Are you passionate about swimming? Are you a swim coach or an athlete wondering how your competition spends their time in the pool? Did you ever wanted to share what you do every day but didn’t know how? Well, now you can do all of it in one place – welcome to ProSwimWorkouts! A lot of coaches (myself included) always talk about how they would like to share what they’re doing, get feedback from other coaches and see how other coaches work with their athletes. Yet, only few of us make the efforts or take the time needed to share their experience with another coach. That’s exactly where I hope ProSwimWorkouts will step in and help you share your experiences and knowledge and this with the coach from the team in the next town but also with coaches from all over the world!… Continue Reading
Race Simulation in a Training Situation
Race simulation in a training situation is just that – just a simulation. How close is simulation to the real thing? Well it may look the same, feel the same, but the results are not even close.… Continue Reading
Little Bit of Magic
When I started coaching, I was mentored by Bob Gillett. Bob always told me to do it my way and add a bit of the unusual to everything I do. I have carried this forward through my coaching career and now understand what he meant by the “But what if factor”.… Continue Reading
Breaststroke swimming from the hands down – think about it this way
Just a thought for all coaches, I think about breaststroke in this way, as every coach does things their own way and so what I learned is to take one thing and make it your own.… Continue Reading
Freestyle & backstroke alignment/rotation drill
Focus on body alignment; rotate from your hips and shoulders. Go 25′s or 50′s alternating sides.… Continue Reading
Ozzie Quevedo on the Morning Swim Show
NCAA champion swimmer Ozzie Quevedo joins today’s edition of The Morning Swim Show to talk about an upcoming episode of CNN’s “Fit Nation” that will feature his coaching staff and training facility in central Florida.… Continue Reading
Stats & Memberships Report: March 2013
During the month of March, Coach Paul Yetter shared a video from his team in Naples, taken during a visit of USA Swimming Master Coach Bob Steele. We posted the video on our blog and highly recommend to watch it if you haven’t seen it yet.… Continue Reading
Coach Bob Steele visits T2 Aquatics
A recent T2 Aquatics practice was a nice change of pace, made possible by Coach Bob Steele. Coach Steele is a “USA Swimming Master Coach” — which means that USA Swimming has asked Coach Steele to travel to certain teams around the USA, as a consultant for High Level 18 and Under swimming success.… Continue Reading
Stats & Memberships Report: February 2013
During the month of February we were able to run our second giveaway with the “Sprint Free – Getting Stronger with Jason Lezak” DVD. Duke Smith, our lucky winner, also got a USA swim cap signed by Jason together with the DVD.… Continue Reading
Touch The Wall
A feature documentary that follows swimming phenom Missy Franklin and teammate Kara Lynn Joyce as they prepare for the London Olympics.… Continue Reading
Sprint Free – Getting Stronger With Jason Lezak
When I heard about Jason Lezak’s Sprint Free DVD, I had to get a copy for myself but also to review it for ProSwimWorkouts. There’s something about Jason, other than the fact that he probably had the most amazing relay swim in Olympic history, making you want to know how he did stay as fit and strong over the years.
Some of you might remember or had seen the article about “Weight Training for Sprint Swimmers” featuring Jason Lezak in 2005. Although some of the things are similar to what’s shown in the DVD, to me there are some differences – the focus of that article from 2005 seems to be more on actually lifting weights, whereas in the DVD the focus seems more on creating “the burn” you’ll experience in your races (even without using any added weight or resistance as is the case in the DVD for many of the leg exercises).… Continue Reading