In Sprint Freestyle with Jimmy Feigen and Kara Lynn Joyce you'll get inside the minds' of two of the best sprinters in the world. These are champions who exude a unique combination of power, grace, and speed.

Feigen and Joyce are champions in the pool and expert clinicians. They are well versed at breaking down the components of sprint freestyle in a way that everyone can understand.

Sprinting requires stroke technique, strength, conditioning and mental preparation. Jimmy and Kara Lynn present demonstrations, drills and explanations that will prepare you for all aspects of freestyle sprinting.

If you are an aspiring sprinter this DVD is made for you! You will learn how these champions practice and prepare for a race. You will learn why and how! Never before has a video been able to explicitly capture the intangibles that make the best swimmers in the world as good as they are!

Unscripted and candid insight combined with the use of many simultaneous cameras give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of the look and feel of every movement and every stroke!

Swim Like a Champion - Sprint Freestyle is a "must have" for any serious sprinter. Watch it again and again until you can "Swim Like a Champion!" It's like having your own private coach.

56 minutes. 2014.

Swim Like a Champion - Distance Freestyle gives all distance swimmers instant access to a never-before-revealed perspective from two of the world's best distance freestylers: Chloe Sutton and Peter Vanderkaay. Top-level racing requires confidence and discipline. Learn how Chloe and Peter thrived on grueling practices and winning races. They will demonstrate for you how they maintain balance in the water using perfect posture and proper stroke mechanics. Watch, listen and learn and you will swim `long and smooth' just like the champions.As expert clinicians, Sutton and Vanderkaay are well versed at demonstrating and explaining the twelve components of fast distance freestyle.

Every stroke you take in practice is preparing you to win your races. Every start, breakout, turn and finish must be learned and maximized. Peter and Chloe will tell you all their secrets of success, from start to finish.

Never before has a video been able to capture the intangibles of swimming efficient, powerful distance freestyle in a more explicit way. The use of many simultaneous cameras - including underwater and overhead - give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of the look and feel of every movement and every stroke!

Unscripted insight and candid observations from the athletes themselves, make the time spent with this video as valuable as any instruction you've ever had!

This DVD is for all swimmers who want to reach their goals of becoming the best they can be. "Swim Like a Champion" is as important to you as your swimsuit and goggles. Thanks to two of the most accomplished distance swimmers in the sport, you now have the opportunity to dissect their strokes, listen to their advice and learn their drills any time you want. You will be studying this DVD over and over again so that you can "Swim Like a Champion!"

63 minutes. 2014.

In Sprint Freestyle with Jimmy Feigen and Kara Lynn Joyce you'll get inside the minds' of two of the best sprinters in the world. These are champions who exude a unique combination of power, grace, and speed.

Feigen and Joyce are champions in the pool and expert clinicians. They are well versed at breaking down the components of sprint freestyle in a way that everyone can understand.

Sprinting requires stroke technique, strength, conditioning and mental preparation. Jimmy and Kara Lynn present demonstrations, drills and explanations that will prepare you for all aspects of freestyle sprinting.

If you are an aspiring sprinter this DVD is made for you! You will learn how these champions practice and prepare for a race. You will learn why and how! Never before has a video been able to explicitly capture the intangibles that make the best swimmers in the world as good as they are!

Unscripted and candid insight combined with the use of many simultaneous cameras give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of the look and feel of every movement and every stroke!

Swim Like a Champion - Sprint Freestyle is a "must have" for any serious sprinter. Watch it again and again until you can "Swim Like a Champion!" It's like having your own private coach.

56 minutes. 2014.

Swim Like a Champion - Distance Freestyle gives all distance swimmers instant access to a never-before-revealed perspective from two of the world's best distance freestylers: Chloe Sutton and Peter Vanderkaay. Top-level racing requires confidence and discipline. Learn how Chloe and Peter thrived on grueling practices and winning races. They will demonstrate for you how they maintain balance in the water using perfect posture and proper stroke mechanics. Watch, listen and learn and you will swim `long and smooth' just like the champions.As expert clinicians, Sutton and Vanderkaay are well versed at demonstrating and explaining the twelve components of fast distance freestyle.

Every stroke you take in practice is preparing you to win your races. Every start, breakout, turn and finish must be learned and maximized. Peter and Chloe will tell you all their secrets of success, from start to finish.

Never before has a video been able to capture the intangibles of swimming efficient, powerful distance freestyle in a more explicit way. The use of many simultaneous cameras - including underwater and overhead - give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of the look and feel of every movement and every stroke!

Unscripted insight and candid observations from the athletes themselves, make the time spent with this video as valuable as any instruction you've ever had!

This DVD is for all swimmers who want to reach their goals of becoming the best they can be. "Swim Like a Champion" is as important to you as your swimsuit and goggles. Thanks to two of the most accomplished distance swimmers in the sport, you now have the opportunity to dissect their strokes, listen to their advice and learn their drills any time you want. You will be studying this DVD over and over again so that you can "Swim Like a Champion!"

63 minutes. 2014.

In Swim Like a Champion - Backstroke, you'll get a rare look `inside the mind' of the world's best backstroker: Matt Grevers. Grevers says every single stroke he takes in practice and in races is executed with purpose and thought. In this video, he will teach you to swim with efficiency and explosive speed by learning good habits and knowing what to think about as you swim.

You will see how his core, hips and arms work together in rhythm, to make backstroke look effortless. He has developed ways to cut hundredths of a second from the various components of his race and is ready to share his secrets with you in this unique DVD.

As an engaging clinician, Grevers is well versed at dissecting the seven components for swimming flawless backstroke. For this video, he has compiled his favorite drills and breaks down in detail how he generates power and speed. Learn to leverage the connection between your hips, arms and "fully engaged core". Watch and learn about his incredibly powerful start, thundering breakouts, and turns. This DVD will show you Grevers' "lunge" finish and all his other secrets.

Never before has a video been produced that captures the intangibles of swimming backstroke in a more explicit way. The insight, explanations, demonstrations and candid personal observations of Olympic Champion Matt Grevers in conjunction with the use of many simultaneous cameras give an unrivaled, dynamic perspective of what every movement and every stroke should look and feel like.

If you are serious about being a winning swimmer, this DVD will become one of your most valuable tools. You will watch it over and over again because it contains everything you need to improve your stroke! When something didn't `feel right' in practice, Matt will have the answer in Swim Like a Champion - Backstroke.

MD-04512D: with Mark Gangloff,
Two-time Olympic Gold , NCAA Champion, 13-time NCAA All American

Two-time Olympian Mark Gangloff swims breaststroke with grace, power and patience that makes it look easy. His goal is to be as fast as possible and has achieved it in a major way. If you have a similar goal - this DVD is for you.

In Swim Like a Champion - Breaststroke, Olympian breaststroker Mark Gangloff demonstrates and explains all of the components of the stroke. Viewers will learn the best drills to improve their `feel' for the water. His drills will teach you the pressure points and how to make a connection between every part of your body. You will eliminate drag and generate astonishing smooth-flowing power.

