Over a long career as a competitive swimmer, I have won a few and...
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The Value of Paddles
Paddles are my favorite training tool. They are great for teaching stroke mechanics and...
Many of you have heard from your coaches, or individual reading to work on...
Last week when I sat thinking about the breaststroke for my blog, I struggled...
In the 60s, I remember hearing breaststroke called “rest stroke” and was often seen...
There are a few items I want everyone to understand about training snorkels: First,...
Paddles are my favorite training tool. They are great for teaching stroke mechanics and...
Bilateral breathing is a freestyle term made popular in swimming circles by Total Immersion,...
Race Pace Training or RPT has gathered a lot of attention over the last...
Many of my triathletes over the years have commented to me: “Why should I...
Do you skip the warm-up and jump in during the preset? You know who...
Really, pull buoys are not one size fits all. Don’t just grab anyone from...
Pull buoys are a great tool. As a coach, I have my swimmers use...
Distance freestyle the 5th stroke. Most folks talk about the four competitive strokes, butterfly,...
Interval, interval, interval! Most of us have hear the old adage in real-estate; The...
Where to start? I always found writing the first sentence of anything the toughest...