GoSwim GoldSwimming Pic - March 8, 2012 - Pushoff!
2 commentsThe intensity and integrity of every one of your pushoffs, should be this good.
Main Set Groundhog's Day
Here's a set for Groundhog's Day that combines teamwork and a lot of underwater breath control.
Main Set Shortest Day - December 22, 2011
How to celebrate the shortest day of the year (Winter Soltice is at 5:30 UTC on December 22, 2011)? With short sets of 25s!
Main Set Wednesday - December 14, 2011
Short set in every stroke today, including a very short butterfly set that keeps popping up....
Turns - Streamline Jumps
What's the single most important thing you can do to improve your swimming? Streamline!
Swimming Picture of the Week - September 16, 2010
These pictures are of the pool where we've just started swimming.
Turns - Pushoff Target
We can never stress enough the importance of good streamlining and push offs. Here's a quick trick to demand focus from your swimmers, both in and out of the walls.
All-Strokes - Simple Streamline
This simple skill is quite possibly the MOST important skill in all of swimming. While I know we've covered this before, after spending the summer coaching young swimmers at swim camps, it can't be stressed enough.
Turns - Tech Suit Turns. The last hurrah!
This drill is sent out to all our friends heading to US Masters Nationals in Atlanta this week. This will be pretty much the last weekend for the tech-suit era and, love 'em or hate 'em, they've made quite an impact on the sport.
Turns - Learning the Underwater Dolphin - Step 1
There are few things in swimming that cross the lines of all strokes, but learning the underwater dolphin is certainly the most important.
Training - Lezak Pullouts
Whenever we have a chance to work with a great athlete, we always learn little tidbits that keep the sport fun. Jason Lezak shared with us a story of his training at Rose Bowl Aquatics in which they did 8 x 200 meters, with 8 "pullouts" at the end of each length.
Turns - Tennessee Turns
Way back in the mid 1970s, the University of Tennessee was one of the powerhouses of NCAA swimming. They were famous all over the world for their ability to start, and turn.
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All Strokes - The Crutch
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GoSwimTV.com Uploads January 11, 2012
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Taking Pride in the Agony
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I think I can understand this kind of feeling and even if I'm not yet a competitive swimmer (I hope I'll make it to be a master swimmer i... more » -
Swimming Pic of the Week - Jessica Again & Someone Special
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Backstroke - Pulling on the Lane Line Again
by Windrath 4 days ago
I like this drill, but, as Glenn, says, you really do need to watch the swimmers do it. There is a huge tendency, in the attempt to be... more » -
Taking Pride in the Agony
by Glenn Mills 4 days ago
Sorry Al. We'll have to agree to disagree. Training for greatness unfortunately isn't fun. Competitive swimmers training to reach thei... more » -
Taking Pride in the Agony
by Al Kubeluis 4 days ago
Hi Glenn ... Agony means intense physical pain or mental anguish. If this is what you mean, then I disagree with you. "Living in ago... more » -
Charlotte UltraSwim 2012 Highlight
by Lucas Ferreira 4 days ago
What a great swim! And getting her hand in the wall first in that close of a race! She's definitely put her in the mix for a spot in Lond... more » -
Backstroke - Pulling on the Lane Line Again
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Permission to pull on the rope? My kids will love this! more » -
Backstroke - Pulling on the Lane Line Again
by RomainR 4 days ago
That's would be great to have two lane lines near one of the other and pull on both...just for the drill...or maybe for every time I swim... more »
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