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PB Swimming Editor's Blog – October 2008 Archive (2)
Sculling
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… Continue
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… Continue
Added by PB Swimming Editor on October 30, 2008 at 9:30am — 7 Comments
Swimming stats - Why coaches test and why you should record
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… Continue
'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… Continue
Added by PB Swimming Editor on October 17, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments
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