featuring:
- Richard Quick, former Head Coach at Texas (W), Auburn (M/W) and Stanford (W) Universities; 3x Olympic Coach; 12 NCAA Team Championships, 5x NCAA Coach of the Year
- David Marsh, Head Coach, SwimMAC Carolina; 2016 USA Women's Olympic Team Head Coach, 12x NCAA Championship and 8x NCAA Coach of the Year (Auburn), 3x USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant
- Frank Busch, USA Swimming National Team Director; 2x U.S. Olympic Swim Coach, former University of Arizona Head Coach; 2x NCAA Championship Coach; 6x National Coach of the Year; member of the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame (2008)
- Ian Pope, Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Head Coach, Olympic and National Team Coach for Australia; has coached a Gold Medalist in 6 consecutive World Championships ('98 to '09)
- Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State's Women's Head Swimming Coach; has coached 28 student-athletes to 34 Big Ten individual championships
- Bill Wadley, Head Coach for Ohio State's men's swim team, 2010 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year
- Coley Stickels, USA National Team Coach; Head Coach of Canyons Aquatic Club; 14x NCAA All-American with University of Arizona
- Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee Head Coach; 2x SEC Women's Coach of the Year, 4x Ivy League Coach of the Year
- Eddie Reese, University of Texas Head Men's Swimming Coach; 2010 NCAA Champions; 3x Olympic Head Coach, 10 NCAA Championships, 8x NCAA Coach of the Year; member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Arthur Albiero, University of Louisville Head Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Coach; 2012 National Coach of the Year; 2014 ACC Coach of the Year (3x Big East Coach of the Year); 2012 Olympic Coach for Portugal
- Jack Bauerle, University of Georgia Head men's and women's swim coach; 4x NCAA Women's champion, 7x SEC Women's champion, 5x NCAA coach of the year, 12xSEC Coach of the Year; 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Head Coach
Freestyle is the most fundamental stroke in swimming and, therefore, great technique is essential to avoid injury, increase quality practice time, and build a distinct feel for the water. The instructors in this video have thousands of hours of experience instructing their athletes and demonstrate exceptional teaching techniques that increase understanding and critical thinking.
Isolate each component - kick, catch, pull, rotation, breathing, etc. - to diagnose stroke flaws, including flaws that are hidden by other components of the stroke. Make corrections and condition all the building blocks of the stroke, then use progressions to build the stroke from the core out and the kick up for fast, efficient and sustainable freestyle. Coaches of swimmers at all levels will find drills they can add to make workouts more productive and their swimmers more successful.
Body Alignment
You'll see drills that help athletes learn the posture - from head to toe - that will support natural buoyancy in the water and provide greater power of stroke with less drag, using arms to control the balance. Through daily use of these drills, a coach or swimmer can alleviate many problems regarding water flow. These drills will help:
- Develop lateral balance, allowing freestylers to be comfortable traveling on their sides, rather than on their stomachs, for less resistance and more sustainable speed
- Teach swimmers with "heavy legs," particularly sprinters, to create a balanced body line that supports the hips and legs, leaving the kick for propulsion
Training the Kick
A high, tight, and fast kick helps to provide the speed needed to move the body quickly through the water while helping to maintain body line. You'll learn to build strength and stamina so that the kick is still strong at the end of the race. The coaches also teach you to help swimmers build a kick that is powered from the core for more propulsion using less energy.
Catch and Rhythm
Learn drills that teach hand entry and hip rotation timing to eliminate wasted motion in the start of each stroke. You'll see sculling and catch drills to develop water feel and strength to help swimmers set the best anchor to pull past for the best distance per stroke. Rhythm drills coordinate the timing of the arm and leg movements through a strong core to keep the swimmer riding the ideal body line without loss of momentum anywhere in the stroke cycle.
Breathing Mechanics
Learn to look for breathing errors - late breathing, slow breathing, over-rotating to breathe, etc. - and how to correct them.
These coaches understand what makes championship-caliber freestyle strokes at all levels of competition. Add this video to your library and start reaping the benefits today!
153 minutes. 2017.
