The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show
Promoting a healthy and positive experience for endurance athletes.
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The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show

Created with endurance athletes in mind

Created with endurance athletes in mind. Coaches Amy and Liz have a combined thirty years of coaching and seven decades of competing in endurance sports. They cover topics relevant to athletes at various levels of participation: those training for a personal challenge to those competing for an age group placement or race qualification.

 

Swimming: Getting Faster in the “Off-season”

How can you improve your swimming in the “off-season”? Coach Liz explains the difference between decreasing drag vs. increasing propulsion in your swim stroke and the pitfalls many of us make when trying to improve speed. She also includes a few tips and drills you can use in and out of the water!

Video demonstrating how to use resistance bands to strengthen the underwater travel (or the power phase) of your freestyle stroke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJ9eIxp0e8&t=24s

Bonus video: Using resistance bands to develop the catch in swimming:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwJQ8rsSgPQ

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