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
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Setting Swimming Goals An Introduction
“I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.” Michael Phelps (USA) In this article, we’ll provide advice, hacks and tips as an introduction to setting swimming goals and how you can make your swimming goal-setting more effective. The benefits of setting swimming … Continue reading Setting Swimming Goals An Introduction
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
How Drafting Can Make You a Faster Swimmer
Drafting is a common practice in open water swimming In this article, we'll provide advice, insight, tips and hacks to help you improve your drafting technique. Although it's seldom used in the pool, is common practice in open water. But just what is drafting, how does it work and how can you best use it … Continue reading How Drafting Can Make You a Faster Swimmer
Swimming Lane Safety and Etiquette
Having a lane full of competitive swimmers, all wishing to train hard and be the lead swimmer in the lane, increases the possibility of an accident or an incident, if not managed correctly. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on the importance of introducing swimming lane safety and etiquette guidelines during … Continue reading Swimming Lane Safety and Etiquette
Swimming Visualisation: An Introduction
Swimming visualisation is mental imagery, mental rehearsal and meditation techniques. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips as an introduction to swimming visualisation. What is Visualisation? Swimming visualisation is mental imagery, mental rehearsal and meditation techniques. It is used by most of the world’s top swimmers, to help condition their brains to … Continue reading Swimming Visualisation: An Introduction
A Swimming Logbook: The Benefits of Keeping One
Keeping a Swimming Logbook can make you a better swimmer In this article will provide advice, hacks and tips on the benefits of keeping a swimming logbook. Many competitive swimmers keep a swimming logbook.To help them record, monitor and evaluate information that is important to a swimmer’s development and progression towards achieving their swimming goals. … Continue reading A Swimming Logbook: The Benefits of Keeping One