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How To Relax In The Water? (Sink To Float And Float To Sink)
If you are just starting out learning how to swim, or if you struggle to improve your swimming, you have probably heard someone along your swimming journey say: "You just need to relax more". At that moment you also probably thought to yourself: "Yeah right. How am I supposed to relax if I am usi...
Backstroke Magic (How To Properly Swim Backstroke?)
When swum correctly, backstroke is arguably the most graceful and beautiful of the four strokes, appearing as if the swimmer is gliding effortlessly across the water. But this effortless look is the result of mastering four key technical elements. This lesson will dissect each one - head position,...
Legs Of Steel (Keep Your Legs From Sinking During Freestyle Or While Floating)
Sinking legs are one of the most common and frustrating problems in swimming. The cause, and the solution, almost always comes back to one fundamental skill: the position of your head. This guide is a follow-up to the "Tree Log" lesson, reinforcing why your head position is the building block of y...
Breaststroke Like An Inch Worm
Breaststroke is the easiest stroke to swim casually, but it's one of the hardest to swim correctly. The difference between a relaxed "Mrs. Mayor" breaststroke and a competitive one is all in the details, tiny adjustments that eliminate drag and convert every ounce of power into forward motion. T...
The Art of Slow Swimming: Why You Need to Slow Down to Get Faster
We are caught up in a fast-paced society, often forgetting to stop and think. This causes us to do things over and over without realizing that there might be a smarter way. As a swimmer, you should always be trying to explore new things, whether it's swimming backstroke, morning practices, or wor...
Can You Learn to Swim with Video Games? (From Xbox Kinect to Modern VR)
Over the last decade, motion-controlled video games have exploded in popularity. But can swinging your arms in your living room actually have anything to do with learning how to swim? Back in 2011, Microsoft released a game for the Xbox Kinect called "Michael Phelps: Push the Limit," one of the fi...
The Swimmer's Posture: Why Swimming is the Perfect Antidote to Your Desk Job
In today's world, working on a computer is a fact of life. But with this technology comes a major negative side effect: terrible body posture. I know I am guilty of it. Even as I write this, I have to fight the urge to slouch. This constant battle against "computer posture" is something most of us...
Freestyle Slow Motion (Grant Hackett and Sun Yang - The Ultimate Distance Freestyle Stroke)
Want to see what a near-perfect distance freestyle looks like? Sometimes, the best swimming lesson comes not from instruction, but from observation. We're going to break down slow-motion videos of two swimming legends, Grant Hackett and Sun Yang, to serve as your virtual coaches. By studying exact...
7 Tips On How To Speed Up Your Butterfly And Breaststroke Turn
I've been swimming and coaching for many years and one thing that I see the most room for improvement, even in competitive swimmers, is the butterfly and breaststroke turn. It's often the place where races are lost. But with the right mindset and a focus on a few key mechanics, you can transfo...
The Ultimate Guide to Swim Workouts: Best Apps and Databases
Do you swim the same laps, at the same pace, every single time you go to the pool? If so, you aren't alone. Many beginner swimmers and triathletes get stuck in a rut because they simply don't know how to design a practice. But swimming without a plan is the fastest way to hit a plateau. Whether...
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How to Improve Body Rotation in Freestyle and Backstroke
Introduction: Why Posture Matters in Swimming When it comes to swimming efficiently, technique trumps brute strength. One of the most important yet often misunderstood elements of technique is body posture. In other words, how you hold and move your body in the water. Whether you are swimming...
3D-Printed Swim Gear: Level Up Your Swim Training with DIY Accessories
Have you ever wished you could customize your swim gear without breaking the bank or impatiently staring out the window, waiting days for delivery? Good news, the future is here, and it's called 3D printing. And no, you do not need an engineering degree or a NASA-sized budget to get started, just a...
The Viking Legacy - One goggle to rule them all
It was in the 1970s in a small village in Sweden that the swimming goggle industry changed forever. Jan Malmsten, an avid swimmer and entrepreneur, designed simplistic, sleek, and affordable swimming goggles that were adopted by the majority of elite swimmers around the world. These goggles, commo...
Airofit PRO 2.0 Review: How Stronger Breathing Makes You A Faster Swimmer
Breathing is as crucial to your life as water is to your swimming. You draw a breath thousands of times per day, yet how often do you actually stop and examine your vital breathing pattern? Similarly, when training, you more than likely tend to focus on endurance and muscular strength. If you ar...
