Besides physical health benefits like building cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength, swimming can be an engaging social experience. In fact, a previous post highlights how joining a swim club can promote camaraderie and provide you with the motivation to realize your goals, whether you’re swimming to improve your health or compete professionally. Although these benefits may be convincing enough to first-time swimmers, individuals with poor vision may be more reluctant to try the sport. After all, bad eyesight can hinder your performance and even limit you from maximizing this fun activ ..read more

Welcome Back! We are super excited to be dissecting the Deepest Part of the Breaststroke Pull, as hand depth is something I’ve really been studying and researching recently within the swim strokes. I recently uploaded some pictures to Instagram that I’m excited to build on here to help you better understand the depth of this pull and how to best cue it to your swimmers! Let’s Get Started! I still believe that there are 4 Steps to a Breaststroke Pull. The third steps being the most IMPORTANT in terms of speed, but I’ll also prove that to you in regards to depth too. For a quick refresher on the ..read more

I read this question and immediately was like, I need to write a blog on this because it’s the entire reason I created Swim Like A. Fish. There is no doubt in my mind that we are in a new era of time. Jobs are changing, technology keeps booming, and swimmers keep swimming faster than ever, but how do we keep up with it? What are the next steps for the sport of swimming? Let’s dive into these questions deeper below! Let’s Get Started! During this technological revolution, every company has had to work to adapt and change their employee’s jobs with the growth in technology over time. What that m ..read more

I thought about how the four different styles of swim kick techniques really isn’t a correct statement the other day. And how most coaches would answer the question: How Many Different Kicking Techniques Are There? With four as their answer. But in actuality, there are six. In today’s blog, my plan is to deep dive into the Six Styles of Swim Kick Techniques to help you better understand why I think we should be categorizing techniques into a few more categories. Let’s Get Started! We all know there is four strokes, so how does that make six kicks? Well, we need to take into consideration the u ..read more

A swim club allows you to enjoy the many benefits of swimming, as part of a social activity. So if you think it has to be a solo sport, think again.  Swimming is an enjoyable exercise that gives a total body workout. It builds cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength but is easy on the joints. Swimming has even been recommended for people suffering from stress and anxiety. And a swim club has some exciting benefits all of its own. Here are our top 5 reasons to join a swim club. 1.) A Possible Business Venture Joining a swim club may open your eyes to a possible business venture y ..read more

Have you ever watched a swimmer execute a Fast Crossover Turn and felt a sense of awe? A great Crossover Turn looks completely smooth without any pause. It can leave the observer scratching their head and saying “how did they do that?!” On the flip-side, have you ever watched a swimmer come into the wall to execute a Crossover Turn, get scared, switch tactics, then look a mess? A well-executed, fast Crossover Turn requires a swimmer to be brave, and a coach to break it down into steps. Let’s Get Started… #1 The Best Short-Cut: Our Crossover Turn Course! Our Course on Unlocking the Hidden Secr ..read more

There is SO MUCH DISCUSSION on Crossover Turns: when to teach them, which athletes they’re most appropriate for, best drills for teaching them – but one key aspect that’s often overlooked are swimmers’ Breaststroke Pullouts proficiency before learning this turn! Even though, we just launched our Crossover Turn Course doesn’t mean that this turn needs to be taught to your entire age-group program RIGHT NOW. My general rule of thumb is that if a swimmer cannot repeatedly do FAST and LONG Breaststroke Pullouts – I hold off on teaching them the Crossover Turn! In today’s blog, I’m going to do a de ..read more

Welcome back, swim coaches! I’ve got a self-assessment question for you to answer. If you were watching video analysis footage of 5 different swimmers Flipturning, would you be able to identify the Good Flipturns from the Bad Flipturns? Beyond that, would you be able to explain WHY they were good and bad? If you can’t, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about, and in fact it’s more common than you might think. As I’ve been traveling around the world all year long coaching swim clinic and swim camps, a commonality appeared – there seemed to be a lack of education in the swim coaching world surround ..read more

The reality is that many races are won and lost on the walls. Yet, the intimidation of the Freestyle Flipturn causes many swimmers to focus on other parts of their race. Breaking down the Flipturn into 3 parts can help. When it comes down to it, a swimmer needs to carry their speed into the wall during their approach, get into the smallest ball possible, and have a plan that works for them to push off. If they can perform these 3 steps to the best of their ability, the likelihood they come off the wall ahead of the competition is super high! There’s no better feeling than popping off EVERY wal ..read more

Welcome back! In today’s blog, we are going to dissect why I believe the Backstroke Flags MATTER for Freestyle Races. The Backstroke Flags are also important for Open Turns and my goal by the end of this post is to help you understand why! Let’s get started! What are the Backstroke Flags? The Backstroke Flags are makers on a pool that alert swimmers they are either 5 meters or 5 yards away from the wall. The distance is strictly dependent on the length of the pool a swimmer is swimming in. The purpose of these flags is to help swimmers understand they are getting close to the wall and help the ..read more