Why You Should Be Counting Your Strokes in Practice
When less is more; why swimmers should be counting their strokes during swim practice.
When less is more; why swimmers should be counting their strokes during swim practice.
Writing out your training has been shown to have a myriad of benefits in performance and consistency. But the benefits don’t stop there. Here are five of the things you learn about yourself when you start writing out your workouts in the water.
Fast freestylers have a powerful catch and an early vertical forearm. Here is an awesome drill to help you do both. Coley Stickels, head coach
Freestyle is the one that gets all the attention (and all the events), breaststroke seems like it’s reserved for a select few who can master
In terms of conditioning, developing better athleticism, and injury-proofing, using a skip rope is about the best bang-for-your-buck dryland activity for those looking to develop into a more explosive swimmer. Here are 5 reasons swimmers should pick up the skipping rope.
Doing breaststroke arms with flutter kick is a powerful way to increase arm stroke tempo and develop upper body power. Here is Mark Warkentin, head
Rose Bowl Aquatics head coach Jeff Julian stops by to share a drill that has helped his swimmers add flow to their breaststroke. Here’s how to do it.
We all have the things we excel at—and things we don’t—in the water. Strokes included. Here is why you should be training your off strokes.
Quicksilver Swimming coach and former PAC-10 champion in the 100 breaststroke Andre Salles-Cunha drops an advanced breaststroke drill to help you set up race tempo.
Here is a breaststroke drill for swimmers looking to improve stroke length and hitting your line courtesy of elite club coach, PASA’s Tony Batis.