Archive for 'Turns'

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

Click HERE to learn all about the importance of turns

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.

How can you stay underwater longer, rise to the surface more gradually, and avoid the unpleasant experience of the “Flip Turn Freeze”?  By “managing your air” like the pros do. Watch this iSwim 1-2-1 Video Blog post to develop your underwater kicking into a lethal weapon.

Remember when you were a kid, how much you loved riding the escalator at the mall? Taking the stairs was so boring, not to mention very tiring. The same thing is true in swimming – the fun thing to do, which is also the fast thing to do, is to ride the escalator to the surface, rather than stair stepping our way up.

“Races are won and lost on the walls.”  How many times have we heard this statement, and how many times have we seen it happen in actual competition?  More times than I can count for sure.  One of the greatest demonstrations of this swimming axiom is the infamous Phelps vs. Van Den Hoogenband 200m Freestyle race from the 2007 World Championships that took place in Melbourne, Australia.  Watch carefully as Phelps systematically destroys Van Den Hoogenband on each wall, especially ...