Swimmers and coaches alike love to talk about the importance of the fifth stroke: underwater dolphin kicking. But it can be overwhelming at times to understand just how to improve your underwater ...

3 Ways You Can Improve Your Swimming Kick By Wayne Goldsmith Wouldn't it be great if kick sets could be interesting, challenging, exciting and something every swimmer looked forward to doing at every ...

Leg day doesn't have to consist of copious sets of squats at the gym. You can target this major muscle group and feel the burn in the pool, too. Whether you're using a kickboard or simply kicking on ...

Vertical kicking is a challenging drill great for promoting an efficient flutter kick. Instead of kicking across the pool along the surface of the water, vertical kicking takes place in a stationary ...

Let’s get kicking. As Olympian and swim coach Gary Hall Sr. says, “If there is one skill that most differentiates the fast swimmers from the not-so-fast swimmers, it would be the strength of the kick.

The medley relay features teams of four, where each team member swims a different stroke. Teams are usually comprised of a country’s fastest individual swimmer in each stroke. The medley relay ...

Tsukuba, Japan—The swimming motion imparts momentum to water, a fluid, thereby generating a propulsive force. Thus, we can understand the propulsion mechanism by examining the water flow generated by ...