Gangloff is a coach at the University of Missouri and an expert clinician. His technical instruction centers around numerous drills that he has perfected to hone his technique. He also discusses his methods to execute a powerful start, an efficient pullout, a tight and fast turn and how to finish races with a fully extended stroke.

Never before has a video been able to capture the intangibles for successful breaststroke in a more encompassing way. The use of many simultaneous cameras - including underwater and overhead - give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of what every movement and every stroke should look and feel like! Unscripted insight and candid observations from Gangloff makes the time spent with this video as valuable as any instruction you've ever had!

Breaststroke is a complex stroke and there's always more to learn. Thanks to one of the America's most accomplished breaststrokers in history, you will now have your own DVD that you can watch over and over again. If you are serious about being a champion in breaststroke, Swim Like a Champion - Breaststroke is as important a personal possession as your goggles! It's a "Must Have"!

Enjoy and "Swim Like a Champion!"

59 minutes. 2014.

Winning butterflyers move through the water smoothly with perfect posture, and a surging power that is magical to watch. Swimming top caliber butterfly is accomplished by establishing a perfect bodyline, balance, length, power and timing.

Swim Like a Champion - Butterfly takes you `inside the minds' of two of the world's most successful butterflyers: Claire Donahue and Tyler McGill. They are expert clinicians and are proficient at breaking down the components of their strokes in a way that any level of swimmer can understand.

Donahue and McGill dissect the butterfly stroke into components and demonstrate drills to improve whatever is needed for your individual stroke. They articulately teach what they think about in the water and how they make a "connection" between every part of their body to establish the perfect movements necessary for the best butterfly. You will also learn how to bring explosiveness and power to your starts, turns, breakouts and finishes.

Never before has a video been able to capture the intangibles of swimming flawless butterfly in a more explicit way. The use of many simultaneous cameras - including underwater and overhead - give an unrivaled, helpful perspective of what every movement and every stroke should look and feel like! Unscripted insight and candid observations from Donahue and McGill make the time spent with this video as valuable as any instruction you've ever had.

You will view this video again and again. You will begin to feel and internalize what you are doing in the water and will want to watch, compare and incorporate what you see into your own stroke.

Enjoy and "Swim Like a Champion!"

95 minutes. 2014.

David Marsh guides you through the drills and techniques he uses to develop athletes of all levels - from beginner to world-class caliber. With the assistance of Olympic silver medalist Nick Thoman, Coach Marsh provides an in-depth look at everything from the basic fundamentals of the stroke to important details that can be easily overlooked. Coach Marsh and Thoman focus on all aspects of the stroke; body positioning, rotation, hand entry, catch, and kick. They each share drills to enforce each of these elements.

You will see over 30 drills that address every aspect of the latest techniques for swimming fast backstroke. HD underwater footage gives you a view of the stroke from all angles. Coach Marsh details each drill, explaining how and why to do it and what coaches and swimmers should look for as the stroke is being executed. He also introduces drills that can be done with a partner or using simple equipment (from kickboards to soda cans) to add variety and fun to a workout while enhancing technique, addressing stroke flaws and building endurance.

The drills in this presentation give athletes several different ways to improve each essential skill. Coach Marsh begins with a comprehensive drill progression that athletes can use to perfect each aspect of the stroke. He demonstrates drills designed to establish the correct body position and rotation for controlled efficiency- a powerful, hip-driven stroke. He offers a variety of drills for building the new high, fast catch and a pull with a strong tie to core body strength.

In addition, Coach Marsh details the underwater body dolphin, backstroke breakouts and world-class backstroke finishes. The presentation ends with Thoman swimming full stroke at two different tempos while Coach Marsh reviews the characteristics of world-class backstroke.

Though some of these drills may be familiar, plenty of new tips and techniques are covered. Coach Marsh's belief that there is always more to learn makes this presentation indispensable for all levels of swimmers and coaches.

BONUS
Listen in as Coach Marsh individually conducts backstroke diagnostics with developing club swimmers - who he is working with for the first time - using SwimMac's Endless Pool. This unique bonus feature allows you to watch Coach Marsh evaluate and diagnose the stroke and evaluate, correct, teach, and enhance it. This session demonstrates that the concepts he uses with his elite swimmers can be used with younger, developing swimmers.

43 minutes. 2014.

Efficiency, not raw power, is the key to a quality breaststroke. In this presentation, legendary swim coach David Marsh shares effective drills for achieving maximum speed by building the breaststroke around a strong body line. With the assistance of Micah Lawrence, a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, Coach Marsh demonstrates all aspects of the stroke from the fundamentals to the critical details that can easily be overlooked. Now, you can use Marsh's tips and techniques to develop a powerful, masterful, and efficient breaststroke.

Breaststroke is one of the most unique swimming strokes. Using drills that Coach Marsh has developed along with drills he has learned from elite U.S. and international coaches and athletes, Marsh breaks down the stroke into individual parts to strengthen the athlete's technique. He incorporates advanced drills to put the stroke back together. These drills focus on all aspects of the stroke, including the streamline, hand cycle and kick.

Coach Marsh begins by examining the components of an ideal breaststroke kick. Watch as Lawrence demonstrates her world-class breaststroke kick and the drills that build each component of it. Next, Coach Marsh concentrates on the pull, using drills to build strong, fast sculling capability and to address common pull flaws. Lastly, he looks at the full stroke breaststroke, showing swimmers and coaches alike how to connect the kick and pull through the breaststroke line for maximum speed.

Whether you are a coach or a swimmer, you'll feel like Coach Marsh is personally coaching you as he shares the how and why of each drill, as well as key things to look for as it's being executed. Coach Marsh encourages coaches and swimmers to be creative with equipment available on most pool decks-from kick boards to parking cones-to safely add the resistance that the swimmer needs to build power, heighten water sensitivity, and correct stroke flaws.

These dryland and pool exercises and drills combine to build the critical element of a fast breaststroke-a long, straight body-line that runs from the tips of the fingers through the crown of the head and down to the toes. The drills in this presentation helped Lawrence become a world-class breaststroker and they will help you improve your breaststroke, too!

BONUS
In an Endless Pool bonus session, you will see Coach Marsh dissect the breaststroke of some of his developing swimmers from SwimMAC Carolina. The uniqueness of this session allows you to watch a master technician take the drills and concepts that he used throughout the presentation and effectively evaluate, teach, and correct the strokes of his developing swimmers. The Endless Pool creates a one on one coaching session that is up close and highly effective. This segment is an invaluable lesson on how to teach the breaststroke.

63 minutes. 2014.

David Marsh is a world-class coach and stroke technician who has won 12 NCAA championships and coached numerous Olympians. In this presentation, Coach Marsh shares essential drills for helping swimmers and coaches develop a masterful butterfly. With the assistance of an elite-level swimmer, Coach Marsh starts with the basics of executing the whole of the stoke correctly and then progresses to more advanced drills that work on timing, rhythm and power.

The butterfly is one of the most difficult strokes to learn and master. With Coach Marsh's "Press and Release" drill progressions, you can overcome the challenge by developing correct body position in the water. These drills teach athletes that the more they press and release the chest without using a power driving kick to create speed, the more potential there is for faster performances.

