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Freestyle Breakout Tips from a Hall of Famer!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013

Learn freestyle turn breakouts from former U.S.Olympic swimmer, Rick Demont. He provides you with advice on how to create a smooth transition from the turn and right into swimming. Develop a fast and effective turn with these techniques.

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Coach Demont believes that a swimmer needs to get into the stroke as quickly as possible coming off of a turn. Keep your arm tight to your head and do not look forward.

Take a look at an additional clip from the DVD: Fast Lane Turns & Breakouts. Also, view other Turns DVDs over at our massive Swimming DVD collection!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Freestyle, Rick Demont, Turns

Begin All Your Races Faster with Legendary Swimming Instruction!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, December 3, 2012

Get quality start instruction for every stroke from 12X NCAA Championship Coach, David Marsh. Coach Marsh, along with former All-American Swimmer at Auburn, Bill Pilczuk, has his demonstrators show you forward starts for various strokes: freestyle, butterfly, and breaststroke. Be better prepared for the start of all your races with this insightful video.

During this demonstration of full speed starts, Marsh and Pilczuk, discuss transitioning from the entry into the breakout on the start. In order to have a strong, fast start, it is critical to hold your speed throughout the breakout.

View an additional clip from the product page of “Swimming Faster! Turns for all Strokes.” See more great Starts DVDs and Turns DVDs as well as other world class Swimming DVDs from our massive collection!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle, Starts

Body Balance Techniques from Richard Quick!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, August 13, 2012

Learn proper posture, line, and balance for swimming the freestyle from 5x NCAA Coach of the Year, Richard Quick. These three aspects are critical to performing freestyle successfully. Coach Quick teaches you how to establish a balanced body position in the water. He breaks down the various parts of the freestyle stroke by starting with these basic drills. See what tips you can learn from the former Auburn and Stanford University head coach!

Another clip from this DVD can be viewed at Championship Productions “Becoming a Champion Swimmer: Freestyle“. Check out our Freestyle Swimming DVDs and more quality instructional DVDs from Richard Quick!

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Becoming a Champion, Body Balance, Freestyle, Richard Quick

Tips from Richard Quick on Freestyle Posture!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, August 13, 2012

Take a look at exclusive instruction featuring 5x NCAA Coach of the Year, Richard Quick. Here, Coach Quick shows you how to create an ideal posture when swimming the freestyle. This on-deck demonstration makes it easy to see the technique of setting and maintaining the correct posture for the freestyle. Listen to advice from Coach Quick on ways you can improve your swimmers freestyle performance.

Filed in Swimming & Diving • Tags: AAU Swimming, Becoming a Champion, Freestyle, Posture, Richard Quick

Richard Quick’s Freestyle Drills!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, August 13, 2012

In this segment, legendary swimming coach Richard Quick, discusses how to add rotation in order to create body alignment. Coach Quick has his swimmers show you that movement along with rotation will give you the extra power needed to improve your times. It is important to rotate your sides so that you are able to cut through the water. Coach Quick mentions this as the key to championship swimming!