a much bigger concern than most people think.
Young, aggressive swimmers canʼt WAIT to start racing. Because of that, as coaches and teachers, we have to instruct them the best way to begin a race.
This week's Pic is of an athlete practicing his underwater dolphin kicks.
As the season ramps up, so does the yardage, intensity, workload, just about everything. While this set is fairly long, it's varied just enough to keep your interest, challenge you to swim fast, and work muscles that are often neglected.
Here's an IM set inspired by Michael, Ryan, Katie, Natalie, Kirsty, Stephanie, Laszlo, and all the other great IMers we've been watching in Beijing.
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