Swim Coaches Blog
PRACTICE TECHNIQUES 1. Racing – The drive to win close races to recover from mistakes and overtake your competition, the desire to win!!!! Some swimmers have that desire and others must be taught. You must add racing sets in your workout. Each swimmer must have the ability to start and stop speed (variable speed) thru […]
Day #95 Warm up: start into 300 choice swim @ 70% 6 x 50 choice kick @ 75% :10 rest spend 5 minutes on reaction drills spend 5 -10 minutes on 1 or 2 step relay start with tarzan break outs (or do start, turn, finish drill) 25 easy Set #1 freestyle paddle swim if […]
If you lift you must taper lifting also. Do not stop lifting or the benefits of your cross training will be lost. You must work on speed while continuing to gain strength. The Faster Swimming coach’s guide shows an exact practice schedule for lifting during taper as well as detailed dryland workouts during this crucial […]
The Taper phase used by Faster Swimming is a 7 week process. Get the exact workouts needed in our 23-week program. Below is workout #105 of #113 that lead to Championships: Day #105 Another meet warm up: 600 choice swim @ 70% 6 x 100 choice 50 kick / 50 swim :15 rest 6 x […]
I would like to discuss observations I have seen over the years as my High School swimmers attend and swim for Universities across the country. There are a lot of variables that affect performance for athletes as they move away from home and adjust to College life but there is no way that a majority […]