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While commonly enjoyed recreationally, swimming is a highly-competitive sport that tests the speed, strength, and skill of athletes through a variety of individual and team events. Race finishes often come down to just a fingertip as competitors use a variety of swimming strokes (dictated by the event category), including freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.

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Swimming Lanes
The Top 6 Core Exercises for Swimmers
June 2, 2023
It's important to continue to your core strength during this time. Check out workout number three - it 's "super"!
Dryland Swimming
Best Practice For Dry Land Training
June 2, 2023
The current situation is unprecedented and challenges us to find ways to keep our members active and training whilst respecting government guidance around social distancing etc. One clear opportunity is to undertake online delivery of activity from the coach to the athlete(s) either via live connection, recorded content or social media interaction. The following guidance […]
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10 Dry Land Exercises for Swimmers You Can Do at Home
June 2, 2023
To improve as a swimmer, water-based workouts and honing technique are essential.
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Dryland Workouts For Swimmers
June 2, 2023
The purpose of dryland training is to stretch and strengthen the muscles used in swimming
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Ways To Practice Swim Skills At Home
June 2, 2023
Don’t have a pool? No problem!
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How Swim Coaches Can Help Develop Highly Motivated Swimmers
June 2, 2023
Motivation. We need it, we love it, and we are stoked when swimmers walk out onto the pool deck full of it. Every coach’s dream scenario is to have every swimmer on the team rolling in to the pool with 25 mega-watts of motivation. Of course, you know this isn’t realistic. Even your most motivated […]
Swimming Coach
Character-Based Coaching
June 2, 2023
It’s up to the coaches to create situations that allow student-athletes to develop imperative communication skills. In fact, students who play sports are less likely to develop social anxiety. Coaches are more than just sports-focused leaders who see their student-athletes a few hours every week. They play a vital role in athletes lives — as […]
Swimmer Breaststroke
Four Questions That Everyone Asks at a Swim Meet
June 2, 2023
Every parent wants to know how their kids are doing at a swim meet. I think we can all agree that not all parents are on the same level when it comes to the intricacies of swimming. Have you ever been on a summer swimming pool deck and wondered? When is my child swimming? How […]
Youth Swimmer
Defining Success for 10/Unders
June 2, 2023
Fun is vague and subjective. It is defined by the swimmers themselves. For one swimmer, it may be playing with friends. Every once in a while, we, as a team, revisit our mission, our vision, and our goals. This year I decided to try to articulate some reasons behind them. On our team, we have […]
Swimmers
Freestyle With Dolphin Kick
June 2, 2023
When done correctly, you should feel an extra bit of propulsion from the kick getting into the catch, something that is more subtle (but still important) with flutter kick. This week’s tip combines elements of two strokes, freestyle and butterfly, to work on coordination, body awareness, and overall body connection to improve the catch in […]
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