Swimming Set of the Week - May 11, 2012
Every swim coach needs an arsenal of mini sets...sets of 8 X 25...that can be inserted at any point during a practice to break things up.
Every swim coach needs an arsenal of mini sets...sets of 8 X 25...that can be inserted at any point during a practice to break things up.
When working with young (or older) swimmers, reaching full extension in breaststroke is sometimes a challenge.
Continuing to process all the video we shot in California, we continue to run across beautiful images of Jessica Hardy.
We're going to use the Pic of the Week again to select someone to win a free month on our premium website, www.goswimtv.com
If you're looking for something to strengthen your forearms, especially for breaststroke, here's a quick drill that will do the trick.
This isn't really a drill...just something that happened this morning during a lesson.
Here's a quick drill using the wall to help develop the feeling of a flowing breaststroke.
A few pics this week. The first is a meet warm-up, and the rest are an illustration of how I use the App to help lesson swimmers visualize and practice like the pros.
Olympian Roque Santos demonstrates the breaststroke pull.
Teacher Steve Haufler instructs the progression for the backstroke to breaststroke turn.
National Champion and Paralympian Dave Denniston Breaststroke Drill
Olympian Staciana Stitts performing a very cool breaststroke drill.
Dave Denniston practicing a great breaststroke and butterfly turn drill.
Teacher Steve Haufler teaching the world's best turn drill
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.