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Click HERE to learn not only how to “Hold the Line” but how to “Make the Line” as well!

Click HERE to learn about grabbing the steering wheel of swimming, and why it’s so important.

Click HERE to find out why gymnast swim so fast (and how you can get in on it!).

How can you maintain the momentum you gain from the freestyle flip turn push-off? Of course dolphin kicking is HUGE, but what about during the breakout? Watch the latest iSwim 1-2-1 Video Blog post to learn how you can maintain momentum through the breakout.

Often when racing Freestyle, swimmers will bury their head deep below the surface of the water, thereby creating a significant amount of unnecessary resistance, commonly known as “drag” in swimming parlance.  We need to fight this natural tendency to “bare down” when we are putting extra effort into our races, and instead maintain a neutral head position in order to achieve maximum efficiency while racing.

It has been said that the head is the most important thing in every stroke.  The head can be rightly be compared to a steering wheel in a car.  Just as a car follows the direction that the steering wheel turns, so too does the body follow the direction that the head turns.  Perhaps you’ve seen swimmers, commonly referred to as “head shifters,” who let their heads wobble around while swimming down the pool.  If you watch these swimmers closely, ...