help improve your kicking.By binding both legs together, you are actually working on your balance and engaging the core muscles of your abdomen to work more effectively. Most triathletes who aren’t from a swimming background have very poor balance and
, balance, core rotation, aquatic breathing skills and core kicking. It doesn't matter where you are in your swimming career, everyone has to first master these skills.3. Since TI believes swimming is a technical rather than an endurance sport, drills always
.Kick drills: Learning to swim just kicking will help your core muscles and improve your positioning and balance. After a few months of incorporating kick drills into your swim sessions you will notice that your kicking improves and so does your ability
- and sometimes even in the pool when you're training. However, he's right: making friends with water could be the difference between loving every minute of a triathlon and metaphorically holding your breath until you exit the water.Triathletes from a non-swimming
will have built up your swimming fitness in the pool and you should now be working to overcome the technical and mental challenges of open-water swimming.Specialist swim skillsBill Black coached the GB men's triathlon team at the Sydney Olympics in 2000
, such as the melee at the start and turning buoys. Many swimmers new to open water panic when they are faced with legs and elbows, and the hustle and bustle of the race. You can overcome some of these potential problems by practising swimming in confined environments
and Bullock warns that the high-turnover style of swimming seen in some elite triathletes may not suit people new to swimming. His approach would be to start at slower speeds to ensure you have correct stroke mechanics before increasing stroke rate.Triathlon
at the start and turning buoys. Many swimmers new to open water panic when they are faced with legs and elbows, and the hustle and bustle of the race. You can overcome some of these potential problems by practising swimming in confined environments, so you can
because it forces you to be face down in the water during the stroke, and this feeling of being submerged can lead to anxiety when you're new to the sport. Morgan Williams is National Development Manager for the British Triathlon Federation and a level
because it forces you to be face down in the water during the stroke, and this feeling of being submerged can lead to anxiety when you're new to the sport.Morgan Williams is National Development Manager for the British Triathlon Federation and a level
