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Swim Drills Are Good...
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Friday, 11 December 2015 00:10
By Gary Hall Sr. (usatriathlon.org)
Photo by Richard Hall
1. Drills isolate the problem.
Once the problem is identified, the best way to fix it is to focus on it. There are simply too many complex movements going on in the act of swimming to enable one to think about one single movement or position of the body. For example, one of the best ways to learn to pull with a high elbow underwater (early vertical forearm position) is by doing a one-arm drill. Holding one arm in front, swim with one arm only, rotating from side to stomach, but focusing on the high elbow position as the single arm pulls through. It is much easier to grasp the concept swimming with high elbows, after practicing with each arm alone....
Who is an Athlete?
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Thursday, 10 December 2015 00:10
ED. Between 2006 and 2008, Michael Williams was our state's premier male junior triathlete. He won the Junior of the Year each of those years. A wonderful guy, he's a world class doctor now and has a really cool wife and German shepherd (photo below).
By Dr. Michael Williams (premiersportsandspine.com)
What is an athlete? Have you ever found yourself asking such a question? What makes me different? Or do you sometimes find yourself answering such a question about yourself differently? ...
Stuff that Heather Already Knows...
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Wednesday, 09 December 2015 00:10
Swim Etiquette
By Deanna Pomfret (usatriathlon.org)
Cool Photo by Rich Cruse
The triathlon swim is usually the leg people talk and worry about the most. I’ve heard things like “I just need to get through the swim,” “I’m fine once the swim is over” and “I’d do a triathlon except I’m afraid of the swim.” The fact that fear for the swim can stop someone from trying this excellent sport makes me as a swim coach pause and think why and what can I do to make it less intimidating? ...
Avoiding Tri Disasters...
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 00:10
By Paul N. Bloom and David K. Williams (usatriathlon.org)
Having competed in hundreds of triathlons over the years, my colleague, Dave Williams, and I have experienced and observed an amazing array of race-day ‘disasters.’ Indeed, I had such discouraging mishaps in my first three triathlons that I came close to quitting the sport.
In my first sprint triathlon with a 750-meter swim in a pond, I swam in the wrong direction and crashed head on into the fast swimmers who were finishing the swim leg. Hurt and embarrassed, I dropped out of the race. Not to be deterred, I came back to the same race the next year and...
Big Time "Horse Guy"...
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Sunday, 06 December 2015 06:10
ED. Here is a really cool article about Minnesota's believed ninety-genarian triathlete Bob Powers. In case you didn't know, he is a big time horse guy.
As a founding member of the Minnesota Hunter and Jumper Association, horses have always been an integral part of Bob Power's Life. His parents, Robert and Norah, immigrated from Ireland with Bob's brother, Tom, arriving at Ellis Island in 1923, the year before Bob was born. Bob's father was a renowned thoroughbred horse trainer in Ireland and came to America in search of a better life, eventually settling in Hopkins, Minnesota....
