Training & Technique
How to swim faster
Once you have developed a good swim style and good endurance, it is time to develop your speed or, in other words, to perform drills aimed at making you swim …
Training & Technique
3 alternative exercises for developing strong shoulders
This article describes three alternative exercises useful for all four swim strokes, which will help you strengthen your shoulders (and not just your shoulders). Statistically speaking, shoulder injuries are the …
Training & Technique
Improve your performance with autogenous training
You can get the best out of your body using psycho-physical relaxation techniques. Find out how! We have already taken a look, several times, at those physical disciplines that can …
Training & Technique
Strategies for racing at your best and overcoming anxiety
Races are definitely one of the hardest things an athlete has to cope with. There are various techniques for helping athletes to overcome their anxiety. Find out what they are. …
Training & Technique
10 drills to improve your coordination
When we swim we hope that the movements we make are as close as possible to the motor project we had in mind just before we started. How close these …
Training & Technique
Maximum strength training out of the water
We have already discussed the importance of strength training out of the water for a swimmer. We would now like to take both a theoretical and practical look at how …
Training & Technique
Butterfly, improve your endurance!
Swimmers often face the problem of trying to finish a 200m butterfly without living a near-death experience. These 3 drills will help you develop and increase your cardiovascular and respiratory …
Training & Technique
Freestyle and Breaststroke start: it is all a matter of angles!
Level: beginner As we have already seen in previous articles, you dive off the blocks when making a freestyle or breaststroke start. However, although they have this in common, there are …