Golf vs Swimming
I’ve taken up golf recently, and I’ve really noticed the similarities between golf and swimming. Both sports require finesse, concentration, and practice to get right. Further, neither sport requires you to train excessively to build up muscle strength to make any major improvements. Here are some specific ways that swimming is like golf: 1. Head [...]
Read More Of This Article...The Key to Triathlon Swimming: Learning to Swim on Your Side
Most kids learn to swim flat in the water, with little to no hip rotation. But swimmers who participate in triathlons and open water swims must often change their stroke to involve more side-swimming to conserve energy, to swim faster, and to get through rough water easier. The method of swimming from side to side [...]
Read More Of This Article...Interview with Olympic Gold Medalist Sheila Taormina – Podcast #30
In this episode, I discuss a dryland exercise you can incorporate into your swim, and my interview with Sheila Taormina. References: Sign up for the Tri Swim Coach newsletter at: www.triswimlessons.com or http://triswimcoachonline.com Please comment on this podcast! Tri Swim Coach podcast comments: Click here to open up itunes and add a rating/comment! Music: Nickelback- [...]
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Can you do a triathlon if you don’t know how to swim?
The short answer is “no,” but there’s no time like the present to learn! If you are a true beginner, you need a couple of months to get up to par to complete a sprint or short-distance triathlon. Your goals should be: maximizing your time in the water, finding a good swim coach or instructor, [...]
Read More Of This Article...Sheila Taormina & Faster Freestyle
I had the pleasure of meeting former gold medalist, and the only woman to compete in 4 Olympics (in 3 sports!), Sheila Taormina on Saturday. http://sheilat.com My friends Greg & Melissa were doing a video shoot for a swimming product they are developing, and Sheila is their first swimming model. The day was a great [...]
Read More Of This Article...Recycling an old debate: Short fast strokes vs. Long gliding Part 2/2
continued from Part 1 So what do you do? Always use long, gliding strokes, and forget about having a fast turnover? Since the open water, and especially the ocean, presents many new challenges to your stroke, I would not recommend going with a policy of “always” using long strokes in freestyle. Sometimes waves or competition [...]
Read More Of This Article...Recycling an old debate: Short fast strokes vs. Long gliding Part 1/2
New developments in freestyle swimming stroke technique come about every few years or so. With new technology we are starting to figure out the most minute details of someone’s stroke that could be holding them back. For someone like Michael Phelps who is swimming a lot of 200 meter sprint races, some of these small [...]
Read More Of This Article...Triathlon Swim Technique: Long strokes or high turnover?
I just watched a video done by Swim Smooth on the variety of stroke rates among freestylers: Swim Smooth: What is an efficient freestyle stroke? I think he made some good points, that not everyone HAS to swim with a long stroke in order to be efficient in the water and perfect their triathlon swim [...]
Read More Of This Article...Kara Lynn Joyce (American Record Holder) Shows Us Freestyle
There’s some awesome shots in this video that we can all learn from (except for the part where she’s using a dreaded kick board!)
Read More Of This Article...Freestyle and Backstroke Drills
It’s great to combine these two strokes, even if you are primarily training for a freestyle event.
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