Swim Tech Video: clenched fist drill
Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock introduces a drill which involves removing capacity in one area to improve your overall swim stroke. That might sound counter-intuitive you’ll be amazed at the results!
Swim Training
Swim Tech Video: head for the swimming pool
With the open water racing and training season now well and truly over, Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock has some thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and a video to help get you back to the swimming pool and off to the right start in your Autumn/Winter training.
Swim Tech Video: the catch phase
Swim for Tri’s head coach, Dan Bullock, works through the catch phase – a critical part of efficient front crawl technique.
Swim Tech Video: the black line drill
Swim for Tri’s Dan Bullock shows you how the black lines in your swimming pool can be a great training aid for open water swimming
Swim Tech Video: full stroke
Dan Bullock, Head Coach at Swim for Tri, keeps us on poolside again this week to watch a video of the full freestyle (front crawl) stroke in action.
Swim Tech Video: torpedo drill
Dan Bullock, Head Coach at Swim for Tri takes us out of the water this week to look at someone else swimming the Torpedo Drill. Watch, learn and then go do it yourself! This is an excellent drill as it allows swimmers to focus on their full body rotation and kick without having to worry about the timing and execution of the pull and recovery phase of the arms.
Done in an hour: swimming
James Beckinsale looks at three swim sessions that are designed to improve your technique, your race preparation and your open water swimming. All of these can be fitted into that magic hour as long as you focus on the task in hand.
