Everybody has dealt with the sun completely blinding them while swimming outside. There’s no way around it. You can’t swim outdoors and expect the sun to not peak through every now again, so what can you do to help? Here’s 3 quick tips to help you swim FASTER in the sun: 1.) Wear Mirrored Goggles […]
Freestyle is the fastest swimming stroke with the 100m world record standing at an astonishing 46.91 held by César Cielo. With that said, you might be asking yourself how you can become a faster Freestyle swimmer and edge closer to becoming the next person to break a big record- whether it be your championship meet […]
Welcome back to our series on Undulation in Butterfly. This week we are going to dig deeper into the undulating motion in the Butterfly stroke to specifically discuss the two styles of undulating. Normally when I bring up this topic most coaches didn’t even realize that there are two different ways to undulate – but […]
If you watch any elite Butterfly swimmer—from Phelps to today’s top age-group stars—you’ll notice one thing immediately: the wave. That smooth, controlled body-line motion is what coaches call undulation in the Butterfly, and it’s a crucial part of the stroke. But here’s the question I get all the time: Should every swimmer undulate while Butterfly […]
Backstroke is the third fastest stroke, after Butterfly and Freestyle, and is also one of the most complex due to the obvious fact that it’s swum on your back. In today’s article, we’ll look at how you can improve in this stroke without actually swimming more of it. Instead, we’ll look at something you have […]
Did you know that Butterfly is the fastest (in terms of speed) of the 4 strokes? However, due to the high energy demands of the stroke, it falls behind Freestyle in the grand scheme of things. In today’s article, we’ll look at 5 Butterfly Stroke Swimming Exercises that you can do to become a FASTER […]
Throughout quarantine, I’ve realized there are TONS of swim coaches out there looking to better understand social media. I’ve had tons of coaches reach out to me to help them learn how to better connect with their swimmers and promote their team through the online realm. While this type of work environment is nothing new […]
What if I told you that you could become a FASTER Breaststroke swimmer, not by spending more time in the pool, but by spending more time outside of it – in the gym, on the “Dryland” as swimmers like to call it! As we all know, Breaststroke is one of the most power-intensive strokes in […]
Quarantine? Yeah, we get it. It’s getting pretty rough. The exciting news is (some) states are starting to look like they are going to open up soon. The bad news is other states aren’t! No matter where you are in the USA or world, I figured I’d go ahead and write up a short blog […]
Welcome back to Episode 5 of our Social Isolation Podcast. This week, our podcast is broken up into 3 videos. The first video is specifically focusing on the importance of dryland workouts for swimmers and how Harlee Elite’s Head Coach, Alex Clarke, incorporates dryland with his swimmers during their regular training cycle. The second video […]
There’s LOADS and LOADS of blogs out there describing the BEST dryland exercises for swimmers. You could almost spend hours, if not days searching through the web on resistance band exercises, dryland training tools, and fitness tips for swimmers stuck in quarantine at this time — but, what most of these blogs are missing is […]
All, welcome back to Episode 4 of the Social Isolation Podcast. This week, we are back with Nate Knopf talking about the GREATEST Rivalry that never happened (aka Michael Phelps SWIMMING Ian Thorpe)! And yes, for you swimming nerds out there– we are aware of one race, where both men took the stage in the […]
