Since backstroke is performed on their back, the swimmer cannot engage as many of the body’s larger muscle groups as they can while performing either freestyle or butterfly. In this article, we’ll look at the most common competitive backstroke faults and provide advice, drills, hacks and tips on how to fix them. Since backstroke is … Continue reading Common Competitive Backstroke Faults
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Common Competitive Freestyle Faults
Overuse during training can lead to the development of freestyle stroke faults In this article, we’ll look at the most common freestyle faults and provide advice, hacks and tips on how to fix them. During most competitive swimming training sessions, freestyle is usually the dominant stroke. The overuse of this stroke can result in the … Continue reading Common Competitive Freestyle Faults
Swimming Training Checklist
A swimming training checklist can help you to be consistently at your best over a sustained period. In this article, we have produced a swimming training checklist to help you get the best from each training session. The key is to train consistently at your best Training consistently at your best over a sustained period … Continue reading Swimming Training Checklist
Recovering from Swimming Training
Learning to effectively recover from swimming training is essential to ensure you can undertake your swimming training programme at your optimum level. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on how to best help you when recovering from swimming training. Competitive swimming training can sometimes be gruelling, especially, When you are coming … Continue reading Recovering from Swimming Training
Our Favourite Competitive Swimming Podcasts
Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches from around the world. In this article, we at EatSleepSwimCoach provide a list of our favourite podcasts swimming podcasts. Podcasts are a great way to enjoy listening to interviews from top competitive swimmers and coaches from around the world. … Continue reading Our Favourite Competitive Swimming Podcasts
An Overview of the Butterfly Stroke
Butterfly is the second-fastest competitive stroke This article will provide advice, hacks & tips as a part of an overview of the butterfly stroke. Butterfly is the most recent of the four competitive swimming strokes, becoming standardised in the early 1950s. It is the second-fastest competitive stroke. Butterfly originated out of a hybrid breaststroke and … Continue reading An Overview of the Butterfly Stroke
An Overview of Breaststroke
Competitive breaststroke requires a high degree of power, strength, endurance, speed, and coordination In this article, we will provide advice, hacks & tips as a part of an overview of Breaststroke. Breaststroke is the slowest and least efficient of all the competitive strokes. Although breaststroke can generate effective propulsion from both the arm stroke and … Continue reading An Overview of Breaststroke
An Overview of Backstroke
Backstroke should be performed at a high stroke rate In this article, we will provide advice, hacks & tips on the correct position and technique as a part of an overview of backstroke. Since backstroke is performed on the back, the swimmer cannot engage as many of the body’s larger muscle groups as they can … Continue reading An Overview of Backstroke
An Overview of The Freestyle Stroke
The freestyle stroke is the fastest and most efficient competitive stroke. In this article, we will provide advice, hacks & tips as a part of an overview of the freestyle stroke. The freestyle stroke is the fastest and most efficient competitive stroke. Also known as front crawl, freestyle is used as the main fitness development … Continue reading An Overview of The Freestyle Stroke
How to Improve Self-Motivation for Swimmers
The real benefit of self-motivation comes when things in the water and life in general, become tough In this article, we will provide advice, hacks and tips on how to improve self-motivation for swimmers. What is self-motivation? Self-motivation for swimmers is often defined as, A swimmer’s internal drive and determination to continue to develop, in … Continue reading How to Improve Self-Motivation for Swimmers