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I thought this article from UK athlete Susie Hignett was pretty interesting, specifically this comment about swimming:

We feel that the secret to improving a weak swim is understanding the difference between an elite swimmer and a 90sec per 100m swimmer. Many sessions I see have coaches trying to teach very weak swimmers the latest cutting edge arm drills, or complicated catch techniques which would be great for knocking tenths of seconds off an elite swimmer’s 100m time, but pretty irrelevant when you’re wiggling all over the place and your toes are dragging on the floor. We've spent two years simply working on three things: not crossing over, straightening my body and simplifying my stroke, and I’ve still got some way to go.

It is only now that I’m down to around the 5min per 400m mark that we are starting to include a bit more technical stroke correction.


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2014-09-09 3:37 PM
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Subject: RE: Comments on Swim training from a Female AGer turned Pro
Totally agree.

Most people here asking for swimming help refuse to go back to the basics. Everyone wants to swim and work on their stroke as they go which just drags out the learning curve, and stops many from ever perfecting their stroke

1) learn to float
2) learn to kick
3) learn to breath
4) learn the arms
5) put it all together

these 5 steps would take most people 4 to 6 months going once a week with a good teacher

Steps 1 & 2 most people don't get right which is the base of the stroke




2014-09-09 4:31 PM
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swim lots...swim often, some hard, some easier, Be engage mentally in what you are doing.

Technical improvement happen with fitness improvement. it goes hand in hand. It s often complicated to KEEP IT SIMPLE

and my personal opinion, ''traditional drill'' don't work and for most, a waste of time.



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