Triathlon Training Log

Swim Drills vs. Swim Volume

Lately there has been a lot of fuss over swim drills. With the introduction of Total Immersion a few years back, people have been saying that swim drills are the hot new thing on the market. New? They have been around for decades. When I was coaching high school swimming in 1989 we were doing drills on a daily basis. Every workout had a drill set in it, even if it were only a 500 yard weak side breathing swim. Swim gloves for fist drills?

Swimming and Shoulder Injuries

Most sports come with injuries to accompany them. Although swimming is, by most standards, not a sport associated with high risk of injury, it does have it’s own problems. By far the biggest source of sidelining swimming injuries is the shoulder. I was a competitive swimmer for 14 years, sometimes doing double workouts and 15,000 meters per day. I swam mostly freestyle and backstroke. I never had a shoulder problem until my college years.