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Top 20 tips for swimming improvement.
Part 1
20- Glide
To save energy when you swim breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle, you need to learn
how much to glide.
Try exaggerating the glide and shorten it until it feels right.
19- Breathe Control
Control your breathing while you swim.
Inhale quickly and exhale slowly.
18- Feel the water
When you do swim drills, the most important thing is to feel the water.
The feel for the water is the most immediate and important feedback.
It is one of the best ways to improve your swimming technique.
17- Practice harder
Most elite swimmers have a high tolerance for pain that they have developed through
the years.
Each time you swim there is an opportunity to push yourself and increase your tolerance
for pain.
16- Swim in a smaller tube
In any stroke, when we try to swim faster we tend to extend the area in which we are
swimming.
But as a rule of thumb, its almost always better to swim in a smaller tube because you
create less resistance.
15- Cool down
When you swim, your muscles tighten and your blood flows rapidly from your heart.
If you suddenly stop your work out, your heart suddenly reduces the blood flow.
This sudden change can cause problems.
A 20 minute cool down can bring your body back to normal more gradually giving your
muscles a chance to relax and be better prepared for the next swim practice.
14- Don’t breathe on the first stroke
Your coach might have told you this before, but when you swim freestyle it is important
not to breathe in the first stroke after the start or the flipturn.
The reason is that carrying that initial speed is really important and breathing usually
slows down the momentum.
13- Use your legs
Must of us when we swim, pay a lot of attention to our upper body, however our legs are incredibly
important in all of the strokes.
Pay more attention to your legs and improve your kick.
12- Rotate
For freestyle and backstroke most swimmers don’t rotate enough.
If you are swimming more than a 50, you need to really rotate.
It prevents injuries, helps incorporate bigger muscles and decreases drag.
11- Use the bigger group muscles.
It is better to use your entire upper back muscles and pectorals to pull than just your
shoulders and biceps.
These bigger group muscles have more power in store and will help you move faster if
you use them properly while you swim.
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