Today's best flyers have a flatter stroke that stays more connected through the pull. Coach Marsh's pulling drills emphasize an early high elbow catch that accelerates as the hands move under the body, which is very similar to a freestyle-pulling pattern. The goal is to land the stroke in no more than four inches of water.

The timing of the breath is one of the hardest aspects of the stroke to learn. Correct timing involves getting a breath early in the stroke and staying low to the surface of the water. To help swimmers learn this technique, Coach Marsh uses a "Triangle Drill." This drill teaches swimmers to breathe early in the stroke and to keep the head from staying up too long.

This comprehensive presentation teaches the stroke using very basic drills for beginners and drills for developing power in the stroke for more advanced swimmers. By practicing these drills regularly, athletes will learn the proper timing of the butterfly stroke and will develop a more efficient and effective stroke.

BONUS
Watch as Coach Marsh shares a teaching session he conducts with some of his younger SwimMAC athletes. You will see Coach Marsh work his technical magic as he shows how the drills and technical nuances he uses with his professional swimmers are just as effective with his developing athletes. The Endless Pool creates an intimate teaching situation. Swimmers watch themselves in the bottom mirror and get immediate feedback on the technical aspects Marsh presents to them.

53 minutes. 2014.

Twelve-time NCAA National Championship coach David Marsh shows you how to establish a straight, tight entry line to maximize carrying speed from the start into the water. He covers traditional start drills as well as creative and innovative drills he has developed while working with his world-class swimmers maximize their starts.

Forward Starts
Beginning with forward starts, Coach Marsh addresses safety considerations, pre-race routines, and proper set-up on the blocks. His forward start progression trains swimmers to execute safe starts with the correct body line to carry the power of the start into their race. He discusses the differences in forward starts for freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly, and covers relay exchanges from approach to finish, demonstrating exchanges for freestyle and medley relays. Coach Marsh also addresses common forward start errors and shares drills that can help swimmers correct these errors.

Backstroke Starts
In backstroke starts, Olympic medalist and world record holder Nick Thoman describes his newer style powerful backstroke start. He begins with a straighter back and places his feet higher than in the past. He focuses on getting as much distance as he can and enters the water on his ideal backstroke line instead of the more traditional high amplitude start. Coach Marsh addresses adjustments that must be made for different starting conditions. He discusses transitions and demonstrates a staggered stroke breakout technique that can get you up and into your race with power.

This season, carry the power of your start into your race and take full advantage of your speed off the block.

48 minutes. 2014.

A great turn helps you take your momentum into the wall and carry speed and power off of it. Three-time Olympic coach David Marsh demonstrates the skills and drills he uses to help swimmers of all levels maximize their turns. Using on-deck analysis and footage above and below the water, he breaks down the components of fast, efficient turns and transitions, and then puts them back together.

Long Axis Turns
Coach Marsh starts with a drill progression for teaching the tight, fast spin needed for effective turns. He provides long-axis, turn progression drills for freestyle and backstroke. The progression starts with the approach, progresses through the turn and into the breakout. This progressions builds low, narrow, tight turns that take advantage of the swimmer's speed into the wall. It also enables the swimmer to use their core body strength to get off the wall and into the ideal body line as quickly as possible and with minimal energy.

Short Axis Turns
Peter Verheof, a former world-class butterflyer and recent U.S. Olympic assistant coach, joins Coach Marsh as they show how to build short-axis (butterfly and breaststroke) turns. They teach the turn from the three-stroke approach all the way through the breakout. As in the free and back turns, the result is a tight, fast turn that uses core body strength and a quick return to the ideal body line for the fastest, most efficient turn possible.

IM Turns
Finally, Coach Marsh covers IM turns, emphasizing the backstroke to breaststroke transition. He describes the balance of safety and speed he looks for from swimmers of different experience levels. He describes how elite swimmers use the challenging back-to-breast crossover turn, breaking it down with drills and a variety of camera angles. He also addresses how coaches can help younger swimmers build toward that turn.

Order now and start using the skills and drills from this presentation to turn walls into a competitive advantage.

37 minutes. 2014.

Take advantage of recent developments in freestyle to swim faster sprints, middle distances and distance freestyle. Three-time Olympic coach David Marsh teaches you how to build efficiency and power using a series of drills designed to improve posture and body alignment while maintaining a strong kick and establishing a high catch. With the assistance of multi-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones and National Team member Madison Kennedy, you'll see over 30 drills that cover everything from the fundamentals to critical details that are easily be overlooked. Learn how to maximize efficiency and power with a package of tips and strategies especially for freestylers.

Creating and maintaining a tight body line is the foundation of a faster, more efficient freestyle. Coach Marsh introduces a series of drills that teach athletes to maintain proper body alignment by focusing on swimming narrow with a long spine and low breath. You'll learn how to develop other elements of freestyle without sacrificing the ideal body line.

A "David Marsh Freestyle" is characterized by an open recovery with a high elbow catch that uses rotation to increase efficiency and power. Coach Marsh shares a number of high catch and rotation drills that help increase power. You'll also learn how to keep the body aligned with snap-back breathing, which emphasizes a quick breath and returning the head to its original position early in the stroke.

Coach Marsh includes drills to build a stronger kick - one that is powerful enough to create a platform the swimmer can use to generate torque. A Marsh-style freestyler may recover with a straighter arm, rather than a high elbow to take advantage of the momentum he generates with a strong, accelerated finish.

One of the best ways to improve swimming technique is by adding resistance or swimming with implements. Coach Marsh incorporates paddles, parachutes, tubing, pegs, and pull buoys to increase the athlete's feel for a high elbow catch and also improve timing and rhythm. As a bonus, he finishes with a series of drills that help the swimmer become a true aquatic athlete by mastering the difference between land and water as a medium.

The presentation shows drills to enforce each element of the stroke-some drills you may have already seen but some will definitely be new additions to your toolkit. A veteran coach with a proven track record, Coach Marsh delivers drill after drill that a coach or swimmer can use to swim faster than ever before!

BONUS
Coach Marsh has included a 30+ minute teaching session in an Endless Pool. In this segment, you will see Marsh work with several of his developing swimmers form SwimMAC. Watch as Marsh, evaluates, teaches, corrects, and improves each of these athlete's freestyle strokes utilizing the same drills, skills, and concepts presented in the video. You get to take a look at stroke evaluation through the eyes of Coach Marsh and watch how he dissects the stroke to teach the David Marsh style of freestyle!

70 minutes. 2014.

Take advantage of recent developments in freestyle to swim faster sprints, middle distances and distance freestyle. Three-time Olympic coach David Marsh teaches you how to build efficiency and power using a series of drills designed to improve posture and body alignment while maintaining a strong kick and establishing a high catch. With the assistance of multi-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones and National Team member Madison Kennedy, you'll see over 30 drills that cover everything from the fundamentals to critical details that are easily be overlooked. Learn how to maximize efficiency and power with a package of tips and strategies especially for freestylers.

