Progressive Swim Skills Presented by FINIS: Modify Your Kick for More Efficient Freestyle
For most triathletes, the kick provides stability (not propulsion). Check out my tips for making your kick more effective. https://youtu.be/K7wwUweROI0
Competition and the Belief in Yourself
This is a photo of me and my contemporaries: Scott Tinley, Mark Allen and Scott Molina. As some of you may know, we had a dominant hold on most of the races in the 80's and early 90's and we were known as “The Big Four”. For me, the significance of this photo is I always knew [...]
Ask The Man: When Should I Swim with a Pull Buoy?
There's a myth being circulated in Boulder that if you show up to my workout with a pull buoy, then I'll confiscate it. Not true! However I'm very leery of pull buoys... and how many swimmers use them. Pull buoys do not make you a better swimmer and they provide an artificial sense of buoyancy. Triathletes tend to swim with [...]
Ask The Man: Should I Race a Sprint Tri Before a 70.3 Half IRONMAN Goal Race?
Andrea from The Dave Scott Triathlon Club had a great question I wanted to share with everyone about adding a practice race leading up to your goal race this season. https://youtu.be/SherjVqnU34
Progressive Swim Skills Presented By FINIS: Improve Your Breathing Technique
Most triathletes don't think the way they breathe in their freestyle stroke can slow them down. Breathing with proper form is key to a faster freestyle stroke. Try these tips to perfect your breathing technique. https://youtu.be/F1j6ROFyGeU
Using Stretch Cords to Help Master the High Elbow Set
In this edition of Workout Wednesday powered by Bioastin, I'd like to introduce a simple drill that delivers great results. There are many drill variations that you can perform with stretch cords to help you improve your freestyle swimming technique. I typically start my athletes with this one, because it isolates and replicates the unnatural movement required for the vital [...]
Progressive Swim Skills Presented By FINIS: Precise Pull Pattern for Faster Freestyle Swimming
After a well-executed high elbow set, adopting a precise underwater pull pattern will help generate more power speed to your freestyle stroke. This is part 6 in my 10 part series: Progressive Swimming Skills All Triathletes Should Master. I hope you like it! Dave https://youtu.be/ZkTTvgpCLqg
Progressive Swim Skills Presented by FINIS: Master the High Elbow Set
The high elbow set is the single-most important skill you can master for faster freestyle. Follow my tips to help perfect this skill. https://youtu.be/WTkFg9hpSMs