Butterfly : - BODY POSITION Taking a Bow Weight Shifting Butterfly : - KICK DRILLS Ribbon Writing Deep to Shallow...

  Freestyle : - BODY POSITION Downhill Float Log Roll welve Kick Switch Freestyle : - KICK DRILLS Toe Point Drill...

Backstroke : - BODY POSITION Float on Spine Water-Line Drill Twelve Kick Switch Backstroke Backstroke : -  KICK...

Breaststroke : - BODY POSITION Streamline Rocking Drill Breaststroke : -  KICK DRILLS Duck Feet Kick on Your Back...

Of all four competitive strokes, breaststroke requires the most precise coordination to overcome the inherent drag in...

Over the pasl 10 years. the factors that contribute ta swimming successlully at top national and international...

Recovery or off-season The main features of this phase are maintaining an active approach with at least three low- to...

The championship season is all about competitive per­formance rather than responses to training. Estimates of...

The tapering strategy used by many swimmers to opti­mize competition performance has been defined as "a progressive...

The main features of the early-season phase are a mod­est training volume to start, small 5-10 km increases in volume...

Preseason training commences from the low base of fitness maintained during the off-season. Swimmers typically start...

Two of the most common features of training pro­grams of swimmers competitive are the periodiza­tion of training...

Improvements in breaststroke across the board, over the past twenty years, are largely due to rule changes that allow...

The forward breathing style of the breaststroke makes the head position a factor in maintaining the forward line of...

Breaststroke is the only stroke with a recovery that passes through the water rather than over it, leading to the...

In an effort to overcome drag, and increase forward motion, the breaststroke arm stroke has evolved immensely over...

Unlike other strokes, the kick in the breaststroke produces more forward motion than the arm stroke. It also has a...

Because drag is an inherent part of the breaststroke, achieving excellent body position is essential in maximizing the...

Coordinated backstroke unifies the individual actions of the stroke into a seamless effort forward. With each part...

Leverage in the backstroke adds potential power to the stroke, increases the range of motion at the beginning of the...

Without your face in the water, it would seem that breathing drills for backstroke are a low priority. The opposite is...

The opposition timing of the backstroke makes the arm stroke recovery an active part of the stroke. While resting the...

Of the many misconceptions about the backstroke arm stroke, the most common is that the arms remain straight...

An effective flutter kick is a significant part of an efficient backstroke. Although similar in its alternating motion...

  Learning to float well on the back is the first step in being comfortable with the backstroke. Good spinal...

A well-coordinated butterfly is a thing of beauty. The swimmer appears to move effortlessly through the water. Truly,...

Leverage makes the butterfly work. Using it is necessary to perpetuate the forward momentum of the stroke for any...

Breathing in the butterfly happens within the line of the stroke, so that the swimmer inhales when the upper body is...

The butterfly uses a simultaneous arm recovery over the surface of the water. It is this characteristic spread wing...

The path of the butterfly underwater arm stroke is similar to the freestyle arm stroke, only it is done with both arms...

The butterfly uses the dolphin kick, where the legs move up and down simultaneously resembling the action of a...

The best butterfliers combine grace and power in what seems like effortless forward motion. The primary point of...

There are many elements of the stroke technique that make up freestyle work in combination to produce coordinated...

Using leverage gives freestlyers an advantage. Instead of swimming flat, and depending on the small muscles of the...

Integrating the act of breathing into the stroke is a challenge. By timing the breath to the natural roll of the...

Although there are many effective styles of freestyle recovery, they all have common aspects of technique. They all...

With the long, sweeping, alternating arm action of the freestyle stroke, humans are capable of producing the most...

A productive flutter kick is part of a good freestyle. It provides constant momentum, and counterbalance to the arm...

An efficient freestyle is built on good body position. The way we float in the water is affected by our core tension....

WHEN TO USE DRILLS : -Because swimming drills are one of a swimmer's best tools for practicing toward efficient...

Swimming has been a part of the human experience throughout history. Little is known about the methods used by early...

Swimming is a complex sequence of actions. Like driving, playing guitar, or typing, multiple crucial actions are...

Olympic swimmers don't just dive into the pool like the rest of us. They start on a block called, appropriately...

Traditional high-volume model of training will not optimise performance It is probably fair to say that most swimmers...

The efficiency of your swimming stroke is the key to success as a competing or training swimmer. An efficient stroke...

The science of swimming is extremely complicated, involving the interaction of propulsive forces from the swimmer’s...

Although backstroke is unique in body positioning among the competitive strokes, the stroke phases can still be...

The primary difference between freestyle and butterfly is that the arms move in unison during butterfly whereas...

Freestyle As the hand enters into the water, the wrist and elbow follow and the arm is extended to the starting...

As with the other strokes the arm movements that take place during breaststroke are categorized as a propulsive phase...

Unless appropriate paces and intensities of work are prescribed for individuals, some swimmers may under-work while...

The usefulness of VO2 Max training has been a topic for a few years in the endurance sports world. At the elite...

The purpose of training programs in swimming is to produce metabolic, physiological and psychological changes that...

Swimming is one of the oldest and basic motor skills of a human. Humans probably started to imitate animal movements...

Recreational swimmers don't think too much about the precise arm motion that maximizes efficiency and power. Most are...

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Although super-high training volumes are the rule rather than the exception for swimmers, there' s solid evidence that...

The coach is an important person with his or her ability to observe and make subjective assessments of performance....

Sex Differences Males tend to swim faster than females. Women have higher percentage of body fat than men, whereas men...