Posts Tagged ‘newsome’
Author: Paul Published: April 15th, 2011
Whilst working with professional triathletes Guy Crawford and Kate Bevilaqua, Paul Newsome takes a few minutes out to highlight why they swim with very different stroke styles. Check out the video clip:
(don't miss the last minute of this clip showing Kate and Guy's swim strokes)
This is a great example of the importance of an individual approach to swim coaching. Many swimmers are told that they need to swim with a very long stroke to be efficient and whilst this suits someone with very long arms like Guy it does not suit swimmers with shorter arms such as Kate. If Kate tried imitating Guy's stroke style she would become a much slower, less efficient swimmer.
Here in Australia 40 strokes per 50m is commonly used as a 'benchmark of efficiency' and swimmers are told they must take 40 strokes per lap or less to swim well regardless of their individual make-up or experience level. Frankly, we find this a bit ridiculous and are working hard to change this attitude. The right strokes per 50m lap could be anywhere between 35 and 60 depending on your height, arm length and also the size of your hands.
If you have shorter arms than Guy then don't despair, it's perfectly possible for you to swim quickly and efficiently like Kate. You will find that a slightly shorter stroke with a faster stroke rate works best for you and you can do this without fighting the water.
If you are tall with long arms then a long stroke style can work well but don't over do it and be prepared to adapt your stroke depending on conditions. For instance, in open water Guy shortens his stroke and lifts his stroke rate to help him punch through chop and the wake from other swimmers. This is something that comes naturally to Kate with her faster stroke rate.
A big thanks to Kate and Guy for letting us share this with you, find out more about them on their websites:
Also see:
our original post on Ape IndexSwim Smooth!
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Author: Paul Published: March 25th, 2011
UK Clinic Series May 2011Swim Smooth are excited to announce six UK Clinics in Loughborough, Coventry, Bolton, Stirling and Hillingdon in May. Each one day clinic features full video analysis and is strictly limited to 12 swimmers - perfect for any swimmer or triathlete looking to improve their speed and efficiency in the water.
For full information and to book your place, visit:
www.swimsmooth.com/clinics** The last clinic series in November filled up within 2 hours (no that's not a typo!) - please don't hesitate to book your place! **
SS Coach Education Courses May 2011Swim Smooth are also announcing our third and fourth Coach Education Courses in the UK following the extremely successful events last year. These three day courses will run at Loughborough University from 5-7th May and Stirling University from 14-16th May.
The Coach Education Course is an intense program for ambitious swimming and triathlon coaches of any experience or level and will teach all of Swim Smooth's coaching methods including advanced stroke correction. The three day course will be delivered to twelve selected coaches by Swim Smooth's Paul Newsome and Adam Young.
These courses are endorsed by Triathlon England and Triathlon Scotland as recommended CPD for triathlon coaches looking to take their swim coaching skills to the next level. The BTF have requested Swim Smooth's expertise to develop their swimming coaching resources and deliver coach training and this course is a key component of that role.
For full details and to apply, visit:
www.swimsmooth.com/coacheseducation.htmlPaul Newsome and I very much look forward to working with you in person in May.
Adam Young
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Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
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Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
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Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 21st, 2011
This week on the blog we're going to do something slightly different and look at the stroke of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Some of you may already have seen the clip of Lance's stroke that appeared on YouTube about ten days ago. The video was taken whilst he swam in the ocean in Kona, Hawaii, the venue for the Ironman World Championship.
We know many triathletes are extremely excited at the possibility of Lance racing in Kona this October, so we thought we'd critique the clip, highlight the strengths of how he swims and maybe even provide a few pointers to tweak up his stroke a little.
Paul Newsome runs his analysis here:
Swim Smooth!
Tags: 60 minutes, analysis, blog, champion lance armstrong, critique, Cycling, france, france champion, Hawaii, Ironman World Championship, Ironman World Championship.We, Kona, kona hawaii, Lance Armstrong, little.paul newsome, newsome, ocean, Paul Newsome, Performance-enhancing drugs, pointers, racing, seven-time tour, Sports, stroke, swam, SwimSmooth.com, time tour, Tour de France, triathletes, v=v-pgq-gpmnkswim smooth, venue, World Championship, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pgQ-gpmNkSwim, YouTube
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Author: Paul Published: January 21st, 2011
This week on the blog we're going to do something slightly different and look at the stroke of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Some of you may already have seen the clip of Lance's stroke that appeared on YouTube about ten days ago. The video was taken whilst he swam in the ocean in Kona, Hawaii, the venue for the Ironman World Championship.
We know many triathletes are extremely excited at the possibility of Lance racing in Kona this October, so we thought we'd critique the clip, highlight the strengths of how he swims and maybe even provide a few pointers to tweak up his stroke a little.
Paul Newsome runs his analysis here:
Swim Smooth!
Tags: 60 minutes, analysis, blog, champion lance armstrong, critique, Cycling, france, france champion, George Hincapie, Hawaii, Ironman World Championship, Ironman World Championship.We, Kona, kona hawaii, Lance Armstrong, little.paul newsome, newsome, ocean, Paul Newsome, pointers, racing, seven-time tour, sport, stroke, swam, SwimSmooth.com, time tour, Tour de France, triathletes, v=v-pgq-gpmnkswim smooth, venue, World Championship, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pgQ-gpmNkSwim, YouTube
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 21st, 2011
This week on the blog we're going to do something slightly different and look at the stroke of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Some of you may already have seen the clip of Lance's stroke that appeared on YouTube about ten days ago. The video was taken whilst he swam in the ocean in Kona, Hawaii, the venue for the Ironman World Championship.
We know many triathletes are extremely excited at the possibility of Lance racing in Kona this October, so we thought we'd critique the clip, highlight the strengths of how he swims and maybe even provide a few pointers to tweak up his stroke a little.
Paul Newsome runs his analysis here:
Swim Smooth!
Tags: 60 minutes, analysis, blog, champion lance armstrong, critique, Cycling, france, france champion, Hawaii, Ironman World Championship, Ironman World Championship.We, Kona, kona hawaii, Lance Armstrong, little.paul newsome, newsome, ocean, Paul Newsome, Performance-enhancing drugs, pointers, racing, seven-time tour, Sports, stroke, swam, SwimSmooth.com, time tour, Tour de France, triathletes, v=v-pgq-gpmnkswim smooth, venue, World Championship, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pgQ-gpmNkSwim, YouTube
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