Make Adjustments to Hit Perfect Butterfly and Breaststroke Turns!
2010 Big 10 Coach of the Year, Bill Wadley, explains how to adjust your Butterfly and Breaststroke before the flags to stretch out the arms and finish the kick properly at the wall to maximize the...
View ArticleCreate Faster Turns with an Underwater Turn Drill!
2012 Olympian and 2x NCAA Champion, Tyler McGill, shares a drill that will enhance your turns. The Underwater Turn Drill focuses on a tight tuck into the wall with great body line and posture through...
View ArticleLearn Key Concepts to Swim Faster in the Butterfly!
14x NCAA All-American with the University of Arizona, Coley Stickels, shows you the 2 ½ Slide Drill. This drill enhances several key concepts for learning to swim a lower flat forward focused butterfly...
View ArticleGet an Overview of the Track Start for Butterfly from Two Olympians!
Olympic Gold Medalist, Claire Donahue, and 2012 Olympian, Tyler McGill, give you an overview of the track start for Butterfly. They keep it very simple: stand tall, comfortable stance, hips higher than...
View ArticleLearn Josh Davis’ Favorite Butterfly Drill!
Olympic gold medalist and American record breaker Josh Davis’ favorite drill for the butterfly is the “Angels in the Water” drill. Davis likens the movement in this drill to creating angels in the...
View ArticleEssential Butterfly Drills from Ian Pope!
Australian Olympic and National Team head coach Ian Pope presents some of his favorite butterfly drills. These drills improve swimmers’ arm movement, rhythm, timing and much more. Full Stroke Drills...
View ArticleDevelop an Efficient Butterfly Breakout!
Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State head women’s swimming coach, uses the “Forward Start with Butterfly Breakout Half Cycle Glide for Distance” drill to make sure his swimmers are being as efficient as possible...
View ArticleWork on Body Flow for the Butterfly!
University of North Carolina head coach Rich DeSelm uses the “Combination Drill” to promote staying low and gliding through the water. This exercises gives athletes a drill that will help them improve...
View ArticleIncrease Butterfly Speed Using Resistance Drills!
Braden Holloway, North Carolina State head coach, helps his swimmers generate power in their butterfly stroke with this drill and progression. By using tennis balls and swim socks, swimmers learn to...
View ArticleLearn to Maintain Balance While Dolphin Kicking!
Dolphin kicking is an essential skill that all swimmers should be able to execute with good balance in the water. Coley Stickels, 14-time NCAA All-American with the University of Arizona, uses the...
View ArticleGet More Leverage when Executing the Butterfly!
North Carolina State head coach, Braden Holloway, uses the Surf Drill Series as one of his main methods to teach timing for the butterfly. Without proper timing, swimmers can lose valuable speed and...
View ArticleUse a One Arm Drill to Speed Up Your Butterfly!
Matt Kredich, University of Tennessee head coach and four time Ivy League Coach of the Year, runs through a drill for the butterfly that isolates arms individually to create a more complete stroke. By...
View ArticleUse the “Single Arm Drill” to Perfect Butterfly Timing!
David Marsh, head coach at SwimMAC Carolina and eight time NCAA Coach of the Year, goes over the “Single Arm Drill.” This is a great drill for timing and mimicking the stroke well with one arm, making...
View ArticleLearn Rich DeSelm’s “Weave Drill” for the Butterfly!
Rich DeSelm, University of North Carolina head coach and 2011 World University Games head coach, uses the “Weave Drill” to improve his swimmers’ body position for the butterfly. This is a great warm-up...
View ArticleTighten Your Core During the Butterfly!
Russ Kasl has spent 20+ years as an age group coach and has gained a wide range of experience training young swimmers. In this clip, Coach Kasl presents a drill that uses a flutter kick to improve the...
View ArticleLearn the Butterfly from University of Texas Head Coach Eddie Reese!
Photo credit: Peter H. Bick Photography Eddie Reese completed his 39th season at Texas (2016-17) by winning his third consecutive NCAA team title. In all, he’s led Texas to an NCAA-leading 13 national...
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