Being able to correctly use a swimming stopwatch is a key coaching skill In this article, we’ll provide insights, hacks & tips on how to correctly use a swimming stopwatch, and how to record key training and competition information. Stopwatches are an essential piece of a swimming coach’s kit. They accurately time of swimmers during … Continue reading How to Use a Swimming Stopwatch
Category: Swimming Training
Swimming Training ‘on the go’
Swimming 'on the go' can help to maintain your fitness and feel for the water while being away from your usual training pool. On Holiday | On Vacation | While Visiting | On Business In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips on how the importance of swimming training 'on-the-go' and how it can … Continue reading Swimming Training ‘on the go’
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
A Competitive Swimming Warm-up
Competitive swimmers need to warm-up correctly In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on how to achieve an effective competitive swimming warm-up, that will help you swim faster. Competitive swimming warm-ups are an area often overlooked in many training programmes. Some swimmers find warm-ups ‘boring’, as they don’t understand their importance. Why … Continue reading A Competitive Swimming Warm-up
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
Swimming Nutrition: An Introduction
Swimming nutrition is so important to a swimmer’s performance In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips on why the correct swimming nutrition is so important to a swimmer’s performance. Proper swimming nutrition is essential for optimum swimming performance. It provides the swimmers with the energy they require to cope with the rigours of … Continue reading Swimming Nutrition: An Introduction
Swimming Hydration: An Introduction
A swimmer needs to be well hydrated to perform at their optimum. Introduction: In this article, we'll provide advice, hacks and tips as an introduction to the importance of swimming hydration. We'll describe how to monitor your hydration levels and how much fluid a swimmer should consume per day to stay sufficiently hydrated. A swimmer … Continue reading Swimming Hydration: An Introduction
Rehabilitation from Swimming Injuries or Ailments
For competitive swimmers, being injured or ill can be extremely frustrating, especially if it inhibits or prevents you from training or competing. In this article, we will provide advice, insights and tips on swimming rehabilitation from injuries or ailments For competitive swimmers, being injured or ill can be extremely frustrating, especially if it inhibits or … Continue reading Rehabilitation from Swimming Injuries or Ailments
Monitoring Your Swimming Heart Rate
Monitoring a swimmer's heart rate while swimming can help to ensure they are training at the optimum intensity. In this article, we’ll look at the benefits of monitoring your swimming heart rate, and provide insight, tips and advice on how to do it. Monitoring a swimmer's heart rate can help to ensure they are training … Continue reading Monitoring Your Swimming Heart Rate
20 Ways to Improve Your Competitive Swimming
There are many ways a competitive swimmer can improve In this article, we’ll look at 20 ways to improve your competitive swimming. From goal setting to developing mental toughness, through to helping you to train at your optimum intensity. There’s bound to be at least one thing listed here that you could work on to … Continue reading 20 Ways to Improve Your Competitive Swimming