Does Circle Swimming Create Bad Habits?
Circle swimming is a fact of life for nearly every team. Even if your current situation does not require circle swimming, it’s likely at some point in your career you have done it. To be clear, many...
View ArticleFive Tips for Improved Freestyle Head Position in Swimming
Take home points1) Raised freestyle head position is one of the most common stroke flaws in freestyle2) Corrective strategies must be individualized to each swimmer3) Avenues for change include...
View Article3 Things You Didn’t Know About Ultra-Endurance Swimming
Take Home Points on 3 Things you Didn’t Know About Ultra-Endurance Swimming Ultra-endurance swimming often doesn’t result in maximal fatigue, cause hunger, or alter swimming hand path.This form of...
View ArticleRisk factors for, and prevention of, shoulder injuries in overhead sports: a...
The burden of shoulder problems highlights the need for injury prevention strategies. Identifying risk factors and developing strategies to prevent injury, based on these risk factors, are key...
View ArticleFriday Interview: Dr. Jan Prins Speaks on Competitive Swimming
Something unique for our readers in this week’s interview. What follows are notes from a phone interview I conducted with Dr. Jan Prins, Ph.D. Dr. Prins is the Director of the Aquatic Research...
View ArticleHow to Calculate How Many Calories You Burn When Swimming
As Take Home Message for How to Calculate How Many Calories You Burn When Swimming: It is possible to estimate the energy cost of a training session or a race; A training session of 3,000 meter at...
View ArticleWhat is the Perfect Backstroke Body?
Ideal body shape and structure is a common topic in swimming communities. It is most common for coaches to use their subjective eye when deciding if a swimmer has the perfect backstroke body...
View ArticleHow Much Swimming Recovery Do you Need After 100, 200, and 400-m Distance...
Recovery and warm-up is a significant component of any swimming race. Many realize different race distances stress the body differently, yet many perform the same warm-down no matter the race...
View ArticleElite Swimmers Are Superior at the Swim Turn to Subelite Swimmers
The swim turn is usually divided into 5 distinct stages that include (a) inward-turn, (b) rotation, (c) push-off, (d) underwater, and (d) outward-turn. Past research suggests swimmers with higher peak...
View ArticleSwimmer Recovery
This week we had an interview on recovery for swimmers with Dr. Alessandro Piras from the University of Bologna. Here is a link to his Research Gate page and here is our review of the study we are...
View ArticleThe Social Kick Podcast #011 – NCAA Rule Changes, Week 4 ISL Review and Rowdy...
We’re halfway through a wild first season of pro swimming. The guys recap week 4 of ISL action from Budapest and preview the upcoming ISL derbies in November. They get into the impact of the NCAA...
View ArticleThe Social Kick Podcast #012 – High School Swimming in the US
During a week in the fall when Luke was traveling, the guys start off talking about scholarships in NCAA swimming and then dive into their experiences swimming in US High Schools. From recruiting trips...
View ArticleThe Social Kick Podcast #13 – 2008 Olympics Workout Game
We shake this up this week with a game. "Coach Justin" writes a workout for Luke, Bryan and John based on the 2008 Olympic Games. Using only Olympic events, Justin calls out a set with repeats, using...
View ArticleThe Social Kick Podcast #014 – Sun Yang Doping Case and ISL American Derby
The guys get together to chat about the recent news on Sun Yang's hearing. Bryan goes into detail about the differences in drug testing organizations but the guys agree that it is unlikely Sun Yang...
View ArticleThe Social Kick Podcast #015 – Olympics Workout Game 2
"Coach Justin" writes the guys another workout based on Olympics distances. Justin calls out the set, then for each rep, he names an Olympic finalist, their place and time. Luke, Bryan, and John have...
View ArticleDo Olympic Female Swimmers Pace Properly?
Watching any high-level swim meet and the casual observer would assume the Olympic female swimmers pace properly. However, many elite coaches will discuss how swimmer's didn't "swim their own race" or...
View ArticleDoes L-Citrulline Improve Swimming Performance?
Supplements with performance-enhancing claims are very common. But recently the supplement L-citrulline has received more attention, begging the question does L-citrulline improve swimming performance?...
View ArticleStrength Training Improves Swimming Starts, for some
Strength training and swimming have always been a debated topic. In fact, some argue that strength training and/or plyometrics are not beneficial for swimming performance. I personally performed a...
View ArticleHand Paddle Training Doesn’t Change Biomechanics
Using hand paddles during swimming is a common practice in the sport. Although many swim coaches use hand paddles for training, do they consider how swimming hand paddle training influences swimming...
View ArticleInjury Screening for Swimmers
Injury screens were recently popularized with the functional movement screen (FMS). In fact, we created a comprehensive guide for injury screening for swimmers in our Dryland for Swimmers book. We...
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