The importance of starts, turns and finishes
Have a look at the below video of Michael Phelps on his way to winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. This is a great example of how important it is to practice our starts, turns and finishes!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E3paiELa7mA&feature=related
The next video clip also features Michael Phelps on his way to breaking the 200m Freestyle World Record. Check out his underwater phase on turns 1 and 3 and look at the advantage he got over his fellow competitors. This in another great example of why it is important to make sure we work on our streamlining and butterfly kick off the wall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGk_TPzTGZM
Streamlining
This is the single most important skill for all PBSC swimmers to acquire, so make sure you practice streamling off all your dives and turns when training.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fej5IOsR8BU
The Freestyle "Flip" turn
See the video on the below link that explains the Freestyle "flip" turn in 3 easy stages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hysq6tX7d5Q&feature=related
The backstroke "Flip" turn
Have a look at the video on Youtube that explains the backstroke "flip" turn. Simple!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81BF0r44XDo
Butterfly Kick Drill
Here is a very useful butterfly kick drill.
http://www.goswim.tv/entries/6447/butterfly---extra-kick-fly.html
Go Swim website
This website has some great video's, tips and swim drills and is highly recommended that our swimmers take some time to view it.