By Torrey Hart March 31st, 2019 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. March’s drill comes to us from Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club Senior Performance and National Coach Tomas Mendez. Mendez…
By SwimSwam Partner Content December 01st, 2019 courtesy of ONEswim.com, a SwimmersBest brand Historically (and incorrectly) the swim industry has defined our kick muscles as either ‘propulsive’ (i.e kicking a football) or ‘recovery’ (i.e a donkey kick). However, modern science continues to show that our ‘recovery’ muscle chain can provide over 30% of our leg…
By Torrey Hart March 04th, 2019 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. February’s drill comes to us from Loggerhead Aquatics coaches Matej Tomas, a hall of fame swimmer at Fairmont…
By SwimSwam Partner Content January 22nd, 2020 courtesy of ONEswim.com, a SwimmersBest brand Underwater undulations, or the 5th Stroke, is arguably the most important area of growth in the competitive swimming industry for the foreseeable future. From the early advancement made by Jesse Vassallo, David Berkoff, Missy Hyman and coach Bob Gillett, the importance of…
By Torrey Hart January 30th, 2019 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. January’s drill comes to us from triathlete Eliot Scymanski, former Franklin & Marshall and Dartmouth College assistant swimming…
By Torrey Hart January 15th, 2019 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. December’s drill comes to us from Stephanie Wiswell, director of aquatics and middle and high school swim coach…
By SwimSwam Partner Content November 04th, 2019 Courtesy of ONESWIM.COM, a SWIMMERSBEST brand. Increasingly it is clear that underwater undulations continue to become more and more important in competitive swimming. You must develop and strengthen your Fifth Stroke. However, a factor often overlooked is the development of power and hyper streamline glides off of each…
By Shawn Klosterman November 28th, 2018 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. Head Coach Gilberto Junior at O2 Performance Aquatics in Irving, Texas breaks out the notebook in a different…
By Shawn Klosterman October 31st, 2018 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. At Berzerker Swimming we do our best to focus on distance per stroke with our younger age groups,…
By Reid Carlson September 30th, 2018 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. This month, Coach Ben Lee brings us the drill known as Karla Breaststroke, a unique combination of butterfly…
By SwimSwam Partner Content September 20th, 2018 Swimming training courtesy of SwimmersBest, a SwimSwam partner Competitive swimming relies heavily on the kick of each stroke. While science may show that the kick only provides 10% of the propulsion, it is still a crucial aspect in your race pace. During practice, the kick is also essential…
By Shawn Klosterman August 30th, 2018 SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.” This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea submissions from various creative and innovative coaches all over the world. This month, Coach Tomasz Sobek brings us what he calls his position 11 drill for butterfly. He says,…
