Over a long career as a competitive swimmer, I have won a few and lost a few over the years. But, most of my favorite things about swimming have...
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Managing pool chemicals can get confusing and more complicated than most non-pool professionals realize. Read on to bust some of the myths I hear all the time: Your pool...
On a regular basis I cruise the internet, looking for swimming blogs, videos, educational material, articles, well pretty much anything. I have learned one important lesson that I want...
The dictionary defines resilience as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Resilience is an important concept for a successful multi-day meet. When you are training hard, your...
“Regular exposure to chlorine and minerals can cause lasting damage to your hair. Chlorine strips your hair of the natural oils that lubricate and protect it. Once the oils...
Swimming is constantly messed up by human’s unfortunate need to breathe. Think how much easier and faster we would be if we just didn’t need to breathe. Breathing, in...
Muscle memory is a function of each muscle in our body. Each cell in our muscles remembers position and tension. These muscles allow us to make complex motions like...
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The Value of Paddles
Paddles are my favorite training tool. They are great for teaching stroke mechanics and are also an important tool in training. For as much as I like paddles, it...
Many of you have heard from your coaches, or individual reading to work on your distance per stroke. Distance per stroke is generally defined as how far (space) you...
Last week when I sat thinking about the breaststroke for my blog, I struggled with what others will think about my emphasis on adduction (that is, the motion of...