As we return to the water, it is important to understand the key elements that you are looking for in each swimmer’s stroke. This is the key to ensuring a strong foundation of correct technique for all swimmers in your club or squad. In today’s Swim Obs we look at further key elements of freestyle […]
Swim Obs
Key Elements of Freestyle – Part 1
Over the next 8 weeks we are going to discuss the key elements of each stroke. As we plan to return to the water, it is important to understand the key elements that you are looking for in each swimmer’s stroke. This is the key to ensuring a strong foundation of correct technique for all […]
Re-engage Your Athletes
This week, Rohan takes a look at some concerns that he and other coaches have at the moment as we come closer to having pools re-opened.
Research Finds Many Stroke Faults
As I was watching a heat of the 16 years 400m freestyle at the 2019 Australian Age Championships, I remember commenting to the coach next to me that the only swimmer who had a ‘correct’ stroke model was the girl in lane 4 who happened to be a couple of body lengths ahead. She had […]
Creating Change
During this extended period of compulsory shut down it is an opportune time to review our total coaching and club program and make the changes which we’ve been thinking about but could never find the right time to implement it. This is the opportunity and now is the time. As discussed in this week’s Mentor […]
Useful Dryland Videos
This week we focus on providing coaches with links to useful dryland videos that you can share with the swimmers in your program. There are many of these out there and we have narrowed them down to a few more swimming specific videos.
Reviewing Our Preparation
During a recent Swim Coach Advantage Mentor POD we discussed the importance of reviewing your preparation. As there were only 11 coaches online that particular evening I felt that this important topic was worthy of further discussion. As dedicated coaches it is imperative that we conduct a detailed review of our most recently completed preparation. […]
Buddy System During Iso
Just a short Easter message from us today and a suggestion to create a buddy system for your swimmers in the current environment. We will discuss this further on Thursday’s Mentor POD.
Coaching Remotely
This week, Leigh takes a close look at how we can coach remotely. Hi everyone. I know we’re not coaching on deck at the moment so it’ll be topical to talk about our current situation and having to coach virtually remotely. We’re all in social isolation and wondering what to do with ourselves sometimes but […]
Developing Kicking Capability
In my recent swim obs I have focused on kicking and particularly kicking for conditioning the legs. In this swim obs I have put together some helpful points on how to develop effective kicking capability for your junior swimmers which will assist the individual to become the most effective kicker they can be throughout their […]