Swim strokes

You feel it the moment you enter the water. Your heart pounds, your muscles contract, your lungs tighten up! Fortunately, that feeling doesn’t last for long. A few minutes later, you’ve moved beyond that initial shock (and temperature change) and float into a world where swimming freestyle is almost as comfortable as walking. Water is

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Let me introduce to you the classic swimming stroke of all times, the Breaststroke! Breaststroke is believed to be the oldest of all strokes but it still remains popular in both recreational swimming as well as competitive swimming. The health benefits of breaststroke definitely plays an important role to its survival in the swimming scene.

Great freestylers know that technique counts just as much as power and strength when swimming. Learn how to improve your freestyle stroke with these tips.

Ready to take your freestyle technique to the next level? Here’s a look at the most common freestyle technique errors and some drills and tips to fix them. Click on the link below and take your freestyle swimming to the next level!

In this article, we’ll provide advice, exercises, hacks and tips on developing your swimming core. #Swimming Core #Core Development

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The butterfly stroke needs no introduction. It is infamously difficult to learn and even harder to master. However, it is definitely worth putting in time and effort to learn this stroke. Why is that so?

Have you ever wondered "How do I improve my freestyle stroke?". Well fear not here are some freestyle drills that you can do to improve your stroke and swim like a pro.

five different drills to be included in your weekly training plan (consisting of five training sessions), each of which focusing on different basic aspects of the freestyle swim stroke.

Oh, what did I hear you say? You think you can get away with sub-par breathing techniques if you’re doing the back float? Unfortunately, you can’t. Without proper breathing techniques, you wouldn’t even be able to float! Fret not, as I’m here to run you through 6 useful tips that can help with that.

Here we provide hacks, tips and drills on improving the freestyle kicking technique, a sometimes undervalued competitive swimming skill.

Images of critical positions within the stroke cycle with cues for optimal butterfly swimming technique

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