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Swimmers and Triathletes
Trying to find the perfect, thoughtful gift for the swimmer or triathlete in your life can be a challenge. You want something unique and useful that won't just sit in the back of their closet. Whether they are a beginner, a seasoned triathlete, swimrunner or an avid open water explorer, this guide...
Xmetrics: The Device That Tried to Revolutionize Swim Tracking
"All you have to do is swim." That was the bold claim made by Xmetrics, a technology company that aimed to disrupt the swimming world with a new wearable gadget. While the landscape of swim tech has evolved since this device was announced, the core philosophy behind Xmetrics remains incredibly r...
The Lost Art of Tactile Feedback: Lessons from the BluCore Corsuit
Every superhero needs a gadget. For a brief time in the swimming world, that gadget was the BluCore Corsuit. While this unique device is no longer on the market, the problem it solved, poor body posture, is timeless. The Corsuit offered a brilliant solution: tactile feedback. It forced you to...
11 Ways To Enjoy Swimming In A Crowded Lane
It is one of those days. The swimming lane you're about to plunge into is overcrowded. Even though it's marked "FAST SWIMMERS," it's plagued with leisurely head-up breaststrokers and people discussing politics by the wall. Your mood is ruined... or is it? Instead of getting angry, it's time to mak...
Stop Making These 4 Freestyle Mistakes: A Video Analysis Guide
Recognizing flaws in a swimming stroke is the first step to fixing them. Often, what feels right in the water looks very different on video. This article breaks down a video analysis of a swimmer with four common but critical freestyle mistakes. By learning to spot these errors, from a deep kick t...
8 Ways To Use Your Hand Paddles
Hand paddles are commonly used in swimming pools around the world. In fact, you hardly ever see a pool deck or the infamous Lost and Found basket (yes, they do exist) without a pair of them laying around. They are either loved or hated. The main rudimentary idea behind the original hand padd...
Swimming Gear Reviews
Dry Case Review: Mobile Swimming Tips At The Pool (Underwater Angry Birds)
Whether we like it or not, we live in a fast-paced modern technology world where what happened 5 minutes ago is old news. It is extremely hard to keep up with new information and even harder to distinguish between good and bad information. Since everybody and their grandmother are online sharing t...
3 Swim Tools That Force You to Have Better Technique
We all long for that elusive, smooth swimming stroke. While practice is essential, sometimes you need a little help to feel what "correct" actually feels like. The problem with most swim gear is that it makes swimming easier (like fins) without teaching you anything. Today, I want to share three...
Want To Swim Smooth? Check Out Mr. Smooth - The Perfect Swimming Mentor
Have you ever thought to yourself I can't seem to grasp the way my arm should move under water when I swim how should my legs move when I swim freestyle I wish there was a way to see someone swim slow motion I'd like to see how it looks from a different angle in order to understand. ...
Palm Paddle Review - The World's Smallest Hand Paddle
This post is long overdue, but finally, I kicked myself to introduce you to the wonderful world of the Palm Paddle. I am not kidding when I say it is the world’s smallest hand paddle. At first sight, they’re so tiny and cute that you just want to cuddle them in your palm :). But don’t let the...
Wetronome - The Metronome For Swimmers
I've had a few swimmers comment on this blog about their struggle to find the right stroke rhythm, and as it happens, there is a tool for that. Years ago, a revolutionary little device called the Wetronome changed how we train stroke rate. Today, that legacy lives on in modern tools like the Fi...
Swim Smooth DVD Review: Clean Up Your Stroke (Practicing One Thing At A Time)
The Swim Smooth's Clean Up Your Stroke DVD set is not your usual learn to swim program on DVDs. It is more of a series of short hints and tips addressing a few important aspects of an efficient freestyle stroke. Paul Newsome, an accredited level II triathlon coach who coaches triathletes in Wester...
Zoomers Gold Review: Improve Your Freestyle Kick In A Soft Rubber Comfort!
One of the toughest things to learn in swimming is a proper effective and efficient kick. Many coaches can tell you that having a great kick is the essence of fast swimming, however, they also struggle with teaching the proper kicking technique. No wonder though, the right kicking movement, wh...
Aquaspotter Review: Swimming Safety In Open Water
Roaring speed boats, slowly churning fishing barges, a crazy youngster on jet skis, all of these have one thing in common: they are a danger to swimmers. When you do not have the luxury of swimming in a protected zone, staying visible is your number one priority. While a brightly colored swimmi...
