Here’s a simple way to ensure consistent technical execution during...
Andrew Sheaff@AndrewKSheaff
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Dec 22, 2025
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Here’s a simple way to ensure consistent technical execution during butterfly training.
Rather than nagging swimmers about how they’re moving through the water, have swimmers count their strokes and ask them to keep the number the same from lap to lap, repetition to repetition.
Rather than nagging swimmers about how they’re moving through the water, have swimmers count their strokes and ask them to keep the number the same from lap to lap, repetition to repetition.
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If they’re holding their counts, it’s very likely that they’re holding their speed.
After each and every lap, swimmers are getting concrete feedback as to how well they’re executing their skills.
The best part?
After each and every lap, swimmers are getting concrete feedback as to how well they’re executing their skills.
The best part?
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If swimmers are struggling to hit their stroke counts, they know they have a problem, and you know they have a problem.
Now, any coaching intervention is focused on solving a very specific problem that both coach and swimmer are bought into.
Now, any coaching intervention is focused on solving a very specific problem that both coach and swimmer are bought into.
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Any feedback & instruction your provide is going to be a lot more effective, & swimmers are going to be a lot more receptive.
When they see the change in the numbers, they’re going to be a lot more bought into the value of improving their skills to improve their performance.
When they see the change in the numbers, they’re going to be a lot more bought into the value of improving their skills to improve their performance.
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In most cases sprinters get deep to go fast.
They do so because they have to create as much propulsion as possible in as little time as possible.
They create a lot of propulsion by using a big surface area to move a lot of water backward over a large range of motion.
They do so because they have to create as much propulsion as possible in as little time as possible.
They create a lot of propulsion by using a big surface area to move a lot of water backward over a large range of motion.