Creating and maintaining a tight body line is the foundation of a faster, more efficient freestyle. Coach Marsh introduces a series of drills that teach athletes to maintain proper body alignment by focusing on swimming narrow with a long spine and low breath. You'll learn how to develop other elements of freestyle without sacrificing the ideal body line.

A "David Marsh Freestyle" is characterized by an open recovery with a high elbow catch that uses rotation to increase efficiency and power. Coach Marsh shares a number of high catch and rotation drills that help increase power. You'll also learn how to keep the body aligned with snap-back breathing, which emphasizes a quick breath and returning the head to its original position early in the stroke.

Coach Marsh includes drills to build a stronger kick - one that is powerful enough to create a platform the swimmer can use to generate torque. A Marsh-style freestyler may recover with a straighter arm, rather than a high elbow to take advantage of the momentum he generates with a strong, accelerated finish.

One of the best ways to improve swimming technique is by adding resistance or swimming with implements. Coach Marsh incorporates paddles, parachutes, tubing, pegs, and pull buoys to increase the athlete's feel for a high elbow catch and also improve timing and rhythm. As a bonus, he finishes with a series of drills that help the swimmer become a true aquatic athlete by mastering the difference between land and water as a medium.

The presentation shows drills to enforce each element of the stroke-some drills you may have already seen but some will definitely be new additions to your toolkit. A veteran coach with a proven track record, Coach Marsh delivers drill after drill that a coach or swimmer can use to swim faster than ever before!

BONUS
Coach Marsh has included a 30+ minute teaching session in an Endless Pool. In this segment, you will see Marsh work with several of his developing swimmers form SwimMAC. Watch as Marsh, evaluates, teaches, corrects, and improves each of these athlete's freestyle strokes utilizing the same drills, skills, and concepts presented in the video. You get to take a look at stroke evaluation through the eyes of Coach Marsh and watch how he dissects the stroke to teach the David Marsh style of freestyle!

70 minutes. 2014.

David Marsh guides you through the drills and techniques he uses to develop athletes of all levels - from beginner to world-class caliber. With the assistance of Olympic silver medalist Nick Thoman, Coach Marsh provides an in-depth look at everything from the basic fundamentals of the stroke to important details that can be easily overlooked. Coach Marsh and Thoman focus on all aspects of the stroke; body positioning, rotation, hand entry, catch, and kick. They each share drills to enforce each of these elements.

You will see over 30 drills that address every aspect of the latest techniques for swimming fast backstroke. HD underwater footage gives you a view of the stroke from all angles. Coach Marsh details each drill, explaining how and why to do it and what coaches and swimmers should look for as the stroke is being executed. He also introduces drills that can be done with a partner or using simple equipment (from kickboards to soda cans) to add variety and fun to a workout while enhancing technique, addressing stroke flaws and building endurance.

The drills in this presentation give athletes several different ways to improve each essential skill. Coach Marsh begins with a comprehensive drill progression that athletes can use to perfect each aspect of the stroke. He demonstrates drills designed to establish the correct body position and rotation for controlled efficiency- a powerful, hip-driven stroke. He offers a variety of drills for building the new high, fast catch and a pull with a strong tie to core body strength.

In addition, Coach Marsh details the underwater body dolphin, backstroke breakouts and world-class backstroke finishes. The presentation ends with Thoman swimming full stroke at two different tempos while Coach Marsh reviews the characteristics of world-class backstroke.

Though some of these drills may be familiar, plenty of new tips and techniques are covered. Coach Marsh's belief that there is always more to learn makes this presentation indispensable for all levels of swimmers and coaches.

BONUS
Listen in as Coach Marsh individually conducts backstroke diagnostics with developing club swimmers - who he is working with for the first time - using SwimMac's Endless Pool. This unique bonus feature allows you to watch Coach Marsh evaluate and diagnose the stroke and evaluate, correct, teach, and enhance it. This session demonstrates that the concepts he uses with his elite swimmers can be used with younger, developing swimmers.

43 minutes. 2014.

Efficiency, not raw power, is the key to a quality breaststroke. In this presentation, legendary swim coach David Marsh shares effective drills for achieving maximum speed by building the breaststroke around a strong body line. With the assistance of Micah Lawrence, a member of the 2012 United States Olympic team, Coach Marsh demonstrates all aspects of the stroke from the fundamentals to the critical details that can easily be overlooked. Now, you can use Marsh's tips and techniques to develop a powerful, masterful, and efficient breaststroke.

Breaststroke is one of the most unique swimming strokes. Using drills that Coach Marsh has developed along with drills he has learned from elite U.S. and international coaches and athletes, Marsh breaks down the stroke into individual parts to strengthen the athlete's technique. He incorporates advanced drills to put the stroke back together. These drills focus on all aspects of the stroke, including the streamline, hand cycle and kick.

Coach Marsh begins by examining the components of an ideal breaststroke kick. Watch as Lawrence demonstrates her world-class breaststroke kick and the drills that build each component of it. Next, Coach Marsh concentrates on the pull, using drills to build strong, fast sculling capability and to address common pull flaws. Lastly, he looks at the full stroke breaststroke, showing swimmers and coaches alike how to connect the kick and pull through the breaststroke line for maximum speed.

Whether you are a coach or a swimmer, you'll feel like Coach Marsh is personally coaching you as he shares the how and why of each drill, as well as key things to look for as it's being executed. Coach Marsh encourages coaches and swimmers to be creative with equipment available on most pool decks-from kick boards to parking cones-to safely add the resistance that the swimmer needs to build power, heighten water sensitivity, and correct stroke flaws.

These dryland and pool exercises and drills combine to build the critical element of a fast breaststroke-a long, straight body-line that runs from the tips of the fingers through the crown of the head and down to the toes. The drills in this presentation helped Lawrence become a world-class breaststroker and they will help you improve your breaststroke, too!

BONUS
In an Endless Pool bonus session, you will see Coach Marsh dissect the breaststroke of some of his developing swimmers from SwimMAC Carolina. The uniqueness of this session allows you to watch a master technician take the drills and concepts that he used throughout the presentation and effectively evaluate, teach, and correct the strokes of his developing swimmers. The Endless Pool creates a one on one coaching session that is up close and highly effective. This segment is an invaluable lesson on how to teach the breaststroke.

63 minutes. 2014.

David Marsh is a world-class coach and stroke technician who has won 12 NCAA championships and coached numerous Olympians. In this presentation, Coach Marsh shares essential drills for helping swimmers and coaches develop a masterful butterfly. With the assistance of an elite-level swimmer, Coach Marsh starts with the basics of executing the whole of the stoke correctly and then progresses to more advanced drills that work on timing, rhythm and power.

The butterfly is one of the most difficult strokes to learn and master. With Coach Marsh's "Press and Release" drill progressions, you can overcome the challenge by developing correct body position in the water. These drills teach athletes that the more they press and release the chest without using a power driving kick to create speed, the more potential there is for faster performances.

