How To Do Back to Breast Turns (Open vs. Bucket vs. Cross-Over)

In the individual medley races, there are a lot of transitions between strokes: fly to back, back to breast, breast to free where…

How to get the most out of your track start? (Top tips on improving your track start)

When it comes to learning your swimming start, there needs to be room for experimentation. Without trying new things, you will ne…

Which foot to put forward during a track start? (Make your track start a success)

Everyone is different, but some commonalities arise when it comes to right-handed or left-handed swimmers. Majority of us have on…

Track start vs. Grab start explained (Should I choose the track start or grab start for my races?)

Should I do a track start or a grab start? That is a question I get asked quite a lot. My answer usually is that it really depend…

What does Javelin have in common with swimming? (Water entry, underwater kick and breakout during a start)

This is the second post in the series of articles regarding what constitutes a great swimming start. Let's recap what are the…

Blast Off the Blocks Like a Rocket (Perfect your Start from the Block)

We have now discussed the basics of diving at the beginning of your swim. So if you are comfortable with sitting dives lesson an…

Take Your Marks! Go! (How to Dive of a Starting Block)

Last time , we were discussing the proper streamline during a dive and also some basic exercises to get us more comfortable jumpi…

A Few Easy Steps to a Swimming Start (Learn the basics of a proper dive)

Learning to swim with the correct technique can be quite challenging during the first attempts, however, do not get yourselves d…