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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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, …
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How to write a training plan
An arena coach explains how to write a training plan. Here are all the tips you need to devise a training session to make the most of your time. In …
Training & Technique
Alternate breathing and perfectly balanced freestyle swimming
You will have certainly heard about alternate freestyle breathing, but have you ever wondered what the real benefits are? Alternate breathing means breathing every three strokes or, rather, the ability …
Training & Technique
Breaststroke: legs in and out of the water
As we have already seen, most forward momentum when swimming the breaststroke comes from leg kick and the arms do not really have a thrust phase. However, for the leg …
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3 tips for resuming training after the summer break
Three invaluable tips about the best way to resume training. According to a famous Italian song from the 1980s “The summer is ending and another year has gone by…”, but …