General

Speed is stroke length multiplied by stroke rate. A coach’s guide to measuring both, and knowing which one to fix first.

What a Singapore lifeguard award actually tests, how to train for the swim and tow components, and what happens after you pass.

Before an open water course, you need to swim, tread and stay calm. What certification agencies test, and how a pool swimmer should prepare.

Bring a swimming resolution to a coach and the first thing they should do is tell you what is realistic. What genuinely changes in twelve months, what takes longer, and what never arrives.

Pool fitness does not survive an open-water swim start. The three skills that separate a comfortable triathlon swim from a frightening one, and how to drill them in a lane.

Being told to relax never taught anyone to float. Here is the lesson sequence a coach actually uses, and the fixes for legs that keep sinking.