Today's best flyers have a flatter stroke that stays more connected through the pull. Coach Marsh's pulling drills emphasize an early high elbow catch that accelerates as the hands move under the body, which is very similar to a freestyle-pulling pattern. The goal is to land the stroke in no more than four inches of water.

The timing of the breath is one of the hardest aspects of the stroke to learn. Correct timing involves getting a breath early in the stroke and staying low to the surface of the water. To help swimmers learn this technique, Coach Marsh uses a "Triangle Drill." This drill teaches swimmers to breathe early in the stroke and to keep the head from staying up too long.

This comprehensive presentation teaches the stroke using very basic drills for beginners and drills for developing power in the stroke for more advanced swimmers. By practicing these drills regularly, athletes will learn the proper timing of the butterfly stroke and will develop a more efficient and effective stroke.

BONUS
Watch as Coach Marsh shares a teaching session he conducts with some of his younger SwimMAC athletes. You will see Coach Marsh work his technical magic as he shows how the drills and technical nuances he uses with his professional swimmers are just as effective with his developing athletes. The Endless Pool creates an intimate teaching situation. Swimmers watch themselves in the bottom mirror and get immediate feedback on the technical aspects Marsh presents to them.

53 minutes. 2014.

Twelve-time NCAA National Championship coach David Marsh shows you how to establish a straight, tight entry line to maximize carrying speed from the start into the water. He covers traditional start drills as well as creative and innovative drills he has developed while working with his world-class swimmers maximize their starts.

Forward Starts
Beginning with forward starts, Coach Marsh addresses safety considerations, pre-race routines, and proper set-up on the blocks. His forward start progression trains swimmers to execute safe starts with the correct body line to carry the power of the start into their race. He discusses the differences in forward starts for freestyle, breaststroke and butterfly, and covers relay exchanges from approach to finish, demonstrating exchanges for freestyle and medley relays. Coach Marsh also addresses common forward start errors and shares drills that can help swimmers correct these errors.

Backstroke Starts
In backstroke starts, Olympic medalist and world record holder Nick Thoman describes his newer style powerful backstroke start. He begins with a straighter back and places his feet higher than in the past. He focuses on getting as much distance as he can and enters the water on his ideal backstroke line instead of the more traditional high amplitude start. Coach Marsh addresses adjustments that must be made for different starting conditions. He discusses transitions and demonstrates a staggered stroke breakout technique that can get you up and into your race with power.

This season, carry the power of your start into your race and take full advantage of your speed off the block.

48 minutes. 2014.

A great turn helps you take your momentum into the wall and carry speed and power off of it. Three-time Olympic coach David Marsh demonstrates the skills and drills he uses to help swimmers of all levels maximize their turns. Using on-deck analysis and footage above and below the water, he breaks down the components of fast, efficient turns and transitions, and then puts them back together.

Long Axis Turns
Coach Marsh starts with a drill progression for teaching the tight, fast spin needed for effective turns. He provides long-axis, turn progression drills for freestyle and backstroke. The progression starts with the approach, progresses through the turn and into the breakout. This progressions builds low, narrow, tight turns that take advantage of the swimmer's speed into the wall. It also enables the swimmer to use their core body strength to get off the wall and into the ideal body line as quickly as possible and with minimal energy.

Short Axis Turns
Peter Verheof, a former world-class butterflyer and recent U.S. Olympic assistant coach, joins Coach Marsh as they show how to build short-axis (butterfly and breaststroke) turns. They teach the turn from the three-stroke approach all the way through the breakout. As in the free and back turns, the result is a tight, fast turn that uses core body strength and a quick return to the ideal body line for the fastest, most efficient turn possible.

IM Turns
Finally, Coach Marsh covers IM turns, emphasizing the backstroke to breaststroke transition. He describes the balance of safety and speed he looks for from swimmers of different experience levels. He describes how elite swimmers use the challenging back-to-breast crossover turn, breaking it down with drills and a variety of camera angles. He also addresses how coaches can help younger swimmers build toward that turn.

Order now and start using the skills and drills from this presentation to turn walls into a competitive advantage.

37 minutes. 2014.

"This is the most useable dryland video I have seen. My job is not to develop athletes who are great in the gym. My goal is to develop fast swimmers and this video is all about helping me achieve that goal. I plan to start shamelessly borrowing drills and ideas from this video on the pool deck tomorrow."
- Sandy Avery, coach for Naval Academy Aquatic Club (NAAC) in Annapolis, MD

Learn how to improve the performances of your swimmers even when your pool and weight room aren't available.

Braden Holloway, 2013 ACC Men's Swim Coach of the Year, shares a dryland program that can be executed on deck. This effective program is broken down into three phases that parallel seasonal training phases: Endurance, Strength and Speed.

Holloway uses a creative mix of exercises to improve the swimmer's overall athleticism, which directly translates into improved swimming performance. He also describes how each type of exercise fits into the three phases of the seasonal plan.

Throughout the season, Holloway ensures that dryland workouts always mimic his water and weight room workouts so that all of the swimmers' work is directly transferable to fast swimming.

The Endurance Phase
This segment showcases 17 exercises designed to help the swimmer hold a great body line in the water. A great body line is the key to maximizing efficiency and minimizing drag. The exercises - including body position drills, medicine ball drills, and boxing drills - tax specific muscle groups and build up core strength and body connections.

The Strength Phase
This phase is designed to transition from endurance to increased muscular strength. Overlapping with the Endurance Phase, the Strength Phase focuses on six pull-up exercises. Pull-ups closely relate to all of the swimming strokes. Holloway demonstrates pull-up variations and discusses how the sets change in duration and intensity through the different training phases of a season. This phase transitions from a focus on the number of repetitions of each exercise to increasing the speed at which the exercises are performed.

The Speed Phase
The speed phase is the last phase before going into a major competition. The goal of the nine exercises in this segment is to develop hand and foot speed to improve swimming performance. Reaction drills and dryland start drills are incorporated to improve the power and speed coming off of the blocks.

Coach Holloway does a great job of explaining each drill and how the drills can be used to improve performance. He provides a season plan for coaches to see how to incorporate these phases together and the timing of when and how long to do the exercises in each phase to help swimmers meet their goals.

These dryland training exercises are an effective complement to your pool and weight room practices and will help your swimmers build maximum sustainable speed in the water.

46 minutes. 2015.

Improve every aspect of your swimmers' butterfly stroke.

Rich DeSelm uses both above water and underwater videos of two female butterfliers to demonstrate drills for correct body position, breath timing and arm recovery cycles.

Coach DeSelm starts with drills that focus on proper body position from head to toe. Using these drills, you will develop:

• Balanced body position
• Improved core and leg strength
• Better stroke timing and tempo

Incorrect breath timing can put the breaks on forward momentum. DeSelm shows you drills that teach correct breath timing and head position both in and out of the water.

Butterfly requires a fast arm recovery. With these drills, you'll learn how to keep you body from sinking due to a too-high arm recovery as well as how to time arm recovery to your kick.

In addition to these stroke-focused drills, DeSelm breaks down the start, turn and finish. You'll learn how to time your breakout, how to carry stroke momentum into the walls and how to finish strong. Finally, he reviews common stroke errors, like reaching out too far or rushing the catch and how to fix them.

