Usually the better you are as a swimmer, the more drills and more techniques focus your training program is.
Melbourne, Victoria (PRWEB) October 27, 2012
As all athletes and coaches know, not every training session goes to plan.
“Inflexibility means swimmers can't put themselves in the right position to perform the right technique because their muscles won’t allow them to access that position,” explains Brenton.
Although many swimmers stretch before practice to increase performance, minimize injuries, and facilitate recovery, it’s even more important to stretch afterwards.
Recent research by professors at Sydney University has suggested that stretching after exercise does not help with muscle soreness from training, but it does help with increased flexibility and range of motion, allowing you to get more out of each stroke.
“A little bit of stretching will go a long way to improve your training times and get you swimming better in training. It also allows your body to prepare for your next session,” says Brenton.
As well as stretching, Brenton touches on the effectiveness of Fingertip Drag Freestyle, a drill used in the Mastering Freestyle Program to fix freestyle hand entry and trunk rotation.
“Usually the better you are as a swimmer, the more drills and more techniques focus your training program is,” explains Brenton. “The reason we do drills is for two reasons: the first one is efficiency. It will help you move through the water with less effort, creating less drag and less resistance. And the second one, is it will help with your timing and propulsion. This is why a lot of the programs that we offer are so drill focused.”
The news podcast finishes up with tips to make the most out of each training session, and a brief overview of a three-month training program Brenton will be doing with his open water squad in Melbourne, Australia.
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