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Meet the Swim Smooth Coaches of 2020 from Ireland, Wales, East Midlands,...
Swim Smooth are super-proud to announce six brand new Certified Coaches to help you take your swimming to the next level, including former ITU World Number 1 triathlete Sam Warriner!Training to be a SS...
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Just Get To That 7th Swim And You'll Be Fine
It could be that where you live your local pool is re-opening after a Covid-19 shutdown. If you're lucky enough to be in that situation, or planning your return when you can get back in the water, then...
View ArticleThe Need For A Double Sleep
When training towards a goal, it is easy to adopt the mindset that the more training sessions you can get in the better. This is especially true for triathletes or cross-training athletes who are...
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I Wasn't Quite Fit Enough To Keep Going!
Have you ever said that to yourself after a training set? It started so well, you hit all your times, then in the second half you struggled and missed them by quite a stretch.The easy conclusion to...
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Short, Simple Sessions To Get Your Swimming Back On Track
For many people, we are starting to get a glimpse of normal life in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the regular contact we have had with the 50 Swim Smooth Certified Coaches across the world,...
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Use A Smiley Face To Improve Your Swimming
Here's a super-simple visualisation to improve your swimming - it might seem really basic but it can help any level of swimmer from beginner right through to elite competitor:The Smiley Face...
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Swim Smooth Coaches Are Coming Back Online!
As fellow swimming enthusiasts, we completely understand how difficult it has been not being able to dive into the pool or enjoy the open water over the past few months. But we finally have some good...
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Watch Paul's Open Water Swimming Masterclass
Just getting back to swimming? Swim Smooth founder Paul Newsome recently collaborated with Triathlon Victoria to deliver a Swim Smooth Open Water Masterclass for coaches in Australia.The recording of...
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Get An *Online* Swim Smooth Video Analysis Of Your Swimming
Need help with your stroke technique? Did you know you can now beat the lockdown and book in for an Online Video Analysis with a Swim Smooth Certified Coach of your choice. ThisĀ full analysis includes...
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Five Things To Make Open Water Swimming Easier
Wherever you are in the world you might well be in the situation where your pool is shut but you have access to some safe open water swimming. If you are new to swimming in open water you will find...
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Understanding PACE - The Key To Improving Your Swimming
Ā *Pace* is a really important concept to understand in swimming:A swimming pool is a very controlled environment. Every lap is exactly the same length, there are no hills or head winds and water...
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Experimenting With Becoming A Swinger
Have you ever watched the swimming at the Olympics or World Championships and noticed how no two strokes are alike? How can some swimmers win their event with a seemingly beautiful "picture perfect"...
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Get Inspired (Like We Do) From Swim Smooth's Instagram
It's hard to believe but it's been over 15 years since Swim Smooth started! We've managed to pack a lot in over the years, travelling around the globe many times running swim clinics and coach...
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Do You Need To Train To Train?
Here's a good way to think about your training, particularly if you're getting back into your swimming (or any other sort of exercise) after a lockdown lay-off:We all want to get to a fitness level...
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Meet The World's First All Female Channel Medley Relay Team
Last week, Swim Smooth Manchester coach Lucy Lloyd-Roach and her team broke the world record as the first ever all female English Channel Medley Relay Team. Lucy, Mel, Claire and Sarah started out from...
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Should You Rotate *Less* When You Breathe?
One of our coaching maxims at Swim Smooth isĀ if something's going to go wrong in your stroke it will go wrong when you breathe.Here's a common example of that (so common in fact it's very likely to be...
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Why Do Sprinters Use A Straighter Arm Pull?
Noa Markou just asked us a great question on Instagram:I read your article (www.feelforthewater.com/2012/08/bent-it-like-becky.html) and would greatly value your opinion on the following. It states...
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What To Do In A Quick Lunchtime Swim
As much as we'd all love limitless training time, the reality is that you might just need to squeeze in a quick swim as and when you can around your busy life.Covid has made that even more the case as...
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When Wrong Feels Right - Part 2
Back in 2016 we posted our classic blog Why A Good Catch Is So Elusive: Wrong Can Feel Right - if you missed it first time around it's well worth a read, it's one of those posts we refer swimmers back...
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This Diesel Engine Is Just Getting Started
Have you noticed that most swim sessions are very stop-start in nature? They tend to include lots of short swims with significant recovery between each? Swim-rest-swim-rest-swim-rest. Stopping every...
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