Butterfly can be a challenging stroke without a balanced body position, synchronized arm and breath timing, and a good arm catch. With this video, your butterfly can become easier and more powerful while giving you energy for a faster and more enjoyable race.

53 minutes. 2012.

Jack Bauerle describes the ideal freestyle technique and shows you simple drills that can improve stroke efficiency. By analyzing the underwater views of All-American Chelsea Nauta, you will get a sense of what each drill should feel like for your swimmers. Bauerle breaks down the freestyle from the start to the finish and shows several common mistakes with tips on how to correct them.

Coach Bauerle begins this freestyle presentation with a full stroke overview that demonstrates all of the components of great freestyle. Baurele believes that attaining an ideal body position begins with establishing an ideal head position. Upon establishing a proper head position, body roll is added along with the kick. He presents a six-drill progression that establishes ideal head and body positioning, body rotation with kicking, and single arm freestyle that works on the timing of the stroke along with techniques for effective breathing in the stroke cycle.

Moving to the Recovery to Entry segment, Baurele reviews his preferred high elbow recovery style and entry into the water that connects to the catch. With the catch established, Baurele moves to the Push Drill that emphasizes the proper arm pull movement and finish for the underwater stroke cycle. Bauerle offers tips for executing an "elbow lead" recovery set up that he feels is imperative for driving the stroke. A full stroke review pulls together all aspects of the stroke.

To complete the entire stroke, Bauerle reviews:

• The basics of the forward start, including block set up for foot and hand positioning and block stability. He then details the technical aspects of the start entry and breakout that includes a dolphin kick to flutter kick transition connected to an effective breakout stroke.
• The ingredients for a high speed turn that emphasizes executing a tight spin to get the feet over quickly for an effective and powerful turn through the push off and breakout.
• How to execute a proper finish.
• Strategies for all freestyle races for both long course and short course distances.

Also featured is a Common Errors segment where Baurele demonstrates and corrects six of the most common freestyle errors.

This presentation offers comprehensive instruction for successful freestyle swimming from one of the country's most successful freestyle coaches; Jack Bauerle.

62 minutes. 2012.

Swim faster, more efficient breaststroke!

Kelly Kremer details the techniques you need to to swim championship-caliber breaststroke. Demonstrating the stroke for Coach Kremer are two NCAA Champions: Jillian Tyler (NCAA Champion 100M Breaststroke) and Haley Spencer (NCAA Champion 200M Breaststroke). These two champions offer a fantastic contrast of styles that Kremer highlights throughout the presentation.

The initial part of the video focuses specifically on forward movement in breaststroke and how to improve that aspect of the stroke. Kremer shows a drill sequence that breaks down the components of forward movement in the stroke in a sequential order that builds the stroke segment by segment. Kremer presents five drills that focus on the breaststroke pull that progress from pull only through pulling with varying flutter, butterfly and breaststroke kicks that combine to teach effective stroke tempo.

In the second part of the video, Coach Kremer shows the vital parts of an effective kick using dry land and water based demonstrations and drills. He describes the components for a forward focused kick with an emphasis on how to effectively finish the kick. This segment features a 4-drill sequence that adds proper body positioning to the kick. This sequence helps train the breaststroker to maintain proper body line and head position with a flat and forward focus. Kremer ends this segment of the presentation with a timing drill that connects the pull and the kick.

Kremer includes the pullout, turns, starts and race specific elements for success. Once again the use of two different types of swimmers give coaches the tools to fine tune technique for a variety of swimmers who skills and talents are different. Kremer also provides a common errors segment, where he identifies seven common breaststroke errors. Each error is demonstrated and corrected with precise, corrective feedback.

This is one of the most complete breaststroke videos you can buy - great for swimmers and coaches alike. Swimmers will not only gain information by watching this video, they will hear about and see the "feel" that great breaststrokers need to be successful. This is a great resource for drills and it will serve as a great tool for recognizing and correcting stroke mechanics.

87 minutes. 2012.

Turn your limitations into championships! As Sam Freas puts it, "The art of coaching is to make the best of what you have."

Coach Freas started the swimming program at Oklahoma Baptist in 2012. In their first season of competition, Oklahoma Baptist men finished with four NAIA records and a National Championship and the women finished with two event championships and were national runners-up. In three years, the men have wone back-to-back-to-back NAIA Championships, while the women have won two national titles (2014 and 2012).

In this instructional swimming DVD, legendary coach Sam Freas gives you unfiltered access to all aspects of his program, including dry-land training, pool training, mental training, and work in the weight room. Watch as Freas takes you through 3 days of live practices featuring his morning and afternoon routine and showing how he has achieved world-class success both in and out of the water.

IN THE POOL
Throughout both morning and afternoon workouts, Freas emphasizes that good technique is the key to fast swimming. Some of the skills he highlights include:

• Getting "up" on the surface of the water to increase speed
• Fast turns and finishes into the wall
• Breath control and underwater work
• Proper head and hand position
• Correct shape of a kick and foot speed

Freas has his swimmers demonstrate drills on these topics and speak individually about how implementing small changes has dramatically improved their meet performance. His emphasis on proper body position, speed, quickness, and reduced reaction time is highlighted during his explanations, demonstrations and drill work with swimmers. In addition, his use of pulse rate of recovery rather than time intervals for swimming (and dryland exercise) is unique.

DRYLAND TRAINING
Freas takes you through his philosophies on stretching and flexibility, weight training, aerobic warm-ups, and reaction drills. He stresses the importance of incorporating each of these into a swimmer's daily routine to avoid injury and fatigue, lessen lactate buildup, and maximize meet performance. His programs emphasize both aerobic benefit and explosive contraction. This is important because drylands often neglect aerobic work and only include slow contraction, rather than explosive movement and speed of contraction which are needed for swimming success. Swimmers work individually, partnered, and as a group to demonstrate the effectiveness of these skills. Freas provides great strategies to take advantage of dry land and the weight room as a supplement to pool work to optimize a limited facility.

In addition to his focus on proper technique, Freas gives you insight on communicating with athletes at all levels. He discusses the importance of motivational "mental coaching" and how through positive speech and image you can prepare their swimmers to consistently perform at an elite level. The segments from his team meetings provide a wealth of information on how to communicate with a large group of athletes. By incorporating these tools into his programs at Arkansas and LSU, Freas's swimmers achieved seven US records and three world records.

Freas's experience and success in the world of swimming has enabled the Bison to develop a strong swim team with world-class athletes in their first year of NCAA swimming and diving. Coaches building a new program or looking to improve their current program will benefit from his guidance through three days of exemplary workouts and drills.

342 minutes (3 DVDs). 2012.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's practice can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

In this instructional swimming DVD, Olympic legend Josh Davis exudes the passion and dedication that made him a champion. He distills over 20 years of elite swimming, coaching and motivational speaking experience to help developing swimmers learn all four swimming strokes, starts and turns.