MD-05079B:
featuring:
- Richard Quick, former Head Coach at Texas (W), Auburn (M/W) and Stanford (W) Universities; 3x Olympic Coach; 12 NCAA Team Championships, 5x NCAA Coach of the Year
- David Marsh, Head Coach, SwimMAC Carolina; 2016 USA Women's Olympic Team Head Coach, 12x NCAA Championship and 8x NCAA Coach of the Year (Auburn), 3x USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant
- Frank Busch, USA Swimming National Team Director; 2x U.S. Olympic Swim Coach, former University of Arizona Head Coach; 2x NCAA Championship Coach; 6x National Coach of the Year; member of the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame (2008)
- Ian Pope, Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Head Coach, Olympic and National Team Coach for Australia; has coached a Gold Medalist in 6 consecutive World Championships ('98 to '09)
- Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State's Women's Head Swimming Coach; has coached 28 student-athletes to 34 Big Ten individual championships
- Bill Wadley, Head Coach for Ohio State's men's swim team, 2010 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year
- Coley Stickels, USA National Team Coach; Head Coach of Canyons Aquatic Club; 14x NCAA All-American with University of Arizona
- Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee Head Coach; 2x SEC Women's Coach of the Year, 4x Ivy League Coach of the Year
- Eddie Reese, University of Texas Head Men's Swimming Coach; 2010 NCAA Champions; 3x Olympic Head Coach, 10 NCAA Championships, 8x NCAA Coach of the Year; member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ray Looze, Indiana University Head Coach; 2016 Men's & Women's Big 10 Coach of the Year - first coach in Big 10 history to win both honors in the same year; 2016 U.S. Women's Olympic Swim Team Assistant Coach
This comprehensive collection of over 70 drills by top swimming coaches will revolutionize the way you approach backstroke with your swimmers. You will learn drills and progressions to teach and train championship backstroke at every level. Elite swimmers demonstrate the drills while some of the most successful swimming coaches in history describe how the drills should be done and what you should look for to improve every aspect of your swimmers' races.
This video contains a massive selection of backstroke drills ranging from basic fundamentals to technical training to fine tune the more advanced swimmers to achieve their full potential. It will give you everything you need to:
Body Position
Today's elite backstrokers ride higher in the water than ever before. Learn drills to get the best head position and core-driven body shape to ride higher in the water to minimize drag.
- Challenge swimmers with Richard Quick's Pencil Progression to build perfect backstroke posture, line and balance for swimmers of all levels
- Build core strength and body position awareness with drills from Ian Pope, Coley Stickels and David Marsh
The Kick
Great backstroke starts with a kick that is small enough to avoid drag, fast enough to generate speed, and steady enough to generate a sturdy base to anchor today's higher tempo arm recovery. Over 16 different drills focus on using a small, quick kick in correct alignment to improve a swimmer's power and speed:
- From David Marsh, learn to use an ankle strap at knees and at ankles to generate a kick that produces forceful down and up kicks while minimizing knee lifting and fishtailing from a kick that is not tethered to an engaged core
- Learn from Ohio State University coaches as they demonstrate kick drills that will help your swimmers drive a powerful kick from their cores without sacrificing ideal body position
Catch, Pull, and Recovery
Twenty drills focus on the correct hand and body position for the backstroke catch and recovery. Hand-entry position and pausing on the recovery are two common stroke errors that can be frustrating to correct. See how great coaches use drills to develop championship backstroke pulls. Learn the similarities and differences in amount of rotation entry width, depth of pull, turnover rate and aggressiveness of kick between 100 and 200 backstroke styles
Full Stroke and Tempo
Finally, putting the stroke together, you'll see many coaches' progressions of how these drills tie together into a complete, powerful backstroke. With the catch, rotation and recovery coupled with a strong kick, you can see a few complete backstroke drills focusing on power and speed for a complete backstroke. Adding a few breakout drills and the always-important underwater, this video contains everything a coach or swimmer may need to incorporate drills to work on backstroke in part or in whole.
Many swimmers deal with the same drills over and over throughout a season until they become mindless. The drills found in this video do a great job of explaining and demonstrating so you can reciprocate this understanding for your team. The differences of coach explanations demonstrate a large diversity of knowledge found within this visual repository.
Whether you are looking to get your novice athletes started in their career with the best foundational technique, looking to liven up your practice with innovative drill progressions done by the masters, or trying to balance the quality of your athletes' training session at a rapid training pace, this comprehensive library of drills and progressions for backstroke will meet your coaching needs.
120 minutes. 2017.
