Kempisch Swimming Team

Today was about planning your set. We've done quite a bit of this, but it's a constant reminder of where you need to start your swim pace.

We're making more friends, and here's a great addition to that list that many of you can take full advantage of.

Sticking with some hand awareness this week. Yesterday we used a tool, and today we use a great series from Dave Denniston.

Taper mode today.

While filming Jessica Hardy a few weeks ago, we got a nice surprise when her fiancé Dominik Meichtry stopped by.

Borrowing from an old drill, here's a fun set sure to get you more aware of your hands.

We decided to really focus on the flutter kick today, so we focused on watching Scott Tucker's amazing kick, and then keeping that in our mind during practice.

Revisiting an old drill originally posted in 2003, some things just never go out of style.

Nothing really to write here, the video says it all.

Every swim coach needs an arsenal of mini sets...sets of 8 X 25...that can be inserted at any point during a practice to break things up.

When working with young (or older) swimmers, reaching full extension in breaststroke is sometimes a challenge.

A little technique work to start the week right, with inspiration from Go Swim Freestyle with Jason Lezak.

Here's the swim practice that Barbara's learning group will do today. It combines drills, kick, pull, focus points, and all four strokes.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a little speedwork this week.

Continuing to process all the video we shot in California, we continue to run across beautiful images of Jessica Hardy.

I was a little gun-shy about giving this workout to my Masters group this morning. I handed it out with lots of warnings about not doing too much butterfly.

This may be seen as more rant than drill, and some will like it, and some will not.  Either way, the pull buoy is what it is... a useful piece of swim equipment.

Our set of the week is short, intense, and a chance to work on many things.

Today, we tried to see if we could get a silicone cap to get on the head easily with the drop technique.

There's a certain loneliness about training for open-water swimming, especially when you do your training in a pool. This drill serves multiple purposes to teach and help break the monotony that comes with 5,000-meter swims.