I love swimming. My first athletic language was swimming. Swimming opened doors and took me places I never could have imagined the first time I participated in a formal swim workout. So, I experience both a sadness and an excitement when I hear someone lament their poor swimming. Sadness because I would like that everyone shares my joy of swimming and swims proficiently; excitement because every person that asks me how they can swim faster is another opportunity to help someone improve their swimming. Continue reading “My Swimming Sucks”
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Fundamentals of Freestyle
If you were to go to a swim meet or a triathlon you would quickly see that the good freestyle swimmers have several things in common. First, they all have very good body rotation and easily roll from side to side. You will note that their stroke is one fluid movement– Continue reading “Fundamentals of Freestyle”