Slow Down To Speed Up, Take Your Time

Slow Down To Speed Up, Take Your Time

Do you find that if you try to swim faster, you end up moving the same speed or slower – for more effort? If this is you, you may find that you need to slow things down a touch. Have you noticed that the best athletes in their respective sports look like they...
Rock & Roll Swimming – What Is Rotation

Rock & Roll Swimming – What Is Rotation

Rotation is one of the really important parts of swimming – and also quite misunderstood! Rotating the body (rather than swimming flat on your front) has 4 useful benefits: 1) Increased reach (forward and backwards) 2) Reduced frontal profile (so less...
Make Breathing Easier

Make Breathing Easier

Breathing While Swimming One of the biggest questions and comments I get when people come for swimming lessons with me is about breathing: I just find it so hard to breath/I can’t get enough air in/I keep swallowing water etc. There are three things that I get...
3 Ways To Improve Your Swim Posture

3 Ways To Improve Your Swim Posture

Good body positioning is truly important to swimming because of how alien water is to move through for us as humans. Strong swim posture is key to getting this right. Growing up – and at various points in your life – it’s likely you have been told to...