Shot at the Josh Davis Natatorium in San Antonio, Texas, this video uses crystal-clear above and below water footage to demonstrate swimming and drills. Repetition of key concepts, simple graphics and the enthusiastic presentation will give developing swimmers the confidence that they can master these critical techniques.

FREESTYLE
Davis stresses the importance of streamlining, the fastest way humans can move through the water. Then he builds a streamlined freestyle stroke using four drills for a long, smooth, powerful stroke.

BACKSTROKE
Learn the 7 S's of great backstroke: Still head, Straight elbow recovery, See the shoulders sneaking over the water, Spin the arms through the air, Shallow pull, Strong skinny kick, and Super dolphin kick with super streamline. Three simple drills reinforce the techniques.

BREASTSTROKE
Davis reviews the secrets to great breaststroke - streamline, quick scoop, quick kick, and glide. He shares a simple stretching technique to build ankle flexibility, and demonstrates a pullout on deck and in the water. He builds the stroke with four drills that help minimize drag by swimming at the water's surface with quick movements and full extension.

BUTTERFLY
Discover the 5 S's of butterfly: Straight & gentle arms, Shallow pull, Sweep out to side, Sneak the breath, Super dolphin kick. He encourages swimmers to work with the water-instead of fighting it-to develop a relaxed and easy butterfly. He uses three drills to teach you straight and gentle arm recovery, sweeping out to the side, and timing the breath to occur naturally in the stroke.

TURNS
Davis presents two-handed turns for fly and breast, flip turns for back and free, and IM turns. Each of the turns is broken down into simple progressions that teach an effective and powerful turn technique.

STARTS
Get Olympic-caliber instruction on forward and backstroke starts. Davis teaches swimmers to use the blocks as launching pads to carry the greatest speed possible into the water in a streamline position followed by transitioning into a great breakout.

This excellent DVD is a concise, yet complete, introduction to the basics of competitive swimming. A swimmer that learns the techniques and focuses on them every practice can indeed swim like a champion.

132 minutes. 2012.

One of the most effective ways to improve your freestyle swimming technique is to break down the stroke into its main components, improve each component, and then rebuild the stroke.

2012 National Coach of the Year Arthur Albiero provides drill progressions that isolate the key components of freestyle for all swimmers wanting to improve their stroke. Three-time NCAA Champion Joao De Lucca provides demonstrations for over 20 different drills, as well as starts, turns and relay take offs.

Coach Albiero outlines the key components of freestyle - from body line, kicking and breathing to starts, turns and breakouts.

Body Line
Learn a five-drill progression designed to create a tight body line that will minimize drag and keep the swimmer's body fully engaged from fingertips to toes. This progression provides balance through core stabilization. Throughout the progression, Albiero notes which drills De Lucca favors because they play to his strengths and which ones he doesn't favor although they remain valuable as they address his challenges - and why both are important.

Pull Progression
Discover drills for addressing every aspect of the freestyle pull - from the catch through the middle scull to the finish.

Coach Albiero's "Pull Drill" progression advances from sculling drills that focus on feeling the water to catch drills. Albiero adds a little twist to these familiar drills by using tools like snorkels, paddles, sponges and tennis balls to isolate components.

This progression helps swimmers develop slow hands in the front of the pull and fast hands in the back of the pull phase into the hand exit for excellent timing, tempo and rhythm. Coach Albiero teaches an eight-drill progression that transitions from a sculling focus during the beginning of the propulsive phase to swimming with a complete superb freestyle stroke.

Turn & Starts & Turns
Coach Albiero analyzes the elements of a fast freestyle turn. He breaks down the wall approach, foot positioning on the wall, the ideal body line leaving the wall, the dolphins and the breakout stroke.In addition, you will gain insights into the forward start and the two-step relay start. Albiero demonstrates the mechanics of the start and discusses the ideal "feel" when on the blocks - stable, comfortable and relaxed but ready to react.

Strategies
Great technique is just part of the equation when it comes to lowering times. In this segment, Coach Albiero interviews three-time NCAA champion De Lucca about race strategies for 200, 100 and 50 freestyle. They discuss pace, breathing, and use of straight arm recovery at turns and finishes for a burst of speed. This interview will give swimmers insight into the level of planning required to maximize meet performances.

Help your athletes refine their freestyle by using component training and drill progressions to swim faster and more efficiently.

39 minutes. 2015.

Swimming butterfly effectively is all about rhythm and timing and maintaining a great body fulcrum and body line. It is the most complicated stroke in swimming and often feels unnatural to beginners.

By breaking the stroke into its components, Coach Holloway explains how to teach each part of the stroke until it feels natural to the swimmer and then how to put the components together for a stroke that has great power and rhythm. He teaches drills at high speed so swimmers can translate the feel of the drill to race conditions. He also teaches drills with resistance so the swimmer can feel where in the stroke they are weak or are letting the water "slip."

Body Line
The first crucial component of great butterfly is finding and holding the right body line. Holloway uses five drills with a focus on kicking and eye placement to create the correct body position to help swimmers maximize efficiency and minimize drag. Drills are performed with a flutter kick to enable the swimmer to work on holding a low body line to minimize drag, and with a fly kick to build power. Alternating the two kicks helps the swimmer capitalize on the powerful wave motion of fly without creating too much resistance for maximum sustainable speed.

Catch
The catch is a critical stroke component that sets up the power phase of each stroke. During this segment of the video, five drills are used to enhance proper hand entry placement in the catch phase while maintaining a flat body line. Drills like "Block Drill" and "Alligator Drill" are effective for swimmers at all levels when learning the proper high-elevation set up for a powerful pull.

Timing
Perhaps the most difficult part of butterfly to master is the timing. Great timing is critical as it provides maximum power in a fluid motion. Two surf drills help swimmers develop timing. The first, "Surf Chin Drill," helps the swimmer know when and how to take a breath in the stroke. The second, "Surf Hip Drill," helps get the eyes back to the bottom of the pool with the second kick, which helps the swimmer return to the ideal line as quickly as possible after the breath. The "Explode Drill" helps build the kicks, especially the second kick, so it's helpful for building timing but also to work the exit kick for great breakouts off starts and turns.

The Kick
In butterfly, it is a common mistake to only use one kick or only focus on kicking in one direction. The first and second kick should be of equal size and power, and both kicks should generate as much distance and force in both the up and the down kick. Coach Holloway shows the "Wall Kick" and the "Fish Kick" drills which emphasize the feel of kicking in both directions. He also reviews how his kick training transitions as the season progresses.

Speed
Once all of the butterfly stroke the components come together it's time to focus on speed. Here Coach Holloway uses five drills to build hand and foot speed without sacrificing efficiency. His swimmers learn how to add more force per stroke to increase speed.

Starts
Learn start methods for both a traditional block and a block with the back foot wedge. Holloway details the set up position for the track start beginning with a solid base and with the swimmer in a comfortable, stable position. Foot positioning is discussed along with ideal leg angles.

You'll also learn strategies for leaving the blocks in a position that lines up the body for a low resistance entry into the water. With an established start technique, Holloway proceeds to connect the great dive with the butterfly stroke, which includes carrying the speed and power from the start entry into a fast and powerful kick-out and stroke breakout.

