Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Why is shoulder rotation important ...swimming
As you rotate from one side to the other side while swimming freestyle, you are transferring power between your arms and shoulders through your core, back and chest muscles. Because these muscles are considered some of the strongest in the body, especially for swimmers, you can generate more power
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Why is water confidence important....
The main aim of building up water confidence is to prevent fear, which can lead to panic – the most common cause of drowning. By teaching your child about the properties of water you can help to reduce or eliminate this fear by showing them how to be safe and also have fun with water.
Monday, February 28, 2022
For my advance swimmers...
Benefits of Training with a Swim Snorkel
1. Balance out your stroke
2. Encourages you to keep your face down in freestyle.
3. Forces you to keep a straight head.
4. It’s use can be done (mostly) without interfering with proper technique
5. You can actually swim faster with the snorkel
6. A fuller kick
7. Great for kick sets.
8. Increases feel for the water
It is never too early to teach sculling water, this 5.5 years old cutie did a great job... Sculling water is a basic swimming technique where you use quick horizontal movements of the hands in the water to maintain your head above the water surface. You float in a vertical position with your arms extended sideways at shoulder level, elbows slightly bent.
Monday, January 31, 2022
Friday, December 31, 2021
Friday, November 26, 2021
Monday, November 1, 2021
Streamline
A streamline is the closest position a swimmer can achieve that's similar to a fish, dolphin, or whale. This position has the LEAST amount of drag associated with it, and also clocks in some of the swimmer's HIGHEST speeds. ... That is why we use a streamline to keep the speed up for as long as we can.
Survival Backstroke
Survival Backstroke is effective in both rescue and survival situations. It is a great stroke for maintaining energy levels as it can be done as slowly as necessary.
Starts young....
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Flip turns session...
Freestyle and backstroke are the two variations of flip turns. Done correctly, they speed up a swimmer while allowing a brief respite from swimming
KICKING....
As I always mentioned, kicking is important for swimming...& Have to start early, start s at a young age ...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Saturday, August 7, 2021
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Friday, July 30, 2021
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021
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