How To Maintain Your Poise & Composure During A Swim Race
When open water gets rough . . . and it is not the water! “Ain’t that a kick in the head?”
How To Train Your Autonomic Nervous System For Peak Performance
Our brain is a complex organ that manages to control each and every muscle of the body. Every movement, perception and reception of enormous amount of data is all done by the brain.
Swimming Movement And Pressure: Tricks Of The Trade
Swimming is tough. It is the ultimate in multitasking. The integrity of the T, the shoulders and chest, stay stable.
Swimming Virtuoso: Developing Finger Awareness, Position & Strength
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.” Jim Collins, Author of Good to Great – husband of Joanne Ernst, 1985 Hawaiian Ironman Champion
Open Water Swim V Formation Drafting
Scientists have always debated why birds fly in a V position. It makes flight easier and takes less effort.
Swimming Body Positions: The Eternal Quest For Easy Speed
The best way to go fast and not use a lot of energy is to adjust your body position for easy speed.
Americans Impress Against Swimmers From 17 Countries
The American pair of David Heron and Taylor Abbott dominated the Men’s 1.5K and 5K swims while American Pan Am Medalist Chelsea Colwill was in a league of her own in the 1.5K and 10K races and US Olympic medallist Ashley Whitney won the 5K at the 6th Barbados Open Water Festival last weekend.
Technique & Drills For Using Your Core For Swim Power & Speed
When you reach for the catch in swimming, I sometimes say “punch the monkey” because when a boxer punches he does not punch straight out in front of him.
How Age And Experience Can Overcome Youth And Skill In Open Water
Last year I had the pleasure of beating (but mostly meeting,) Olympian Lani Cabrera at the Barbados Open Water Festival.
Taking Five With Ashley Twichell
To be completely honest, the first thing that goes through my head most mornings when I wake up at 4:45 AM is “oh my gosh, is my alarm seriously already going off?”.
Raising A Champion – Tori Trees Smith and John Smith
Author Eney Jones takes us up-close and personal with Tori Trees Smith and John Smith, parents of Olympic athlete Clark…
Mothering A Champion – Christina Cooper Dressel
Author Eney Jones takes us up-close and personal with Christina Cooper Dressel, mother of Olympic Champion Caeleb Dressel.
Working The Stroke Recovery – Work When No One Is Working
Everyone works the bottom of their stroke, we reach, then push and propel ourselves forward. But we are dealing with two different elements while swimming, water and air.
Maximizing Freestyle Efficiency: 41 Degrees of Power
After working at Swim Labs for over a year, I have found that is that there is a 41 degree angle of power with the elbows out and the forearms and wrists in, in the power phase.