Think of your body as a seesaw. When one side goes up the other side goes down. Lifting your head to high will cause your hips and legs to sink. Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash What position should your head be in? Anywhere from a straight neck position to slightly looking forward position. This will depend onContinueContinue reading “Freestyle head position”
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The Natural 25 metre swimming pool
https://videopress.com/v/NGhHKjEH?preloadContent=metadata There’s nothing like swimming in the open water. Making the most of time when away from the swimming pool….Salt, Sea, Sun, Sand.
Open water swim
Mixed pace freestyle endurance set
A warm up with drills and then speed is a good way to practice good technique while going fast.
Shifting the lactate turn point with threshold training
Masters swim session
Mixed pace set with varying pace throughout. Teaching the body to tolerate higher workloads is an important physical and mental benefit which will translate to faster racing speeds
Technique and endurance
The hand entry position is an important aspect of swimming performance. It’s sets an important part of the stoke up – the catch. This is the part which anchors your hand in the water while pulling your body forward. Think of climbing a ladder-reaching up grabbing the rung and pulling yourself up. If your handContinueContinue reading “Technique and endurance”
Building strength to enhance speed using a parachute
400’s each one faster
The main set of 4×400 freestyle is swum each one faster which improves muscular endurance and helps a swimmer finish races stronger
Mixed speed set
Great session on Friday swimmers.
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