California Travel
A couple shots from our first day of shooting new videos in California this week.
This week's set is for beginning swimmers (and for advanced swimmers who need to hit REFRESH on their technique page). If you are a goswimtv.com subscriber, you can link to video of great swimmers demonstrating the techniques.
Every coach's essential video for teaching an efficient and fast butterfly.
This week's pic is from a team camp last weekend with the Etown Dolphins.
What do YOU think you need to do in order to swim faster in the sport?
"Steve Haufler is one of the finest coach-teachers on the planet. Steve makes use of mirrors, mannequin heads, tape measures, score cards, swim dolls, laminated photos, rope, plastic cups, noodles and more. This DVD is highly recommended by the ASCA Staff." -- American Swim Coaches Association
A quick question for the swimmers, and do your best to think about it... I'm sure it was a LONG time ago.
With so much swimming, racing, training, or coaching, motivating, teaching... when was the last time you just sat back and watched people swim.
So here's the scenerio. You have an 8-year-old swimmer and, like most 8-year olds, he/she is pretty new to the sport (even 8-year olds who've been swimming for a while are NEW to the sport). You have a decision to make... which path to go down for their future?
IM set this week. It offers many chances for the swimmer to work on IM transition turns and for the coach to give feedback on how the swimmer is doing with those turns.
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.
The essential teaching video for coaches, learn-to-swim instructors, and parents.
The perfect companion DVD to take you one step beyond Go Swim Teaching Progressions.
Use it to train your entire teaching/coaching staff!
What are you working on with your own technique or that of your swimmers as a result of watching the recent World Championships.
What process does a swimmer need to follow to make a meaningful change in his or her stroke? What's the expected timeframe for change, and is the timeframe different depending on what aspect you're trying to change, e.g., does it take longer to change something involving the head... or the body... or the arms... or the feet?
We are a group of swimmers who swim really fast, and like to help others learn how to reach their competitive potential in the area of professional swimming.