Turns
The challenge of the turn is trying to carry speed from the swim into the wall and reverse direction without sacrificing speed. Staying on a line into and out of the wall is critical. He teaches how to best use the head and shoulders to generate speed in the directional change.

Race Finishes
Coach Holloway's motto for efficient butterfly finishes is, "do not finish into resistance." To accomplish this goal it is imperative to teach the swimmer to stay on a `line' rather than finishing down and then into the wall. Holloway offers simple tips for teaching the swimmer how to finish on a full stroke.

Conclusion
Perhaps the most useful segment of the video is the conclusion. Coach Holloway and swimmer Barrett Miesfeld discuss the changes Barrett made that made him a championship-caliber collegiate swimmer. Before attending North Carolina State, Barrett was an Arizona State Champion and had attended Jr Nationals and Sr Nationals. Despite his previous success, Barrett was willing to make changes to his stroke to go even faster. He discusses how he learned to engage his mind in his swimming. This increased his speed, but it also helped him tune out distractions at meets because he learned to focus on technique in practice.

Using the techniques and drills on this video, you can help your swimmers establish a low-resistance body line and use power intelligently to create force within a fluid motion for maximum sustainable speed.

103 minutes. 2015.

Understanding the key components of a fast and powerful breaststroke will allow you to work the varied styles of breaststroke you see within your team.

Coach Ray Looze describes and illustrates technical aspects that create a successful breaststroke. This includes body position, kick, arm pull, timing, head position, rhythm and other Indiana secrets and strategies.

Each component of the breaststroke race is performed by Big Ten Record Holder in the 100, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM, Cody Miller. Above and below water video footage of Miller, also recognized as a 3x NCAA All American and current US National Team member, provides elite level feedback for what every movement or stroke technique should look like.

Coach Looze provides comprehensive instruction and video illustrations that will teach you how to improve speed, power, breath control, motor memory and mechanics necessary for achieving personal best times.

Pullout
Optimize pullout speed and efficiency by learning to maintain a good connection between core and arm musculature and by avoiding the classically taught hourglass pull. Coach Looze shows drills that will help improve timing and power by coupling the pull to a forceful body dolphin kick. He includes detailed demonstrations on deck for optimal streamlining with the hands at the side. You'll see how proper head/hips relationship facilities streamlining and maintenance of speed generated by a forceful pullout.

Kick
Proper hip, knee and ankle positioning throughout the kick cycle is discussed and modeled to show how to improve body line, and catch the maximum amount of water possible with the feet and legs. Coach Looze shows five drills that will streamline your body, increase ankle speed, feel for the water with the feet, and breath control. Common errors are discussed and demonstrated to provide better understanding for improving your breaststroke kick.

Arm Pull
Coach Looze continues perfecting the swimmers body line, timing, speed, and power with nine drills to help swimmers learn how to develop a powerful, wide and shallow pull with three distinct options for achieving a fast arm recovery.

Turns
Learn how the modern method for breaststroke turns was influenced by Cody Miller at Indiana University. Miller's "Side Turn" quickly puts the swimmer onto the stomach for a faster straight line and non twisting position from which to push off from the wall. Watch as Miller demonstrates and Coach Looze talks through this unique and highly effective turn technique.

Starts
Develop an athletic body position by connecting the core to the block. Coach Looze shows how to use the rhomboid and trapezius muscles to assist with a quick, powerful and streamlined dive. Drills are provided to assist with developing a powerful, quick downward body line resulting in a smooth and streamlined entry.

Full Stroke Swimming
Learn practice sets and drills for improving posture, streamlining, breath control, and fast recovery. Included are methods for assessing the pull and kick portion of the stroke separately to discover strengths and weaknesses. Looze shares how he creatively trains his breaststrokers for maximizing speed in breaststroke sets. Common errors are also illustrated to improve the swimmer's ability to recognize weaknesses and address them with pertinent drills which are provided throughout this comprehensive video.

Finish
Attention to stroke count and judging distance from the wall are important variables for attaining a solid breaststroke finish in stride. Learning to utilize a "punch out" finish when necessary is demonstrated as well.

Coach Looze shows a variety of drills and key elements of breaststroke that a coach can take to any level of swimmer to gain improvement in their breaststroke performance. This video is a must for all swimmers who are serious about improving their breaststroke.

81 minutes. 2015.

In his coaching career, Whitney Hite has worked with some of the best coaches in the sport: Eddie Reese, Teri McKeever, Jack Baurle and Frank Busch. Adding nuggets from these coaches into his own philosophy, Hite delivers a comprehensive look at the most critical components of good backstroke technique.

You'll gain insights into the fundamental elements of fast and efficient backstroke, including the key ingredients that all great backstrokers have in common. Hite also addresses the variations between great backstrokers - from high power 50 and 100 backstrokers who kick out and swim at a higher tempo to the swimmers who may be more adept for the 200 backstroke and a bit slower tempo.

Coach Hite stresses the importance of good head position, developing great underwater dolphins, a steady flutter kick, and good tempo. He describes the three phases of the pull, including the catch, the pull pattern and the water exit/entry.

Throughout the video, Hite uses three swimmers of different sizes and abilities to show that all builds of swimmers can learn a style of backstroke that is right for them.

Dolphin Kick
To generate as much speed as possible coming off the walls, Hite pays particular attention to the vertical dolphin kick. He discusses its importance and emphasizes critical techniques for maximizing the kick. Swimmers demonstrate the "6 Second Blast," a vertical kicking drill designed to generate as much speed and power as possible using the underwater dolphin kick.

Pull
In this segment, you'll see a variety of drills focused on the pull.

• "Single Arm Backstroke" and "Lane Line Pull" drills are used to develop a good pull pattern.
• The "Double Arm Drill" helps with hand entry position.
• "Up Top Scull Drill" establishes a strong catch.
• "Spin Drill" encourages hand speed.

Together, these drills help coaches teach swimmers all aspects of a fast backstroke arm action.

Starts
Backstroke starts are unique to swimming, and Coach Hite has all three swimmers demonstrate their technique. He discusses the challenges taller swimmers have getting close enough to the wall. The goal is to create a start that is out, not up, for the fastest start with the cleanest water entry. Slow motion video shows the essential techniques for creating the strongest starts. He also discusses backstroke turns and has the swimmers show how they get into the tightest possible ball at the wall to create a faster turn.

Arm Cadence
You'll also learn how to use the tempo trainer to help swimmers find and develop a fast and efficient cadence. The goal is to find each swimmer's ideal cadence for each backstroke racing distance. Learn how you can challenge the swimmer by setting tempos that are faster to encourage a faster cadence or slower to improve distance per stroke. By using tempo training, coaches can spot weaknesses in a swimmer's stroke and help to continually improve upon a swimmer's strengths.

In clear, concise language Coach Hite describes the key elements of backstroke and breaks down the drills and tools he uses to develop NCAA Champion backstrokers at the University of Wisconsin.

42 minutes. 2015.