Training Advice for Everyone
One of my swimmers is moving out of the area. He and I have been working together for over 2 years and he’s made incredible progress. Here were some suggestions[…]
Category: Swimming
Drills and Focal Points – Reality: A Reflection or Actual?
Recently, I got this comment on one of my dryland recovery drill videos: Comment: When you are showing the dry land elbow position, your hand is dangling below and if[…]
Dryland Recovery Practice with Scapular Plane Drill Start
Hey swimmers! Are you having trouble with your recovery? Finding it difficult to move your arm properly from the stroke back’s finish forward to the entry point? Many swimmers have[…]
Adventures in Risky Focal Points
This week I had a client whose 2BK I was trying to tune. Overall, he was swimming pretty well. But something about his propulsion just wasn’t right and he was[…]
A Discussion on Catch
I just recently had a client who was asking about the catch and how to execute the stroke back from there. Here is a video going through some elements of[…]
Recovery as Propulsion
I thought I’d give a little bit more discussion on recovery’s role in propulsion. It’s likely a new concept for many people; I discovered it first when I watched Bill[…]
Dryland New Recovery Practice
Following on my discussion on a new recovery practice we are working with at workshops and the great results I got from it in my own swimming, here is a[…]
New Recovery Practice
Check out my new recovery video on Youtube: I’ve been watching it in action at Mandy McDougal and Stuart McDougal‘s Total Immersion weekend workshops, and it works incredibly well. Note[…]
Total Immersion: The Finish
A quick video on the “Finish” where the hand in the water stroking back reaches the end and exits the water:
Total Immersion: Can’t Seem to Get the 2BK? Try Cross Crawling
If you’re finding that 2BK coordination is difficult, give this a try…. The kicking practice i typically use with first timers of 2BK is simply, use both hands and hold[…]