Many national swimming associations recommend that all ‘age group’ swimmer’s training programmes should be individual medley based. In this article, we’ll provide advice, drills, hacks and tips as an introduction to individual medley training. Many swimming training programmes focus on freestyle as their main training stroke. Some attention is usually given to the swimmer’s ‘favourite … Continue reading Individual Medley Training: An Introduction
Category: Swimming Drills
An Introduction to Swimming Sculling
Swimming sculling is often overlooked and is an undervalued key swimming skill. In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks, tips and drills as an introduction to swimming sculling. What is swimming sculling? Swimming sculling is often overlooked and is an undervalued key set of swimming skills. Sculling is a series of swimming techniques. Which focuses … Continue reading An Introduction to Swimming Sculling
Stroke Count and Stroke Rate Drills
Stroke count and stroke rate drills can improve a swimmer’s technique and help improve swimming performance. In this article, we’ll provide examples of stroke count and stroke rate drills, that can improve a swimmer’s technique and help improve swimming performance. This article follows on from our recent blog, How to use: Swimming stroke count and … Continue reading Stroke Count and Stroke Rate Drills
How to Use: Stroke Count and Stroke Rate
If a swimmer can increase their stroke rate, without shortening their stroke length, they will inevitably swim faster. In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks, tips and hindsight on how to best use stroke count and stroke rate, and why using them in combination can improve swimming performance. What is stroke count? Stroke count is … Continue reading How to Use: Stroke Count and Stroke Rate
How to Use a Swimming Pace Clock
A swimming pace clock enables swimmers to monitor their repeat swims In this article, we’ll provide hacks, insights and tips on how to control the pace and intensity of a training session by correctly using a swimming pace clock. The importance of using a swimming pace clock A swimming pace clock is an important piece … Continue reading How to Use a Swimming Pace Clock
101 Ways to Improve Your Freestyle Swimming
101 Ways to Improve Your Freestyle Swimming In the article, we will provide tips, hacks, drills and insights into ways you can improve your freestyle swimming technique. It’s important that swimmers ‘consistently and persistently’ incorporate drills and progressions into their training programme to reinforce and develop a great freestyle swimming technique. We have identified the … Continue reading 101 Ways to Improve Your Freestyle Swimming