Category: Training & Technique

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
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
Training & Technique

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 …

Written by: arena coaches 20 October '17 0
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 …

Written by: arena coaches 17 October '17 0
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 …

Written by: arena coaches 10 October '17 0
Training & Technique

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 …

Written by: arena coaches 3 October '17 0