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Do You Swim at One Speed? Try mixing in some Faster swims with Active Recovery swims in your...
VARY YOUR HEAD HEIGHT DRILL:   - Decide how many strokes you want to do each at Low, Medium and...
If you know how to do the freestyle Catch-Up Drill, you know that one arm fully meets up with the...
3 de junio de 2020 · Coaching,Swimming,Technique,Triathlon,video
Are you too “dainty?” Some swimmers don’t put enough oomph into the front of the stroke. I call...
3 de junio de 2020 · Coaching,Triathlon,Swimming,Technique,video
8x25. Rest 10-30 secs between swims (or whatever you need). Swim as effortlessly as possible ...
3 de junio de 2020 · Coaching,Triathlon,Swimming,Open Water,Sighting
Lifting just the goggles above the water (without a breath) is a good skill to have in the open...
3 de junio de 2020 · Swimming,Triathlon,Technique,Sighting,Open Water
Last week we discussed Alligator Eyes Sighting (without a breath). This week, we are discussing...
10 de diciembre de 2018 · Coaching,Swimming,Triathlon,Maine,Technique
Unique Neural Pathways to be Blazed One of the extraordinary things about coaching is that it...
18 de octubre de 2018 · Coaching,Triathlon,Swimming,Technique,video
Blazing New Neural Pathways New clients often shake their heads after they receive their video...
11 de octubre de 2018 · Coaching,Swimming,Triathlon,Maine,Coach
Staying S.T.A.B.L.E. in the Open Water This video of me was taken in somewhat windy conditions...
8 de abril de 2017 · Swimming,Coach,Maine
This was originally written for the Maine Blue Lobsters Masters newsletter. If you're like me,...
31 de agosto de 2016 · Triathlon,Coaching,Swimming
First Lesson I feel responsible when meeting a client for the first time. Why? Because someone...
2 de junio de 2016 · Swimming,Triathlon,Coaching
Even strong swimmers should be curious about their stroke technique. Lanemate Matt Hurley,...
12 de mayo de 2016
I am very tall.  It is often pointed out that I have the wingspan of a condor.  I have wide...
26 de febrero de 2016
My first year One year ago I decided to take the (frankly quite scary) leap from competitive...
TUNE-UP YOUR SWIM We know many swimmers listen to music to get motivated before hitting the...
Recently an open water swimmer asked me about my how my coaching business is going.  I remarked...
30 de septiembre de 2015
MAINE CHALLENGE HALF IRON RELAY RACE REPORT When Katie Dwyer asked me if I wanted to do the...
I know that some of you will complain, "golf is not a sport."  But technique, not brute strength,...
As the sport of Open Water Swimming becomes more and more popular, here are some helpful safety...
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