MD-05079C:
featuring:
- Richard Quick, former Head Coach at Texas (W), Auburn (M/W) and Stanford (W) Universities; 3x Olympic Coach; 12 NCAA Team Championships, 5x NCAA Coach of the Year
- David Marsh, Head Coach, SwimMAC Carolina; 2016 USA Women's Olympic Team Head Coach, 12x NCAA Championship and 8x NCAA Coach of the Year (Auburn), 3x USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant
- Frank Busch, USA Swimming National Team Director; 2x U.S. Olympic Swim Coach, former University of Arizona Head Coach; 2x NCAA Championship Coach; 6x National Coach of the Year; member of the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame (2008)
- Ian Pope, Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Head Coach, Olympic and National Team Coach for Australia; has coached a Gold Medalist in 6 consecutive World Championships ('98 to '09)
- Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State's Women's Head Swimming Coach; has coached 28 student-athletes to 34 Big Ten individual championships
- Bill Wadley, Head Coach for Ohio State's men's swim team, 2010 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year
- Coley Stickels, USA National Team Coach; Head Coach of Canyons Aquatic Club; 14x NCAA All-American with University of Arizona
- Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee Head Coach; 2x SEC Women's Coach of the Year, 4x Ivy League Coach of the Year
- Eddie Reese, University of Texas Head Men's Swimming Coach; 2010 NCAA Champions; 3x Olympic Head Coach, 10 NCAA Championships, 8x NCAA Coach of the Year; member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ray Looze, Indiana University Head Coach; 2016 Men's & Women's Big 10 Coach of the Year - first coach in Big 10 history to win both honors in the same year; 2016 U.S. Women's Olympic Swim Team Assistant Coach
- Kelly Kremer, University of Minnesota Head Women's Coach; coach of the 2011 NCAA champions in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events
- Sheri Stoddard, Swim Pasadena Head Coach and Head Age Group Coach
Of the four strokes, breaststroke is the most susceptible to drag forces. Any reduction in drag through better stroke mechanics will result in immediate improvements in speed and endurance. This comprehensive collection of over 90 drills by top swimming coaches will give you everything you need to diagnose stroke errors, hone technique and build explosive endurance.
Most elite breaststroke coaches do surprisingly little full-stroke breaststroke each practice. Instead, they use drills to allow swimmers to fully focus on pushing each aspect of the stroke to their limit without exhaustion breaking down timing. Starting with drills focusing on correct body positioning, moving outward to the pull and kick, and finally progressing to drills focusing on timing and the stroke as a whole, this video will help swimmers of all levels master the breaststroke. It will give you everything you need to:
- Correct persistent breaststroke flaws
- Develop efficient and sustainable speed in your breaststrokers
- Build comfort and confidence in breaststroke for all your swimmers
- Design breaststroke sets with variety and challenge all season long
Horizontal Body Line
Keeping a good streamlined body position is vital to the breaststroke. Get a treasure trove of favorite drills on how to improve body posture, line and balance for an easier, faster and more efficient breaststroke. You'll see on-deck and in-water techniques to fire lower abs to maintain stable hips and allow explosive recovery to the ideal line. Or, diagnose stroke flaws with resistance drills that allow swimmers to feel where their stroke is inefficient and help them make corrections
Eliminating Dead Spots
Improving hand speed on the breaststroke is important for a quick, powerful swim. You'll learn drills that use underwater recovery to improve tempo and timing with the stroke. Other drills show how a swimmer can get a feel for the timing by throwing their arms out of the water, like in the Cobra Drill, to get into a better body position quickly. Drills are used to:
- Learn to lead tempo with the core, instead of just the hands, for acceleration through the pull recovery that enhances distance per stroke
- Develop momentum by timing the kick recovery to occur in the shadow of the upper body, minimizing drag and coordinating body movement
- Teach a pull pattern that helps swimmers hold water for a strong anchor that allows the core to power the hips forward
- Focus swimmers on having all motion going forward, instead of up and down, for maximum efficiency and speed
The Kick
The kick is probably the most important part of being a good breaststroker. This video has numerous drills to help improve flexibility, feel and power to the kick. Whether it's underwater, upside down or one leg at a time, isolating the legs will help improve swimmers' range of motion and power to aid in a stronger breaststroke.
Pullouts and Breakouts
The fastest part of every breaststroke race. Drills included will:
- Develop ideal timing and shape of the kickout to sustain momentum from the start or turn
- Teach a low-resistance, high power pull down that ends in proper position to initiate the first kick
- Time the first kick and the breakout to explode into the first full breaststroke to establish an explosive tempo
This video is a great tool for any coach looking for a few new, easy drills to help a struggling breaststroker or to work on certain aspects to improve the best of the best. A wide variety of drills focusing on all aspects of the stroke will aid any coach looking to expand their coaching repertoire.
