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1. The Warm Up

Start your session by gliding and doing some steady lengths of the pool, stretching out. This gives time for your blood to circulate and your muscles to warm up.

2.Try Wearing Goggles

This simply allows you to see where you are going and protects your eyes from the chlorine. Once you can see where you are going, your swimming will improve dramatically.

3. Use The Equipment

Use all the different types of floats, like kickboards & pull buoys as well as paddles and flippers. These make a session more fun and strengthen your arms and legs. Why not have a look at our swimming equipment section.

4. Change Your Pace

Try not to swim up and down at one pace. Add some fast lengths into your swim, its much more beneficial.

5. Change Your Stroke

Try to mix up your strokes, this uses different muscles and makes your swimming session more fun.

6. Concentrate On Your Legs

For front Crawl, Backstroke and Butterfly, keep your ankles loose and kick from the hips. Try keeping your legs as straight as possible.

7. Do Some Lung Work

Improve your lung capacity by swimming under water or holding you breathe for a couple of extra stokes after turning at the end of the pool. This will improve you swimming stamina.

8. Practice Your Breathing While Swimming

Try concentrating on your breathing while swimming. Some people like to breath every 2 stokes, some every 3 strokes. Find something that’s comfortable to you.

Breath out into the water as you swim, this really helps.

9. Take Water With You

Take a bottle of water with you to the pool, this will keep you hydrated and able to work harder.

10. Wear The Correct Swimwear

This one is for us men. You might feel daft, but you can swim a lot better in trunks that shorts. You flow through the water better and feel more balanced.

There is loads or information here, don’t worry, just try one at a time and work with it for a few weeks, feel the improvements and then try another.

OK, give them a go…..

I hope this page has been of use to you; please contact us if you would like to add further tips for our readers. Thanks.

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