Training and Technique
Take your swimming to the next level with tips to perfect your stroke, prevent injury, and become stronger in the water. Learn key drills, skills, and sessions for open water and pool training. Tailor plans for events and challenges. Develop awareness through self-analysis. Experts share knowledge on everything from bodysurfing to bilateral breathing so you can become a proficient outdoor swimmer.
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How to Stop Your Goggles from Steaming Up
Baby shampoo? Anti-fog spray? Spit? We explore the five most effective ways that outdoor swimmers can prevent their goggles from…
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Know the drill
Mark Durnford looks at the pros and cons of swimming drills
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Pull it together
Two training sets from Fiona Ford to help you focus on developing your catch and pull using a pull buoy
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How to build core strength for a more powerful kick
Most swimmers have heard the term "core strength training" but did you know that an improved core can boost your…
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Swimming as ‘Moving Meditation’
Use mindfulness in your pool training to transform any open water swim into an art form, says Terry Laughlin
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How to swim 24 miles in 24 hours
How to complete one of swimming's most gruelling challenges
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Sport psychology – take the pressure
How to stay cool when things get tough
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Five top stretches for swimmers
Strength and aerobic capacity decline with age. We can’t deny it but we know that if we continue to exercise…
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Train like a stunt double
Bringing aspects of stunt training into your swimming should give you a performance and confidence boost
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6 Steps to Overcome Failure
Ed Williams explains how to cope with not completing a challenge
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If you want to swim more, swim slower
Although swimming feels restorative it is (really) exercise. If you exercise too much and don’t rest enough, eventually your body…
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How to swim further
Swimming longer distances requires patience and a plan
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Three steps to better recovery
Swim faster in open water by learning a symmetrical recovery
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Sport pyschology – the feel good factor
Swim yourself happy
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How to master breathing when swimming
Keri-anne Payne explains the importance of breathing for front crawl
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7 hacks to trick yourself into doing your training
Just looking at the end result isn’t always motivation enough to do the training. It helps to have a few…
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Five ways to protect your back in open water
Modern life means that many of us sit for more than 12 hours a day, either in front of the…
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Six post-swim stretches
Why, when and what should you stretch? In our busy lives it’s easy to forget to stretch and it is…
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Do you really know if you’re starting your swim too fast? Plus two sets to improve your pacing.
Pacing is a skill you need to practise just as much as technique
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Stroke Maintenance
Good front crawl technique results from constant refinement and practice, not a one-off fix
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Swim, run, strength
Grab your wetsuit and trainers for a spot of swimrun training
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9 Steps to Mental Toughness
What goes up... Ed Williams explores the rollercoaster of emotions that goes with any great swim
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Things to think about in winter to swim faster in open water in summer
After a summer spent swimming in open water I’ve noticed many swimmers develop flaws and kinks in their technique that…
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Hips don’t lie: body position and rotation tips
Guest coach Keri-anne Payne looks at body position and rotation
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A quick guide to pool training kit
We have all seen people training with paddles, fins, snorkels and floats, but what training aids should you be using…