Technique - (Tag)

5 Drills to Improve Your Underwaters: Improving a Key Aspect of Racing Underwaters are one of the most important parts of a race. That fact is confirmed by watching any elite-level swim. The fastest swimmers stay underwater for an extended period, using strong, powerful kicks to propel themselves fa...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by CommitSwimming.com! This week’s set is a warm-up for your sprinters to work on waking them up and getting them tuned into their body position, sprint stroke, and tempo. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 300 as 50 f...

5 Reasons Why MVP Stands For Most Valuable Practices In College Swimming and Diving By Gigi Picard, Swimming World College Intern For college athletes, the future fall of 2020 has brought new meaning to the phrase "you never know what you got till it's gone." In case you’ve been living under a rock,...

Backstroke to Breaststroke: Which Turn is Right For You? The transition from backstroke to breaststroke in the individual medley has become a major topic of discussion in the swimming world over the past decade. The crossover turn has largely dominated the competitive scene, favored almost unanimous...

By Shweta Krishnan, Swimming World Magazine Intern Swimming is widely regarded as the most-watched sport every four years at the Summer Olympics. While swimmers recognize the demands of the sport, those who simply take a dip are unaware of the rigors swimming places on its competitive participants. ...

6 Ways To Improve Your Flip Turn By Annie Grevers How many times have you been told to be quicker on your walls? Not to hesitate before flipping? Get your feet around faster? Probably quite a few times. Turns are not merely a fun accessory in swimming. They're a crucial part of our sport. How many t...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by CommitSwimming.com! This week’s set works on improving two of the key elements of sprinting: starts and breakouts. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 5 Rounds: 1 x 25 → ski jump for distance from blocks into an und....

By Niki Urquidi, Swimming World College Intern As the swimming world evolves, so does the training and racing equipment. While most - if not all - swimmers are familiar with the common fins, pull buoy and paddle routine, here is a list of a few pieces of equipment that may not be as commonly known b...

Swimming Technique Concepts It is only natural to think a world-record swim is a clear indication of technical proficiency...at least until the next world-record swim. A better—and more useful—approach is to consider the biomechanical principles that form the foundation for technical proficiency. Ap...

By Maggie Lasto, Swimming World College Intern. With just around 20 days until winter, it’s hard not to have snow, break and holiday cheer on the brain. But with most teams approaching mid-season taper meets, it’s important to keep focused, work on technique and rehearse good habits. Becoming lazy, ...

Inge de Bruijn's 53.80sec World Record over 100m freestyle in Sheffield 20 years ago to the week marked the fifth of five world records she clocked in 8 days and 6 in 14 days. If her pace, including two global standards in half an hour this day, May 26, was unexpected at the time, so too was the Dut...

Swimming Technique Concepts: High Elbow or Deep Catch? Two phrases that are commonly used for technique instruction are “high elbow” and “deep catch.” While these terms are not incorrect —either separately or jointly— their lack of precision leaves great opportunity for misinterpretation. For exampl...

Swimming Technique Concepts: Head Position and Motion This series of articles on developing an optimal model for technique began with addressing the concepts of bodysize and shape (SW July). Last month’s article (SW Aug) considered the impact of body rotation on body size and shape. This month’s art...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set Of The Week! This week’s set is bungee sprints, a short sprint set designed to work on power, tempo, and most off of “feeling” fast. Check out the set and the accompanying description below: 2 Rounds Each Swimmer (4 total): 2 x 25 w/ a bungee on :45 #1: from a dive,.....

SwimmersBest.com is using video and graphics to educate swimmers and coaches about technique. Here are a few of their videos. To learn more visit SwimmersBest.com Sneak Hands on Breaststroke Lead Hand Stability Getting Started with 1FastCatch Training Minimal W...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Stations: The Beloved Swim Workout (Includes Sample) By Maggie Lasto, Swimming World College Intern. It's no secret that swimming can get monotonous at times. With their faces in the water, swimmers often find themselves singing songs, studying, or planning for their next birthday to pass the tim.....

4 Ways to Improve Your Freestyle By Jacob Riley Freestyle is a complicated stroke because it's the resting stroke that everybody seems to do differently. Some people look like they're flailing with pizzaz, some people look so elegant that there is no way they're going fast, and some people just find...

The latest issue of Swimming Technique Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault!  Non-Subscribers can click here to download for $5.95. The third of four installments of Swimming Technique has arrived for the summer months! The newest issue continues the discourse on traine...

Commentary By Eamonn Keenan, Swimming World College Intern. Many of America's top yards swimmers perform equally as fast in meters, but why are some of the most elite short course swimmers far less dominant in the big pool? This is a difficult question to answer - as many variables are at play - but...