Category: Swim Training
Posts about swim training and workouts
The BSP Pyramid — A Unifying Icon
The Balance-Streamline-Propel (BSP) Pyramid is about as a close to a unifying icon that the Total Immersion school of swim coaching has in its repertoire. Terry Laughlin, the founder of Total Immersion Swimming, referred to the elements of the pyramid for over 30 years. When he created the icon several…
Long Distance Swim Training Made Fun
3 Reasons to Not Completely Disregard “3 Reasons You Should Be Doing More Kick”
Clarification on “Effortless Swimming”
Great Article on Kick Timing
Misconceptions on the Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery
I was going through my stack of swimming rags yesterday, and I came across an interesting analysis of the straight-arm recovery in freestyle in Swimming World’s December, 2014 issue (“Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery” by Rod Havriluk). The article’s main intent is to put to the test the conventional wisdom that a…
Swimming to the Beat
2.5K Prep — Tempo Trainer Fun Practice (04/25/2014)
I took off in the middle of the day to do my swim today. I wanted to play around with some Tempo Trainer sets in this practice and see how I would do. If you are interested, you can see the detail on the practice on our website. For those…
Reinforcing Swim Technique in Swim Practice
I read an article on the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) website a while back. It’s written by John Leonard, the head of ASCA, and it’s a response to an email that he got from a coach about practicing with good swimming technique. His response highlighted the importance to coaches…