GoSwim GoldSwimming Picture of the Week - August 26, 2010
2 commentsMore Eric Shanteau this week. Here's a quick frame from his upcoming video due to be released at the ASCA conference next week.
Butterfly - Second Kick
To swim really fast butterfly, you have to take advantage of every opportunity for propulsion. The place that most swimmers ignore this opportunity... is in the second kick.
Swimming Picture of the Week - June 24, 2010
Here's a great shot of Eric Shanteau's dolphin kick. Think you don't need to work on your ankle flexibility? Watch the short video that accompanies this image.
Backstroke - Backwards Board Kick
Kicking backwards while holding a board is a great drill for working your abs and thighs, essential muscles for butterfly and for dolphin kick off the walls for backstroke.
Turns - Learning the Underwater Dolphin - Step 5
In moving up the ladder in mastering the underwater dolphin, more fine points come out. The quickest way to work through these, is to focus on one.
Turns - Learning the Underwater Dolphin - Step 1
There are few things in swimming that cross the lines of all strokes, but learning the underwater dolphin is certainly the most important.
Backstroke - Underwater Dolphin - Size
To honor our newly released DVD, Go Swim Backstroke with Margaret Hoelzer, we're going to focus on the underwater dolphin in backstroke. This is a quick look at something Margaret discusses on her DVD... what size should your dolphin kick be?
Ask Margaret!
If you had the chance to ask Margaret Hoelzer a question about backstroke, or anything, what would it be?
We're back from Seattle... no more chance to ask Margaret, but we'll keep these videos online.
Swimming Set of the Week - March 3, 2009
Here's a simple butterfly set that mixes drilling and swimming. It lets you develop your fly technique without getting exhausted.
The Pool
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Go Swim All-Strokes with Eric Shanteau - DVD
by Josh about 1 hour ago
Glenn, how does the online version work? For example, after my purchase online, how am i able to access the video? Pls elaborate. more » -
Backstroke - Backwards Board Kick
by JORGE about 20 hours ago
Excelente exercício;proporciona o efeito proposto e dá uma dinâmica extraordinária ao executor. more » -
Breaststroke - Timing the Kick
by JORGE 1 day ago
A consciência corporal do gesto desportivo foi melhor entendido. more » -
Freestyle - Ball Catch
by steve 2 days ago
Like how her shoulders and hips rotate on a perfectly straight axis, and what a wonderful camera angle. I'll give this drill a try for... more » -
Swimming Question of the Week - August 25, 2010
by Maxwell Rubesch 3 days ago
I only swam a county swim league and high school swimming growing up after that I went to swim at Wabash going from two hour right after ... more » -
Swimming Set of the Week - August 27, 2010
by Nora Edwards 3 days ago
I needed this a month ago, when I hurt my shoulder. I'm in the recovery stage now and foolishly had stayed out of practice. Not advisable... more » -
Swimming Question of the Week - August 25, 2010
by sprinter 3 days ago
I didn't swim in college, but I remember a lot of first days at a new swim team. The first three new teams were kind of the same, because... more » -
Swimming Set of the Week - August 27, 2010
by sprinter 3 days ago
Agreed! And if you do 2x 2h per day fly kick on your back with arm at the side, you will get yourself an 8-pack in a week, yeah! :) To ... more » -
Go Swim All-Strokes with Eric Shanteau - DVD
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Go Swim All-Strokes with Eric Shanteau - DVD
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Click the ADD TO CART button above. :) more »
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