Posts Tagged ‘swimming technique’
Balance: The Essential Foundation of Efficient Swimming
Balance: The Essential Foundation of Efficient Swimming This is an awesome read for swimmers and coaches. Balance is a non negotiable foundation for any sporting movement. Have you ever seen a world class golfer, tennis player, cricketer, track and field athlete perform their sweet spot move in an unbalanced position??? Every move of precision is…
Read MoreSwimming Control and Stability
Swimming with control, stability and balance, are key for an adult onset swimmer to capture as early as possible in a lesson sequence; they obviously serve as the foundation on which to build a solid and efficient stroke. Without movement control and, understanding how to stabilise the body in a very unstable medium (water), a…
Read MoreUniversal Swimming Challenges
Why does swimming present as such a challenging activity? What are the Universal Swimming Challenges faced by all human bodies in water? Well, lets think about a few things that happen to our bodies (and brains) when we hit the water. We are no longer on/over our centre of gravity, but hanging from it Humans…
Read MoreFreestyle Arm Recovery
Practicing freestyle arm recovery whilst in a stable standing position can help raise your awareness of The overall movement pattern Muscle group engagement Joint range of motion The aim of the Recovery Sequence To get the brain operating a controlled elbow led recovery – not a hand swing To feel the full trajectory of the elbow recovery…
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