A lot of swimmers, especially young ones and beginners, tend to rotate to much or they rise their heads up while breathing in freestyle. Swimmers who do that mistake lose balance and they don't swim straight which leads to neck pain and loss of speed. We all know that the better the technique the better we work out. With that in mind, I'll post various swimming workouts that will help you improve your swimming technique as well as challenge you aerobically. If you have any questions about the workout or the format that I'll use to write it, please make a comment or pm me.
Showing posts with label freestyle swimming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freestyle swimming. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Low profile breathing swimming workout
A lot of swimmers, especially young ones and beginners, tend to rotate to much or they rise their heads up while breathing in freestyle. Swimmers who do that mistake lose balance and they don't swim straight which leads to neck pain and loss of speed. We all know that the better the technique the better we work out. With that in mind, I'll post various swimming workouts that will help you improve your swimming technique as well as challenge you aerobically. If you have any questions about the workout or the format that I'll use to write it, please make a comment or pm me. 
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Dawn Fraser's story
Dawn Fraser (born 4 September 1937) is an iconic Australian swimmer and a former politician. She was the first woman to win gold medals in the same event (100 m free) in three consecutive Olympics (1956, 1960, 1964). From 1956 to1964 she broke the women's world record for the 100 m freestyle race nine successive times, and her mark of 58.9 sec (1964) was unbroken until 1972.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Common mistakes during the insweep, upsweep, and release in freestyle
This is the last post on the mistakes during the armstroke in freestyle series and it will cover the insweep, the upsweep and the release. You can find the rest posts of these series here (recovery and entry) and here (downsweep).
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
What can go wrong during the downsweep in freestyle
Today we're going to discuss the mistakes that swimmers usually do during the downsweep in freestyle. The most common of them are to drop the elbow, to maintain the arm in an extended position, to slide the hand out to the side too much, and to slide the arm out to the side too little.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Common mistakes during the recovery and entry in freestyle
As you already know the armstroke in freestyle is divided into seven parts: the entry and stretch, the downsweep, the catch, the insweep, the upsweep, the release and the recovery. Today we're going to discuss a few common mistakes that swimmers do during the recovery and the entry. Making these adjustments is important to improve your technique.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Four easy steps to freestyle [video]
Today's post is about freestyle and how to learn it for the beginners or improve it for intermediate swimmers. It’s something I wanted to post for a long time now but since the swimming facility in my home town was closed for eight months it was impossible. In the following video I present 3 freestyle drills that will help you learn how to breathe properly and how to move your body during this stroke. Before you start practicing these drills you should be able to balance in the water and can put your face in the water.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Neck pain in swimming
One of the most common injuries in swimming is neck injury. Although swimming is a low impact exercise, it depends heavily on technique. That means that swimming badly will affect not only your speed and efficiency but will also lead to pain and stiffness. Neck pain and headache can be the result of several factors associated to your technique. Swimmers who suffer from neck injuries feel a constant, dull ache that may be present in the back of the head, top of forehead, behind the eye, in the temple region or less commonly, around the jaw or ear. Usually associated with neck pain, stiffness and difficulty turning the neck. Other symptoms may be present such as numbness, dizziness, nausea or light headedness.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
"The Albatross" story
Michael Gross (born 17 June 1964), was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a former swimmer from Germany. He is 201 centimeters (6 feet, 7 inches) tall, and was called "The Albatross", among fellow swimmers, swimmers fans, and coaches, due to his especially long arms that gave him a total span of 2.13 meters. Gross, who was competing for West Germany, won three Olympic gold medals, two in 1984 and one in 1988 in the freestyle and butterfly events, in addition to two World Championship titles in 1982, two in 1986 and one in 1991.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Matt Biondi's story
Matt Biondi, who was born October 8th 1965, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder and swimming legend. Biondi competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1984, 1988 and 1992, winning a total of eleven medals (eight gold, two silver and one bronze). During his career, he set seven individual world records (three in the 50-meter freestyle and four in the 100-meter freestyle). Biondi is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.
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