Practising technique is crucial for efficient swimming. If you’re wasting energy by swimming incorrectly, the chances are you’re losing speed. Drill work – focusing on specific elements of your stroke ...

Swim freestyle with your head out of the water. Look forward as if you were sighting a buoy or landmark in open water. Keep your head out of the water for the entire 25 to strengthen your neck muscles ...

New targeted swimming drills are expanding the role of aquatic training in home fitness, offering benefits beyond cardio to include strength building, core engagement, and technique refinement.

Single-arm drills are the best way to focus on every phase of the stroke, including the pull. The non-swimming arm should be kept at your side to allow and promote torso rotation while performing the ...

Cross training is crucial for swimmers to build power, speed, and muscular balance. This swimmer workout will help you get all three. Swimming is a full-body cardio workout. But it’s still a smart ...

BUILDING MUSCLE REQUIRES adding resistance training into your workout routine. You might wonder if that includes swimming, and if your pool-based training is going to actually help you get swole with ...

Swimming with one arm ahead of you and one arm to your side, propel yourself for a length with only your kick. Focus on being horizontal in the water, keeping a soft leg and kicking from the hips. As ...

Swimming World will periodically bring you a topic that will be explored through drills and concepts to implement on a regular basis. While certain tips may be more appropriate for specific levels of ...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain ...

The density of water means you get more resistance from every pull or kick than you would on land, and these drills really make that work for you. Swimming laps already does a lot to build your upper ...