Friday – Falling into Breaststroke
I have written about have swimmers perform breaststroke as though it is swam ‘downhill’. Oftentimes, the words we choose to use with swimmers will spark that change in technique we … Continue Reading Friday – Falling into Breaststroke
Wednesday – IM work
Warm Up 200m F/S 8 x 50m @1.30 as: 2 x 50m single-arm fly arm by side 2 x 50m single-arm B/S arm by side 2 x 50m BR/S 2 … Continue Reading Wednesday – IM work
Monday – working the dolphin kick
Diving and pushing off the wall, from a start or turn, is the fastest that a swimmer travels at any point in a swimming race. To maximise speed off the … Continue Reading Monday – working the dolphin kick
Friday – Swimming breaststroke ‘downhill’
One of the best ways to get swimmers to start performing effective breaststroke is to have them imagine that they are swimming it downhill. This notion has swimmers thinking about … Continue Reading Friday – Swimming breaststroke ‘downhill’
Wednesday – Working the form strokes
Warm Up Lane 1 and 2: 200m F/S Lanes 3 to 6: 250m F/S Lanes 1 and 2: 6 x 75m B/S (25 Kick, 50 single-arm shoulder lift) @2.30 … Continue Reading Wednesday – Working the form strokes
Tuesday – Fly to Back
Warm Up 200m F/S 4 x 25m B/S kick arms extended @1.00 4 x 25m Fly kick arms by side breathe every 4th kick @1.00 4 x 25m Fly single-arm … Continue Reading Tuesday – Fly to Back
Monday – Freestyle Pyramid with Vertical Kick sprints
Warm Up 200m F/S 8 x 25m IM order @1.00 Main Set 8 x 25m F/S kick @45 4 x 50m F/S 6 kick switch @1.30 2 x 100m F/S … Continue Reading Monday – Freestyle Pyramid with Vertical Kick sprints
Friday – Fly to IM to Free
We worked on Butterfly last session, especially kick timing, so we will continue the them but include some IM work to raise the volume of the set. Warm Up 200m … Continue Reading Friday – Fly to IM to Free
Wednesday – Rhythm and Fly
Warm Up 200m F/S Main Set 8 x 25m Fly kick breathe on 4th kick @1.00 6 x 50m single-arm fly with arm by side breather to front every 2 … Continue Reading Wednesday – Rhythm and Fly
Tuesday – Back, Breast and Free
Warm Up 200m F/S 5 x 50m F/S kick @1.30 8 x 25m IM order @50 Main Set 8 x 25m B/S single-arm with shoulder rotation 4 x 50m B/S … Continue Reading Tuesday – Back, Breast and Free
Monday – Breaststroke pull out
We continue on with our theme of body rotation in freestyle but begin our work on breaststroke. Junior swimmers need to understand the benefits of performing a proper pullout and … Continue Reading Monday – Breaststroke pull out
Friday – More freestyle and backstroke
We continue our theme of working body rotation in freestyle and backstroke, as the strokes are very similar in that regard. Today, we will begin to add some variable pace … Continue Reading Friday – More freestyle and backstroke
Wednesday – Working on rotation
Rotation work is a key element of both successful freestyle and backstroke swimming. Neither stroke is swam by being flat on your front or back. Most of the stroke is … Continue Reading Wednesday – Working on rotation
Tuesday – Starting out with Freestyle
Warm Up 3 x 100m F/S w 20s recovery Main Set 8 x 25m F/S kick 6 x 25m F/S single-arm 6 x 75m F/S breathe every 3 strokes @2.15 … Continue Reading Tuesday – Starting out with Freestyle
Back in the pool for the 2018/19 school year
Wednesday – Free to IM
Warm Up 200m F/S 100m F/S kick 100m F/S pull 4 x 25m F/S clenched fist Main Set 16 x 50m F/S @1.10 (3 fly kicks off the wall, stroke … Continue Reading Wednesday – Free to IM