How We Blew-up YouTube With Our Viral Analysis Of Ariarne Titmus vs. Katie Ledecky In The Women’s 400m Freestyle Final
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Watch below and remember to give us a “like” and a subscribe for our analysis of Australian Ariarne Titmus’s triumphant first victory over the legendary Katie Ledecky. Listen in as Head Coach Paul Newsome discusses Ariarne’s unusual breathing and pacing strategy as well as discussing Coach Dean Boxall’s jubilant dance moves in this 9 minute video which shot to #37 on the whole of YouTube’s trending list on Monday - our most popular video ever - we hope it brings you some great insight on how you too can learn to race your own race like Ariarne, even in the shadow of a legend: youtu.be/-iei6j ..read more
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What Can A Swim Smooth Coach Do For Your Swimming?
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At Swim Smooth our mission is to help everyone of any level swim better, wherever they are in the world. In a nutshell the world needs better swimming! But what make a Swim Smooth coach different from other swim coach? Why should you be seeking one out? Our founder Paul Newsome started Swim Smooth in Perth, Australia in 2004 based around two key elements which still hold true today: - Innovative video analysis and stroke correction methods focusing on the needs of individual swimmers - coaching the swimmer not the stroke. - A fun, motivating squad environment based around effectiv ..read more
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How To Teach Children To Swim Smoothly - We Need Your Support!
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Swim Smooth Coach Gabriela Minarikova is Swim Smooth's specialist in kids coaching and has written a unique book How To Teach Children To Swim Smoothly. This is a richly illustrated book, with rhymes and easy-to-understand descriptions of how every child can learn to swim fast, well, playfully and with enthusiasm. The book works as a practical guide for parents who want to teach their child to swim on their own. This brilliant work is shortly to be translated into English, the only issue is that she needs your support to do that and to get in into print. Gabi is based in Prague and has ..read more
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HUUB wins Queen's Award for Innovation!
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Here at Swim Smooth, we're super excited to announce that our wetsuit partner, HUUB, has just received the coveted Queen's Award for Innovation. Amazing! We'd love to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about the early days when Paul and Adam were visited on a dreary, wet September day in 2011 in Folkestone (Kent) by a true entrepreneurial visionary in the product development aspect of triathlon, Dean Jackson.  Dean had a plan to fundamentally redesign how wetsuits were made and sought out Paul and Adam's help based on our unique Swim Type coaching methodology, to create a sui ..read more
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The Secret to a Life of Happiness and Longevity
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Justyn Barnes, author of the brilliant book “Ikigai - the Japanese secret to a life of happiness and longevity” states that the word 'ikigai' in the simplest terms describes “value in living” or “reason for living”. Another beautiful sunrise at Claremont Pool, Perth Among the myriad interpretations of the word, Barnes states that ikigai can be thought of as “a reason to jump out of bed every morning” and a “springboard for tomorrow”. How true it is that the morning ritual of your swim can be both that reason and something that aids you in your pursuit of your current aim or objective ..read more
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Using Heatmaps To Improve Your Swimming
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Our new digital platform at swimsmooth.com includes some very special new features to improve your swimming. One of which is the ability to monitor your stroke technique just by wearing an Apple Watch as you swim: Two years in development, we call this new patent-pending system "Stroke Insights" and it's a set to cause a revolution in swim coaching. No only can the system detect faults in your stroke technique but it can predict the time saving you will gain by improving your stroke and help you track your improvements over time. Introducing Heatmaps During an average swim session you are lik ..read more
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When Doing The Wrong Thing Can Help You Learn The Right Thing Easier
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Coach Rob Kwaaitaal in The Netherlands instructs a swimmer on how to do the side kick drill correctly using a radio headset One of our favourite tools to use as Swim Smooth Certified Coaches is a waterproof radio headset so that we can communicate with our swimmers whilst they perform drills, correct their strokes, and occasionally, purposefully do the wrong thing to learn how to do the right thing easier! This deliberate contrast between the swimmer's "before and after" stroke technique, can be a hugely powerful (and fun!) way to learn a new skill. There have been various iteratio ..read more
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The Value of Swimming in Uncertain Times
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 Hi Swimmers Firstly, apologies for the radio silence over the last few weeks on the blog - we’ve had the whole team busily engaged in a complete revamp of the entire www.swimsmooth.com website and coaching interface, and whilst we are not quite done with all that yet, we are getting very close and hope to resume these blogs and our usual community engagement in due course very soon. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Today, Head Coach, Paul Newsome, has prepared a reflective piece for you on the value of swimming and what it means to us all, especially in these uncerta ..read more
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Is There A Link Between How You Move And How You Think?
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The Swim Types system is a way of understanding your individual swimming by identifying six fundamental stroke styles all the way from beginner to elite competitor. Identify your type and we can give you highly tailored individual advice to improve your swimming - neat. Each type has a memorable caricature. Find out more about this unique system here: swimsmooth.com/swim-types As Swim Smooth Head Coach developed this unique system of coaching through 2008 and 2009 he also noticed something else, something fascinating. Each of the six types tend to have distinct personality traits uniq ..read more
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Best Christmas Presents For Swimming Enthusiasts
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Can you believe it is less than three weeks until Christmas? As the 25th gets nearer, the pressure is on to make sure that presents are ready, wrapped and under the tree. But are you still struggling to work out what to get your swim-obsessed friend or want to bulk out your own Christmas list? Don't worry - Swim Smooth's got you covered! Whether you are buying for a beginner, open water, intermediate or advanced swimmer, the Christmas list is sorted!  See information at the bottom of this post on last Christmas post dates. Swimming must-haves: Swim Smooth Silicon Cap You can't be seen o ..read more
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