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Training & Technique

How to develop an efficient freestyle kick

Developing an efficient freestyle kick can be broken down into various elements. In this article, we’ll and focus on each of them, explaining how to train you will become a …

Written by: arena coaches 23 January '18 0
Backstroke start technique: swimmer in a backstroke starting position
Training & Technique

A beginner’s guide to the backstroke start

Level: Beginner The backstroke is different from all the other styles: it mainly involves your back muscles rather than your chest muscles and, above all, you cannot just “follow” the …

Written by: arena coaches 16 January '18 0
Training & Technique

4 group drills to be tried out with your teammates

Although swimming is basically an individual sport, today we will show that you can also train in a group in the pool! Let’s take a look at some training drills …

Written by: arena coaches 26 December '17 0
Training & Technique

Top 10 exercises to improve your breaststroke

Level: beginner After all, a primitive form of breaststroke was the very first movement performed by a human being to move forward through the water. This suggests it might be …

Written by: arena coaches 19 December '17 0
Training & Technique

Butterfly: may the force be with you

The butterfly is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most energy-sapping stroke. You consume twice as many calories swimming fly than swimming freestyle. For this reason and because of …

Written by: arena coaches 12 December '17 0
Fitness & Wellness

Is there such a thing as a vegan swimmer?

Let’s see how a vegetable-based lifestyle can be reconciled with sport. We have already given you a few tips about nutrition for swimming, but they were all for what we …

Written by: arena coaches 28 November '17 0
Training & Technique

Let’s learn how to turn

As a key component of your technique as a whole, it is just as important to practice turns as it is to practice technical skills. Perfecting them takes as much …

Written by: arena coaches 28 November '17 0
Training & Technique

IM in training: when, where, how and why

The main purpose of IM training is a matter of debate both among swimmers and their coaches. In reality,  the IM should not be seen as four separate strokes but …

Written by: arena coaches 21 November '17 0
Training & Technique

Build your Strength for a Better Swimming Performance Wherever You Are (Pull-Ups)

Here’s a way to improve your stroke without the need for special facilities or gym! If the last time we taught you to push to do the push-ups, today we …

Written by: arena coaches 26 October '17 0
Training & Technique

The 5th style: the underwater phase

The young swimmer Daichi Suzuki performed his own special underwater phase after the start and turn in the 100 m backstroke at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. More specifically, …

Written by: arena coaches 24 October '17 0