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Having good technique is the key to developing a more efficient swim stroke and drills are the key to good technique. You need to do drills regularly to see significant improvement in technique and the best way to ensure that you do them consistently is to build them into your warm-up or warm-down programme. If you train with a club, you will also experience many coaches incorporating drills into specific main set sessions.

Here are 5 swimming drills to help you unlock your full potenti… Continue

Many triathletes find swimming in open water a nerve racking experience involving poor visibility, waves, currents, cooler temperatures and the hustle of mass starts. As a result, it’s not uncommon for athletes to experience anxiety or panic. Open water does take some getting used to but here are three tips to ensure your transition from pool to open water is a smooth one.

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Want to get quicker over 1,500 metres? Try introducing this 1,500 metre timed session into your training programme. Adjust the target times depending upon what total time you are aiming to complete a 1,500 metre swim. I've provided examples based on completing 1,500 metres in 22.5mins or 20mins.

Warm up - 400m including some catch-up.

Main set - 5 x 300m as below. Holding times for each set of 300m.

Target time for

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Swimfortri have just released details of their 2009 summer open water training sessions:

Location
Serpentine Lido, Hyde Park, London

Wednesday evening at the Serpentine
Course 1: June 3rd, June 10th, June 17th
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A swim concept that will help further develop a great feel for the water is sculling. I like to think that swim drills either restrict bad habits or encourage good habits. Sculling encourages movements of the hand that help improve the feel for the water and the ability to hold onto the water.

Pathway of the hands
Swim coaches will lecture about how the hand movements under the water are always from slow at the front of the stroke to fast at the back of the stroke. This makes sense to av… Continue