SAMPLE: Do you teach back of hand or little finger exit in back crawl? If yes, have you asked yourself why? Is it because your course tutor told you this was required?Some years ago, we held a week long clinic* for club swimmers, the purpose of which was to look at all the aspects that...
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SAMPLE: What is the most important part of the body governing the quality of your swimming technique? You probably all know that this is the head, but if you thought something else, it’s time to reassess! There is one ‘guru’ currently pushing all sorts of advice, books etc. on the net, who is very much...
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SAMPLE: Did you know that you do not have to teach pupils to breathe to swim? If I had a pound for every teacher I have heard who tells pupils that the most important thing in swimming is to be able to breathe, I’d be worth a few bob. This kind of comment is of...
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Sample: How good is your double ‘S’ back crawl arm propulsion demonstration? During one of our seminars, we asked all 60 odd delegates to stand and demonstrate a bent arm back crawl arm action as they would to their pupils. Only 2 were even remotely correct. Why is that?In simple terms, they don’t understand it,...
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Did you know that butterfly is the simplest stroke and easiest to teach and swim? Think about it. Front crawl has 2 arms operating independently, moving alternately in opposite directions, legs going up and down at the same time, the body rotating on neither the arm or leg axis and with the mouth or nose...
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