162 minutes. 2017.
MD-05079D:
featuring:
- Richard Quick, former Head Coach at Texas (W), Auburn (M/W) and Stanford (W) Universities; 3x Olympic Coach; 12 NCAA Team Championships, 5x NCAA Coach of the Year
- David Marsh, Head Coach, SwimMAC Carolina; 2016 USA Women's Olympic Team Head Coach, 12x NCAA Championship and 8x NCAA Coach of the Year (Auburn), 3x USA Men's Olympic Team Assistant
- Frank Busch, USA Swimming National Team Director; 2x U.S. Olympic Swim Coach, former University of Arizona Head Coach; 2x NCAA Championship Coach; 6x National Coach of the Year; member of the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Hall of Fame (2008)
- Ian Pope, Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Head Coach, Olympic and National Team Coach for Australia; has coached a Gold Medalist in 6 consecutive World Championships ('98 to '09)
- Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State's Women's Head Swimming Coach; has coached 28 student-athletes to 34 Big Ten individual championships
- Bill Wadley, Head Coach for Ohio State's men's swim team, 2010 Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year
- Coley Stickels, USA National Team Coach; Head Coach of Canyons Aquatic Club; 14x NCAA All-American with University of Arizona
- Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee Head Coach; 2x SEC Women's Coach of the Year, 4x Ivy League Coach of the Year
- Eddie Reese, University of Texas Head Men's Swimming Coach; 2010 NCAA Champions; 3x Olympic Head Coach, 10 NCAA Championships, 8x NCAA Coach of the Year; member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Rich DeSelm, University of North Carolina Head Coach; 2014 U.S. Swimming National Team Coach; 2011 World University Games Head Coach
Butterfly can be a difficult stroke to master and a taxing stroke to swim. However, once swimmers develop the timing and rhythm, it can become a favorite stroke. This comprehensive collection of over 60 drills by top swimming coaches will give you everything you need to help young swimmers learn to love butterfly and elite swimmers maximize their speed with less fatigue.
Beginning with the importance of the balance that keeps one on top of the water, to the kick and the importance of a proper catch, each coach gives great drills detailing every portion of the butterfly. This collection will give you everything you need to:
- Correct persistent butterfly flaws
- Develop efficient and sustainable speed in your butterfliers
- Build comfort and confidence in butterfly for all your swimmers
- Design butterfly sets with variety and challenge all season long
Body Line
Teach your swimmers the ideal butterfly body line and train their core to sustain it for a more efficient and effortless stroke. You'll see drills that:
- Correct up and down motions that do not translate to forward momentum
- Correct breathing flaws that may disrupt timing or ideal body position
Balance is one of the most important aspects of any swim stroke. A head riding too high or hips dragging in the water can create drag. You'll learn that balance drills don't always have to be done flat on the water. The Vertical Fly Kick drill off the bottom of the pool teaches posture and balance.
Timing and Rhythm
In this section, you'll learn timing drills that will encourage proper rhythm in butterfly for a stronger and smoother swim. You'll also see how to improve engagement of the posterior core muscle groups for a more balanced and powerful stroke that is more injury-resistant. Drills are shown that set a strong catch that anchors the front of the stroke so that the swimmer can vault their hips forward
Build a strong, steady and balanced core-driven kick that is crucial for good timing and rhythm. Eddie Reese and the other coaches created 13 different kick drills that emphasize the importance of body positioning in the water and appropriate body undulation. Matt Kredich also explains the value of using pool equipment such as snorkels, fins, and kicking socks to help build stronger, more technical swimmers.
Underwater Dolphins and Breakouts
A great race begins with a great start and breakout. The transfer of momentum from the underwater kick to the first stroke sets the tempo of the swim. You'll see drills that will:
- Teach swimmers to increase range of motion off the wall as they prepare for the first stroke
- Help each swimmer develop a consistent breakout strategy based on the strength of their underwater work and their breath control
- Time the breakout to explode into the first full butterfly to establish an explosive tempo
With over 60 drills from some of the most reputable coaches in the world, you will be hard pressed to find a more extensive collection of practical butterfly drills that can help swimmers of all ages and abilities become masters of the fly.
134 minutes. 2017.