One of the biggest issues that middle and back of the pack swimmers have is syncing up what their upper and lower body is doing. In other words, they struggle with connecting the upper and lower body so that they are swimming as one unit. If you look at a beginner, their upper body is […]
When I say the word “timing”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably the most notable would be the overuse of it as an excuse for relationships not working out on TV sitcoms. But that’s not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about the importance of timing in terms […]
Drills are tools and should be used with precision and purpose. Coaches should prescribe and athletes should select and perform drills depending on their individual and evolving needs as a swimmer. Done correctly, the drills that are suited to you now should not be as useful in 6 weeks because the drill fixed what was […]
Triathlon swimming is all about increasing your speed while decreasing the amount of energy required to do so. Beginner swimmers are incredibly bad at doing this. Most of the time they expend more energy and get slower! They might do a 50 m sprint and feel like they went all out only to see a […]
Before we jump into today’s topic, I wanted to take a second to address my last post about the importance of sleep. I had a lot of feedback about different kinds of sleep, amounts of sleep for people of different ages, how the modern day has changed the way we think about sleep, etc. Everyone […]
(Continued from #SwimReboot 9: KISSing in the New Year) Almost 16 weeks ago, the Tri Swim Coach team and I launched project #swimreboot. The main purpose of the project was to provide you tips on how time-strapped athletes can improve your swim without spending hours and hours in the pool. We wanted to show you […]
Lissa Henderson here. During my swim practices growing up, there was nothing that I dreaded more than a giant set full of freestyle drills. Well, except maybe an entire workout made up of butterfly sets. Those were the worst. 4000-6000 yards made up of 80% butterfly? No thank you. Those dreaded drill sets just bored me […]
Improve Freestyle Stroke Workout Of The Month Cut down the distances as needed for your training! Cruise= an interval you can make 100’s on comfortably with :10-15 rest between each DPS= maximum Distance Per Stroke 3/4 Catchup= freestyle, almost touch your hands in front on each stroke (come about 3/4 of the way to touching) […]
In today’s issue, I’d like to revisit the previously discussed topic of the importance of stroke counting. As a coach I am often asked, “what is a good number of strokes I should take per length?” I have included an article from one of the top Masters Swim coaches of our time, Emmett Hines, to […]