Over a long career as a competitive swimmer, I have won a few and lost a few...
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One of the most important uses of drills is to change muscle memory. To maximize the effectiveness...
Managing pool chemicals can get confusing and more complicated than most non-pool professionals realize. Read on to...
On a regular basis I cruise the internet, looking for swimming blogs, videos, educational material, articles, well...
The dictionary defines resilience as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Resilience is an important...
“Regular exposure to chlorine and minerals can cause lasting damage to your hair. Chlorine strips your hair...
Swimming is constantly messed up by human’s unfortunate need to breathe. Think how much easier and faster...
Muscle memory is a function of each muscle in our body. Each cell in our muscles remembers...
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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...
Many of you have heard from your coaches, or individual reading to work on your distance per...
Last week when I sat thinking about the breaststroke for my blog, I struggled with what others...
In the 60s, I remember hearing breaststroke called “rest stroke” and was often seen being used by...
There are a few items I want everyone to understand about training snorkels: First, don’t go grab...
Paddles are my favorite training tool. They are great for teaching stroke mechanics and are also an...
Bilateral breathing is a freestyle term made popular in swimming circles by Total Immersion, but the idea...
Race Pace Training or RPT has gathered a lot of attention over the last few years. But...
Many of my triathletes over the years have commented to me: “Why should I bother learning to...
Do you skip the warm-up and jump in during the preset? You know who you are. Warm-ups...
Really, pull buoys are not one size fits all. Don’t just grab anyone from the bin on...
Pull buoys are a great tool. As a coach, I have my swimmers use them regularly, but...
Distance freestyle the 5th stroke. Most folks talk about the four competitive strokes, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and...
Interval, interval, interval! Most of us have hear the old adage in real-estate; The three most important...
Where to start? I always found writing the first sentence of anything the toughest part. I guess...