I am just asking if just say I am already 17yrs old and I am doing a 27.5 for 50m freestyle long course. Is it possible for me to do a 25 sec next year. Just let me know if I’m raising false hopes. Regards, Brandon _____ Hi Brandon, The easy answer is yes. A drop […]
QUESTION: Hello, I love reading your emails, I have a question with my son’s swimming. In a 100m race he goes well to the 50m mark then on the return he starts to loose form and races considerably slower. How can he improve the speed in the second half of his race? This is in […]
1. Arrive on Time There is nothing worse for a swimmer than arriving late for warm-up for a competition. Lateness leads to an increase in anxiety for both the swimmer and the parent. For the athlete this will use up unnecessary energy before they even dive into the water to warm-up. At most swim meets coaches […]
QUESTION: Hi Gary, My name is Sineth, working as a swimming coach in Sri Lanka. I have, age 13 – 15 years old girls and boys In my squad. Their holding 1:03.00 to 1:07.00 they (PB)100m freestyle times long cause meters.. My goal is to swim under 58:00 to 1:00.00 for them. I was planning […]
Hi Gary, I am a swimmer based in Europe…and I would like to know what can I do to increase my pain tolerance? Because I tend to slow down(.especially in the last 15 meters of the race) if I am feeling pain in my arms, trying to get back into my ” comfort zone” and […]
QUESTION: Hi Gary, Just wanting to know on average what is the normal personal best and by how much can a young swimmer (eg:12 years old and over) achieve in race from his previous race. The question that i want answered is by how much and in what time frame.Is it a gradual decrease or […]
There is something about watching really good swimmers. It doesn’t matter how young or how old they are, they move through the water so fluently and gracefully. They just make it look so easy. Over the past few days I attended the Australian Age Swimming Championships at the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre to see the […]
FINA has released a list of approved swim wear for 2015. The list is dated as at February 5, 2015. A posting of the suit list can be found at FINA Approved Swim Suits. In total, there are now 1,644 items on the swimwear list, with 155 newly approved for 2015. The items are comprised of: -852 […]
QUESTION: Good Day Gary, Some of our swimmers ages 8yrs to 14yrs complain of fatigue, when its race time if the coach does a long warm up before the meet starts. What would you say would be basic or best warm up, prior to the start of the meet and the duration. Regards Robert ANSWER: […]
QUESTION: Hi, l have a 9 year old daughter who has done 2 seasons of swimming lessons. 5 weeks ago she started squad training where she has been encouraged to swim “fast”, something that she has never done. Her first 50m freestyle race she swam 59 sec. 4 weeks later she is down to 45 […]
