Swim Tips

This category contains swimming tips from my Master’s swim coaches. Some tips are for strokes other than freestyle, so may not be of use to a triathlete. I think it’s fun doing other strokes in the off season :-)

Fist Swimming Drill

Coach Brent gave me this drill to help improve my pull. Swim freestyle, with your hands in a fist. Focus…

18 years ago

Basic Principles of Exercise: Principle of Specificity

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. Basic Principles of Exercise: Over the last few weeks…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Side Kick Freestyle Drills

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of THAT Masters Swim Team http://www.thatswimteam.org Freestyle: is the Side kick, 12 kick swim,…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Breaststroke: Breast Arms Fly Kick

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. This drill is focusing on developing the wave breaststroke.Arms…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Fly Drill: 4 Kick 1 pull

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. This drill is to work on reaching forward, and…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Backstroke Drill: 1 Arm Backstroke

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. Backstroke: 1 Arm Backstroke also called R/L backstroke This…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Breaststroke Drill: 2 Kick 1 pull

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. Breaststroke: 2 Kick 1 pull This drill allows you…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Freestyle Drill: Catch Up

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. Free Style: Catch-up also called Touch And Pull (TNP)…

18 years ago

Swimming Tip of the Week: Freestyle Drill: 1 arm free

Swimming Tips by Coach Ian Lee of =http://www.thatswimteam.org]THAT Masters Swim Team. 1. Freestyle: 1-arm free a. The focus on this…

19 years ago

Learning to swim butterfly

Today my swim coach asked what I wanted to do in practice. I said "Learn Butterfly". So, he gave me…

19 years ago