Swimmers often use different breathing patterns (i.e., variations in frequency of breathing) based on stroke and distance. Sometimes, a swimmer will maintain a single breathing pattern for an entire ...

In breaststroke, most swimmers learn to synchronize their head and arm motions to breathe and to recover to the non-breathing position. However, a delay in the head motion both to breathe and to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To prepare for future military diving and swimming training, swimming with fins 2-3 times per week must be part of your weekly regimen. Long ocean swims and dives require you not only to get in shape ...