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How to swim better
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Swimming How to swim better In this article you’ll find new tips to make better your style. Elvira M.Aguirre 21/10/2009
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21 de Octubre de 2009
*Swimming*
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Capítulo 1
Swimming Better To Do List - 10 Better Swimming Tips
for Swimmers
Swimmers To Do List - Improve Your Swimming
There are many things that swimmers can do to swim better.
This to do list of 10 ways to better swimming could help any
swimmer improve their swimming. Get this to do list done and
swim on!
Do swim frequently
If you don't average about three swims a week you will lose
your feel for the water and your technique will begin to
deteriorate. No feel, no technique, no speed. If the option is
between one or two long workouts or three or four shorter
workouts, swimmers seem to do better when they swim more
frequently as opposed to only doing a few longer workouts
each week.
Do swim with good technique
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Maintain the best possible technique at all speeds during a
workout. If you try to go fast with bad technique, you are
wasting energy. If you can teach yourself to go fast while
using good technique, you will make bigger gains.
Do drills as part of every swimming workout
Early in your workout, in the middle of your workout, or at the
end of your workout (or any combination of the three!) do
some specific technique work to reinforce good swimming
skills. There are many drills you can do to stay tuned up, or to
help you develop better technique.
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Do challenging workouts
One or two times a week (depending upon how frequently you
swim) do part of your workout with oomph - push the effort, go
hard, whatever you want to call it. If all of your workouts are
focused on technique, your technique will improve. But what
will happen when you try to go faster? You will get tired, your
technique will deteriorate, and you might as well call it a day. If
you are doing some hard or challenging workouts - mixed in
with technique work - as different workouts or as part of the
same workout - you will learn how to hold good technique
while going faster.
Do easy workouts
Depending upon your swimming goals, there may be no
reason to do more than one or two tough workout sets a week,
as long as you do one or two easier workouts, too. Work hard
on the hard things, and easy on the easy things, and each
kind of work will give better results.
Do streamlines
It might be a start, a push-off, or a turn, but you should always
do things the same way - streamline, then into the transition
between the streamline and swimming. But first, always a
streamline.
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Capítulo 2
Do leave the wall the same way every time
Always push off the walls the way you would if you were
coming out of a turn. When you starting a set, you should
push off the wall exactly the same way that you would be
pushing off the wall if you were coming out of a turn. Most
races have more turns than starts, and getting some extra
practice with any part of a turn is a bonus.
Do wear a swimsuit made for competitive swimming
This doesn't mean spend $300 on the latest and greatest
high-tech slicker than skin piece of swim wear. It means don't
wear baggy beach shorts if you are trying to improve your
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technique or go learn how to hold technique when going
faster. There are times to wear a swimsuit that gives you
some extra drag, but not before you have mastered good
technique.
Do ask someone to watch you swim
Better yet, get someone to video you. Getting some eyes to
watch what you do (or using your own via a video review)
while you are moving through the pool can yield some great
feedback on your swimming technique that you may have not
realized.
Do use flippers occasionally
Among other benefits, swim fins or flippers can help you
achieve (artificially) a better body position and you will learn
what that position feels like while moving. Then, when the
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flippers are off, you can try to recreate that position by feel,
since you will already have a better idea what it will feel like
when you get there.
Capítulo 3
Swimmers, Get to Practice!
Establish Swim Practice Requirements for Swimmers Practice
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Getting better at something like swimming usually requires
practice. Yes, some athletes will get better just through growth
and maturation, but under normal circumstances they have to
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practice skills, too. If they really want to get better, they have
to develop their fitness, and that takes practice. How many
times a week? Five? Two? Nine?
Take the About Swimming Poll on Swim Practice
Requirements
Different programs have various goals, and these goals
should be the primary basis for developing the practice
attendance system. There are several factors to consider
when looking at practice requirements. Among them are:
•Design or overall goals of the program
•Goals of the members of that program
•Swimmer's age
•Swimmer's other sport experience
•Swimmer's level of development
•Limitations on swimmer commitment
•Time of season
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•Length of practice
•Policy consistency within a program and among other
programs in the same system (such as a school)
If the team is recreational in nature, teaching swimmers the
different skills needed for competitive swimming, how many
times each week does a swimmer need to get to the pool?
Once a week might be enough to teach basic skills to 7-year
olds. Two or three practices per week would allow for more
instruction and rehearsal of the new skills, better retention and
perfection of old skills, and offer enough time to develop an
element of sport specific fitness. If the athlete is older, one
practice a week may not be enough to teach and develop
needed skills. If a swimmer wants to make the Olympics, they
may begin with a recreational team, but to have a chance at
reaching their goal they will likely need to move on to another
type of team.
A high school team would probably base its requirements on a
school-wide system for consistency set by the athletic
department. Based on the available number of practices, what
is required for a student to remain eligible for competition for
the team? This number should not be vastly different between
sports programs offered by the school. This does not mean
that if basketball requires four practices a week, swimming
should require four as well. It does mean that if basketball
allows its team members to miss one practice a week with
prior permission, then the swim team would be likely to have
the same policy. The number of practices that need to be held
to meet the team goals will vary. An established team with
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experienced swimmers (that practice only with the school
team during the season) might have as many as nine or ten
practices each week. A new team, a team that has swimmers
that practice with their club team during the season, or one
that does not have swimmers capable of handling the stress
(both positive and negative) associated with two-a-day
practices might only hold four to five weekly practice sessions.
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If the athletes in a program are used to practicing three times
a week for soccer, and now are required to practice five times
a week for swimming, there needs to be some basis for this
difference, and that difference needs to be sold to the
swimmers. More practices are needed because? Individual
programs must answer that question, but reasons could
include shorter practice times, a higher element of fitness
development required, more time needed to teach skills, or
different program goals from those of the soccer team. What if
the athlete has other commitments, perhaps some type of
religious services or extra educational needs? Should the
athlete be allowed to miss more practices than those that don't
have those same conflicts? Certainly faith or education are
more important than sport; how a program deals with potential
conflicts to attendance must be handled consistently and with
common sense.
Where is the line drawn between forcing the swimmer to make
a choice and allowing them to participate in a multitude of
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activities? Should they be encouraged through all levels of
development, and at all ages, to do as much as possible, or
should they be steered towards narrowing their focus, with the
potential of developing to a higher level in fewer areas? What
is the program's overall goal, and how does that interact with
the goals of the members?
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What about a team that is trying to qualify swimmers for
Olympic trials or place swimmers on a national team? What
does it take to reach that level? It could take a few - or as
many as 14 - practices each week - maybe more! The number
must be determined by the coaching staff and sold to the
athlete.
A program might have vastly differing requirements for
different groups within the same team. This could be for
several reasons. It may help to develop and introduce the
novice to the sport in a graduated, controlled manner. It might
keep some athletes in the sport longer, perhaps long enough
to get them to reach the next level of commitment. It might
serve as a revenue generator, allowing overall team dues to
remain lower.
Swimmers need to practice to get better beyond the level of
improvement that might be achieved as they mature. The
number of practices needed to improve will vary among
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swimmers and teams, but some number will be needed. The
team leadership must establish that number, make decisions
on recommending or requiring practices, then get the team
membership to buy in to that part of the program. It is up to the
swimmers and parents to make commitment to themselves
and their team in order to improve their abilities. So get to
practice and...
Swim On!