I was asked by one of our Hamden North Haven Swim Team members this past week about DPS (Distance Per Stroke), and why we do this drill in practice. His thought was that DPS was essentially a pulling set and therefore we should just go into a pulling set and not do DPS. My thought was, . . . → Read More: Freestyle Drill – Distance Per Stroke
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This, I promise will be one of those short and sweet posts for freestyle technique! There are several methods of thought out there with regard to hand position and placement during the entry phase of freestyle. In my travels throughout the swimming world, I have come to agree almost whole-heartedly with one of those schools of thought. . . . → Read More: Freestyle Hand Placement I know this is somewhat redundant and as you read it turns into a bit of a swimming coach’s rambling thoughts on a late night before Master’s Swim Team in the morning, but I want to stress the importance of an Early Vertical Forearm in proper Freestyle Technique! As I mentioned in the previous post, the . . . → Read More: Early Vertical Forearm There are several types of coaches out there, but the common thing that I hope you hear when asking about freestyle technique is the importance of swimming with your forearms! As all of my Hamden North Haven Swim Team (the YMCA Typhoons) know, I stress technique as much as anything else that we do in practice. In my . . . → Read More: Over The Barrel – Early Vertical Forearm As I was browsing through a couple of the swimming forums, I came by a post that had some ideas of Michael Phelps and his workouts. I am curious to know if they are the actual workouts or a generic idea of his workout(s). Either way, I hope all of the Hamden North Haven Swim Team . . . → Read More: Michael Phelps’ Workout There are several swimmers out there that have had, or are having shoulder issues/injuries. However, the debate right now in a lot of forums and social networking sites is if these shoulder injuries are preventable in swimmers. For me, personally and professionally, I absolutley think that a majority of the shoulder injuries can be prevented and/or . . . → Read More: Shoulder Injury As I was searching through the swimming forums today I came by a great video of Michael Phelps doing a vertical dolphin kick during practice. This, in my opinion, is one of the best ways to train for a dolphin kick, or any other type of kick because you are able to feel the entire movement . . . → Read More: Phelps Vertical Kick In a number of the social networking forums that I participate in have been talking/debating how to properly breath during freestyle. From these debates there are generally two schools of thought: When you take a breath, hold your breath as long as you can throughout your strokes. So, which one is the right technique . . . → Read More: Freestyle Breathing The following video really shows how the backstroke should be done! Notice how the body rolls from one axis to the next pulling nice and deep while pushing the water as far down as possible. Also, notice how close the shoulder gets to the chin and how the head stays almost completely still! The last thing . . . → Read More: Backstroke Technique The following video is a good example of how we (the Hamden North Haven YMCA Typhoons) start to learn the freestyle catch up drill. The swimmer demonstrates an excellent streamline position which is something that we stress. However, things to remember that this swimmer has a difficult time doing: Rolling to and through the other hand; your . . . → Read More: Hamden North Haven Swim Team – Basic Finger Drag Drill |
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