Better Breathing, Better Swimming

No matter what level of swimmer, the basic fundamentals of body position, leg action, arm action, breathing and timing of the swim stroke apply to each and everyone. The difficulty that occurs for many weaker swimmers is that there is a sense of urgency to apply lots of effort to swim quickly in order to […]

Developing Better Body Balance in Freestyle

Developing Balance Horizontal alignment and lateral alignment are key components in developing balance in the Freestyle stroke. In most cases an unbalanced stroke is a by-product of the upper body doing all the work and lower body being far too low in the water creating drag and resistance.  Poor body balance dramatically  affects swimming speed and […]