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03/10/2026

Here's a thought on the swimmer who competes in Masters events:

They've chosen to be measured. To put a time on their effort. To show up and see exactly where they stand.

That willingness to be assessed — to know rather than guess — is one of the most honest things a swimmer can do.

And the results, whatever they are, belong entirely to them.

03/10/2026

Something about what it means to swim 1km for the first time:

It's not the distance that matters. It's the proof.

Proof that you can do something you couldn't do before. That the work paid off. That the body is capable of more than the fear suggested.

That proof is transferable. It doesn't stay in the pool. It follows you everywhere.

03/10/2026

For the swimmers who feel like they've lost their feel for the water:

Feel degrades when you're tired, stressed, or haven't trained in a while.

It also degrades when you've been training at high intensity without enough technique work.

Restore it with: slow swimming, sculling, catch-up drill at easy pace.

Feel is a sensitivity skill. It needs quiet, attentive practice to maintain. Not hard training.

03/10/2026

Struggling with your underwater pull for maximum freestyle power?

Here's the truth.

I break down exactly what's going wrong and give you the step-by-step fix you can apply at your next practice.

The drill is at the end - don't skip it.

Join fellow swimmers improving their swimming in Ocean Swim School: https://oceanswimschool.com

03/10/2026

Here's a drill for swimmers who want to build stroke rate without losing stroke length:

Swim 8 x 25m. Alternate between deliberately slow rate (long strokes) and deliberately fast rate (short strokes).

Notice what pace each produces. Then find the rate where pace is fastest — which is usually somewhere between the two extremes.

That's your optimal stroke rate. Train to hold it consistently.

02/10/2026

Something about the act of getting in the water when it's cold:

The decision is made before the cold hits you. Not after.

By the time you feel the cold, you've already committed. The cold doesn't get a vote.

That pre-commitment — deciding before the discomfort arrives — is one of the most useful mental habits in sport. And swimming builds it every single session.

Shoulder sore after freestyle? Look at your hand entry.If your hand slices in thumb first, palm out, your whole arm twis...
02/10/2026

Shoulder sore after freestyle? Look at your hand entry.

If your hand slices in thumb first, palm out, your whole arm twists inward to do it. Feels smooth, but it happens every single stroke.

Rolling the shoulder inward at full stretch is the classic recipe for swimmers shoulder.

Fingertips first, palm down 👇
Middle finger leads, thumb and little finger land together
Flat relaxed hand, palm facing the bottom
Slide forward under the surface and youre set up to catch

Same reach, kinder on the shoulder.

When your hand goes in, which part touches the water first, your thumb or your fingertips?

Get my free Freestyle Fix Guide 👉 https://www.oceanswimschool.com/freestyle-fix-guide

02/10/2026

For the swimmer who feels like they're not improving fast enough:

Define fast enough relative to what?

If you're comparing your improvement to someone else's, you don't have enough information to make that comparison meaningfully.

If you're comparing your improvement to your own potential, you also don't have enough information.

The only meaningful measure: are you better than you were three months ago? If yes — you're improving fast enough.

02/10/2026

Here's a thought on what makes a 30-minute session better than a 90-minute one sometimes:

30 minutes of full attention beats 90 minutes of diminishing focus.

After about 60 minutes in the pool, most swimmers' technical attention degrades. The improvements in the final 30 minutes are often technical regressions.

Know when your session is done. Quality over quantity. Always.

02/10/2026

Here's what most swimmers get wrong about fully extend your arms.

This changes everything.

I break down exactly what's going wrong and give you the step-by-step fix you can apply at your next practice.

I've got the drill that makes this feel natural in one session.

Join fellow swimmers improving their swimming in Ocean Swim School: https://oceanswimschool.com

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