Practice leads to Improvement!

By swimlab | December 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Practice leads to Improvement!
Our personal trainers provide customized swim training programs tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you are training for a triathlon, looking to improve your stroke technique, or aiming to increase your swimming endurance, our trainers will design a program that suits your abilities and aspirations.

Practice leads to improvement if the practice environment is conducive learning and embedding new muscle memory.  The video clip below shows one of our Total Immersion Ultra Efficient Freestyle groups practicing their skills that were set for homework! Over this 3 week TI Level 1.0 program, swimmers are given a progressive sequence of skills and drills,…

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Dry Land Swim Practice for Freestyle Arm Recovery

By swimlab | December 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Dry Land Swim Practice for Freestyle Arm Recovery
Our personal trainers provide customized swim training programs tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you are training for a triathlon, looking to improve your stroke technique, or aiming to increase your swimming endurance, our trainers will design a program that suits your abilities and aspirations.

Dry Land swim practice’s are a great way to improve your swimming skills and knowledge. Using either horizontal, vertical or ‘leaning’ position the swimmer is able to practice on a solid, stable surface, rather than in the unstable environment of the water.   Benefits of Dry Land Swim Practice   The movement can be carried…

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Total Immersion Level 1.0 Effortless Endurance Program – is it right for me?

By swimlab | November 6, 2018 | Comments Off on Total Immersion Level 1.0 Effortless Endurance Program – is it right for me?
SwimLab aims to create a positive and encouraging atmosphere, fostering a love for swimming while promoting water safety and skill development. By enrolling in a SwimLab swimming class, you can embark on a journey of improvement, enjoyment, and personal achievement in the water.

The Total Immersion Level 1.0 Effortless Endurance program is our most popular and transformative freestyle program.  It is a stroke building program, that aims to deconstruct and then reconstruct new muscle memory and optimal movement patterns that abide by the laws of physics (of the human body in water). It helps a wide range of…

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What a drag! Understanding one of the biggest hurdles in your swimming

By swimlab | September 29, 2016 | Comments Off on What a drag! Understanding one of the biggest hurdles in your swimming
Our personal trainers provide customized swim training programs tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you are training for a triathlon, looking to improve your stroke technique, or aiming to increase your swimming endurance, our trainers will design a program that suits your abilities and aspirations.

    Do you want to swim more efficiently, faster or further, but find your stroke too exhausting, unsustainable or deteriorates over time? Probably the biggest issue for adult learner, improver and even advanced swimmers, in some cases, is the ‘drag’ effect, created by sinking hips and legs. Reduce your ‘drag’ and you will: improve…

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Universal Swimming Challenges

By swimlab | August 27, 2016 | Comments Off on Universal Swimming Challenges
Our personal trainers provide customized swim training programs tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you are training for a triathlon, looking to improve your stroke technique, or aiming to increase your swimming endurance, our trainers will design a program that suits your abilities and aspirations.

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…

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Freestyle Arm Recovery

By swimlab | September 24, 2015 | Comments Off on Freestyle Arm Recovery
Our personal trainers provide customized swim training programs tailored to your specific needs and goals. Whether you are training for a triathlon, looking to improve your stroke technique, or aiming to increase your swimming endurance, our trainers will design a program that suits your abilities and aspirations.

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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