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.
-
Don’t do all your swimming for the year in January
What are your swimming goals for the year? And how can you best achieve them?
-
Three steps to seamless breathing
Terry Laughlin looks at correct breathing technique and the importance of breathing bilaterally
-
Six open water swimming tips from Alcatraz veteran, Gary Emich
Gary Emich, who has 'escaped' from Alcatraz more than 1,000 times, shares his open water swimming tips.
-
5 strategies for swimming in rough water
How to cope and keep calm in adverse conditions
-
Training in open water
Turn your open water venue into the ultimate swim training facility
-
Poor pacing produces piss poor performance
How many times in a swimming event have you tried to “go out hard and hang on”?
-
How to swim faster
Learning to swim faster is an enjoyable and fascinating journey in its own right. And having a little extra speed…
-
Back to swimming: how to approach your return to swimming outdoors
Simon Griffiths gives his advice on how to approach your return to swimming after a long break
-
How to become a better swimmer when you can’t go swimming
Salim Ahmed of Swim Lab and the Kit Kat swimming club explains how you can become a better swimmer during…
-
“I’m scared of getting fatigued on a long swim”
Preparing psychologically as well as physically for swimming long distances can help prevent fear of fatigue, says Helen Davis
-
The integrated body
Total Immersion head coach Terry Laughlin explains how to get all parts of your body working in harmony
