In case you missed the Olympics last week, and in case you missed how swimming was sorta in the limelight, you may have also missed seeing how important underwater dolphins are to a swimmer's success. As a hint, it's the first thing we've started working on... even for us old Masters swimmers.
The clock is ticking on the Kingdom swim, and while I've been spending more and more time in the open water, we can't always just hop in the bay.
Here's a fun and challenging drill that can help you learn rhythm and develop power for your freestyle.
With all the talk this week about stroke count, stroke rate, dps, and efficiency, here's a short set that lets you play with all those elements. Four lengths for July 4th.
While we've focused on single-arm freestyle before, we gave only one side of the story. Since freestyle is the mainstay of swim training, here are three single-arm variations to help keep things interesting.
Here's a fun drill that tests the upper limit of your flutter kick...and the lower limit of your Tempo Trainer.
With it being election day, we're going to give two variations on this great teaching drill. You could also say that timing an election campaign is as tricky as creating a smooth rhythm in breaststroke. Too much too soon, or too little too late can give or take away the desired results.
Swimming stroke for stroke with other swimmers is not so easy as it looks. Try it for a fun and challenging set.
Here's an alternate to set #1 -- for the mortals among us.
Butterfly 3-3-3 is a simple drill that allows you to train fly longer, and keep your rhythm in check. We asked our friend McKenzie to demonstrate the drill (one of her favorites), and show how it's helped her develop her butterfly.
To celebrate the birthday of my son and daughter, plus Father's Day, I put together this drill with my daughter. While it's an old and standard drill, we gave it a more youthful and edgy name to encourage the kids to think about technique as FUN.
One of my favorite sets. You're going into the swims with leg fatigue and not much rest, but the Tempo Trainer doesn't let you take it easy. The tether 100s are to build confidence....
Was trying to push threshold in various ways today -- with overdistance 225s, with underwater swimming, with fast 25s on short rest, and with the tether.
One of my favorite practices for breaststroke. You go into each of the swims with slight leg and aerobic fatigue, and have to maintain a steady, quick cadence for the entire swim.
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