Middle Distance High School Workout: 4,600 yards
Here's a middle distance high school workout. It's mostly freestyle though I've included a stroke/IM set in as well. It works on a couple of themes that I really like.…
A Workout for Beginning Freestyle Swimmers
Here is a 1,000 yard workout for beginning to intermediate swimmers who want to improve their freestyle technique and swim faster. This is not a "non-swimmer" workout. A few points…
Swim Workout to Improve Butterfly
Here's a short 1,600 yard workout to improve your butterfly. It's for intermediate swimmers who are looking for a change of pace or master swimmers who want to swim a…
A Beginners Guide to Swimming Butterfly
Everybody loves to watch butterfly. It's fast, powerful and looks way cool. But being able to swim butterfly and swim it well is difficult. This guide will not get you…
How to Improve Your Balance In Swimming…Part 3
By now, your balance in swimming should have improved a great deal. By doing the swimming drills in the previous two posts, you're comfortable being on your side. You can…
7 Secrets to Improving Your Balance in Swimming
As you read in the previous post, having good balance in swimming is important if you want to improve your swimming, especially freestyle and backstroke. Here is why you need…
The Most Shocking Skill for Beginning Swimmers to Have
Want to know the one skill in the water that swimmers should have but rarely focus on? You focus on kicking. Going hard Going faster Going farther But there's one…
How I Approach Teaching Swimming and Why I’m a Great Swim Teacher
I'm a great swim teacher. No brag...just fact. Now, I have lots of faults as a swim coach. I don' have what it takes to be an elite, high level…
Small Changes Lead to Big Swim Improvements
It's funny how things have a tendency to come together at the same time. It's true in life...and in swimming. I've been reading "Atomic Habits" by James Clear and the…
You Gotta Get Pushed to Swim Faster
How do you push yourself to swim faster The other day, I was coaching and teaching a lesson at the same time. The coaching group was two eight year old…