A key part of the training camp this weekend was swim video analysis. Despite my timed swim test performances (1500m, 4x400m, 20x100m) improving substantially of late – principally due to the squad-based fitness sessions I’ve been attending – I knew my technique was pretty raw. I took five 1-on-1 lessons with Swim for Tri in [...]
Catch up swim drill
Objective: to practice a long stroke and develop timing Catch-up refers to the pause/hold during the drill, and then one arm ‘catching up’ to the other. Try three lengths of hold, or catch up: Catch up +2 (hold for 2 seconds) Catch up +1 (hold for one second) Catch up 0 (touch and go) Method: Swum like [...]
Swim for Tri: Session Two
FRONT CRAWL DRILLS After session one with Swim for Tri last week, I’d headed to Highbury pool over the weekend brimming with confidence, the desire to perfect my bilateral technique, and expecting instant improvement. But things didn’t quite go to plan: breathing to the left felt awkward again; oxygen debt was quick to occur; the comfort I’d felt towards [...]
Swim for tri
On Monday I had my first swimming lesson in twenty years. My parents threw me in the deep end aged six – well, they kindly took my brother and me to the local pool every weekend! – and despite spending more time in the changing rooms than the pool in session one, I quickly grew to love swimming. [...]
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