Forum: Freestyle
08-26-2018
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Replies: 61
Views: 49,544
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Forum: Freestyle
08-01-2018
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Replies: 35
Views: 36,569
Dubdub:-
Squeeze your bum - all the time - like...
Dubdub:-
Squeeze your bum - all the time - like you're trying to crush a grape.
Glute engagement is HARDLY EVER mentioned in TI. I seem to recall
it's mentioned in passing, just once, in one of the...
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Forum: Butterfly
06-29-2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
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Forum: Butterfly
06-18-2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
Brian,
I didn't realise just how much of a fly...
Brian,
I didn't realise just how much of a fly specialist you were. These are incredible feats. I'm no open water swimmer, so won't be making your list any time soon. I can fly one length (25m)...
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Forum: Freestyle
06-16-2018
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Replies: 42
Views: 20,643
Cheers Stu,
I've never come across that video...
Cheers Stu,
I've never come across that video before. There's one disparaging comment on it, but it is actually really useful to know the swimmers' heights, and see how they adapt their stroke.
In...
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Forum: Freestyle
06-16-2018
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Replies: 42
Views: 20,643
Hey Coach Stuart, is there any video on YT or...
Hey Coach Stuart, is there any video on YT or Vimeo etc. of you swimming? I recall you have a typical SR of about 1.0s? It would be interesting to see TI swimmers, especially coaches, in normal...
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Forum: Butterfly
06-05-2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
Coming along a bit better now. If I concentrate...
Coming along a bit better now. If I concentrate on breathing with mouth low to surface and neck as long and aligned with spine as possible, the less effort it takes. This is going to end up being my...
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Forum: Freestyle
06-01-2018
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Replies: 9
Views: 8,965
Are your glutes slightly engaged (all the time...
Are your glutes slightly engaged (all the time whilst swimming)?
If not, your kick impulse won't travel up your body.
Or, if you do "inside-out" swimming and use your hips to generate the kick,
the...
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Forum: Butterfly
05-16-2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
Thanks for the tip, liolio. I noticed I had too...
Thanks for the tip, liolio. I noticed I had too much hip bend after the dive, where I could easily see my feet low in the water, so I remembered your post and deliberately relaxed the hips, keeping...
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Forum: Butterfly
04-12-2018
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
Progress report: Can now get arms out of water...
Progress report: Can now get arms out of water and breathe. Much as in freestyle, the trick that worked for me was to engage glutes and stiffen the body during recovery so I'm more like a surfboard....
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Forum: Favorite Practices and Sets
03-21-2018
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Replies: 17
Views: 37,791
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Forum: Freestyle
03-03-2018
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,761
I got it :)
- by adding a more deliberate "hop"...
I got it :)
- by adding a more deliberate "hop" from the anchored arm to the spearing side, and tightening up my core, just at that precise moment, to reduce the pressure on the anchor arm. Got some...
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Forum: Freestyle
03-02-2018
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,761
Hi Bob,
I agree that Terry has technically...
Hi Bob,
I agree that Terry has technically better recovery mechanics.
By "vault" I mean:-
1. Low-side arm anchors
2. Body is briskly rotated past the anchor.
I believe it's a widely used term......
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Forum: Freestyle
03-02-2018
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Replies: 19
Views: 7,761
Vaulting stroke - Paul Arvin
In the video below of TI coach Paul Arvin swimming with Terry,
it struck me how clearly Arvin's switches show a vaulting action.
He gets a nice surge on every stroke. He's fast.
By contrast, Terry's...
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Forum: How To Swim A Mile
01-26-2018
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Replies: 21
Views: 29,249
Knocked out another 1500m, estimated TI-RPE 2...
Knocked out another 1500m, estimated TI-RPE 2 (cruise), so that's basically a solved problem and not a fluke.
The singular focus in this swim was linking body roll to gravity and linking
the...
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Forum: How To Swim A Mile
01-23-2018
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Replies: 21
Views: 29,249
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Forum: How To Swim A Mile
01-10-2018
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Replies: 21
Views: 29,249
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Forum: Freestyle
12-21-2017
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,947
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Forum: Freestyle
12-20-2017
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,947
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Forum: Freestyle
12-18-2017
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,947
Xmas challenge
Quick challenge in the run-up to Christmas:
Learn how to tumble turn!
Previous session:- after 30 mins, I managed to go upside-down for the first time ever! After one hour, could consistently...
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Forum: Butterfly
12-18-2017
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
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Forum: Butterfly
12-16-2017
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,241
Fly Foray
I started practising butterfly a few months ago and it's tremendously exciting!
Can't get my arms out of the water, but one day I will.
Doing it with breastroke arms is still great fun.
I manage to...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-09-2017
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,347
Cheers, Tom :)
Dave - yes, I read your...
Cheers, Tom :)
Dave - yes, I read your description of reaching with the shoulder, and realised I'd come to a similar conclusion!
Some swimmers do indeed seem to skim along effortlessly. There are a...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-08-2017
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,347
Fair question. It's a little difficult to...
Fair question. It's a little difficult to remember past experiences, but when I used to keep my legs more rigid, like two planks of wood, I tended to pull them down when engaging my core, like a...
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Forum: Freestyle
12-06-2017
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Replies: 25
Views: 7,347
The game-changer for me in finally keeping my...
The game-changer for me in finally keeping my legs up was:
1. engaged glutes
2. relaxed knees
And my current focus is:
3. relaxed (floppy) ankles
This seems to make even a tiny toe-flick 2bk even...
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