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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
Course 2: June… Continue

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

One of our groups swam a T30 test set recently. This is where the athletes swim as far as they can in 30 mins. After the session I had some enquiries along the lines of, 'why haven't I improved?' and 'how do I get faster?' My response was are you sure you aren't faster?
'Well I am still in lane 1 and have not moved up.' This was an interesting observation that got me thinking.

The athlete is still in lane 1, and they were still swimming with the same swimmers, but as a coach I had been pleased… Continue

Sculling is a hand movement a swimmer can practice to help improve their feel for the water. Swimmers for years have spoken about acquiring and losing the feel for the water. When it is has been lost due to a period of illness/exams/holiday keeping the swimmer away from the pool, sculling drills are emphasised to help relearn the feel for the water.




Sculling movements help improve the feel for the water and the ability to hold onto the water. An improved feel for the water h… Continue

I believe the role of a coach is to create the right conditions for learning to happen and find ways to motivate the athletes. Most athletes are highly motivated and therefore the task is to maintain that motivation and to generate excitement and enthusiasm.

No matter what age group and l… Continue