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When watching swimmers perform freestyle, incorrect breathing technique can play a significant role in decreasing speed resulting in slower times. Three common errors that we tend to see are: The … Continue Reading Perfecting freestyle breathing
Today’s set is a more gentle introduction to more demanding lactate tolerance sets for younger swimmers. Out of a total set of 20 x 50m, swimmers work at 80-85% for … Continue Reading Wednesday – Increasing tolerance
This set is a great way to have swimmers work on their turn and then put in a fast 25m from the turn. Warm-Up 400m (200m F/S, 100m B/S, … Continue Reading Monday – Turn and finish fast
It is important for any set that we use with swimmers, we give them a focus. Too many things to concentrate on and none of them end up being done … Continue Reading Friday – maintain speed and use that wall
Even when we are trying to cover more distance and get swimmers stronger, we need to throw some speed work in each session just to keep sharp. This is a … Continue Reading Wednesday – mid-distance strength with a pinch
Swimming can be a tough and lonely sport at times. In many cases you are racing yourself to be the best you can be by trying to get faster with … Continue Reading This is why I swim
Warm-Up 300m (100m F/S, 50m B/S, then repeat) 100m F/S drill – finger tip drag 100m F/S – descend 1 to 4 100m F/S build Main Set 8 x … Continue Reading Monday – A focus on 100s
Warm-Up 200m Choice 2 x (4 x 25m kick @50s *Descending 1 to 4) Main Set – Part 1 8 x 25m FLY 80-85% @1min 50m EZ Choice 50m … Continue Reading Friday – Quick Fly and Free
A great app that I use with swimmer’s to support the correction of stroke technique is Coach’s Eye, which is available on the iTunes store. This app allows you to … Continue Reading Correct swimmer technique with Coach’s Eye
Being able to train at different speed leads to multiple benefits when both training and racing. You cannot emphasize enough to young swimmers when it is time to go hard … Continue Reading Wednesday – Changing the pace
Early in the season, this is a good set to help swimmers begin to develop some endurance while also bringing in some speed work towards then end to keep everyone … Continue Reading Monday – Descending drill to sprint
Our first quality speed set of the new school year has swimmers completing both straight and broken 50m sprints. The broken swims are added towards the end, so swimmers can … Continue Reading Friday – breaking up 50s speed
Continuing on with developing endurance for swimmers, we should always include speed work within the set. A great way to do this is by completing a set of 100m intervals … Continue Reading Wednesday – rotating the speed
As we have moved out of the introductory skills week, we can now start to ramp up distance in at least one of our squad sessions each week, where week … Continue Reading Monday – Beginning to establish endurance
Finishing up our first week back, we are focusing on backstroke drills especially working on developing a good shoulder roll and generating power through the catch phase of the pull. … Continue Reading Friday – Backstroke drills
Second session of our first week of training and we are focusing on breaststroke with a nice coordination drill to see if there is a strength imbalance with the left … Continue Reading Wednesday – Breaststroke drills