In this episode, Dr. John is joined with two leading researchers in shoulder injury prevention in swimmers. Dr. Boettcher and Dr. Ginn discuss their latest study on shoulder strength ratios in elite swimmers.
Henrique Neiva on Swimming Warm-up
In this episode of the Swimming Science Podcast, Dr. John chats with World-Renowned swimming researcher Henrique Neiva. If you have a question for Henrique, post it in the comments below to have it answered Henrique Pereira Neiva concluded his degree in Sport and Physical Education in the Faculty of Sport of University of Porto (2008).In 2015 finished Ph.D in in …
Injury Screening for Swimmers
Injury screens were recently popularized with the functional movement screen (FMS). In fact, we created a comprehensive guide for injury screening for swimmers in our Dryland for Swimmers book. We created this as we felt the land-based tests weren’t predictable of swimming due to the novelties of the motions in the pool. One of the most effective methods to reduce …
Hand Paddle Training Doesn’t Change Biomechanics
Using hand paddles during swimming is a common practice in the sport. Although many swim coaches use hand paddles for training, do they consider how swimming hand paddle training influences swimming biomechanics? Utilizing paddles during training likely will alter biomechanics, but how does the paddle size change biomechanics? Shouldn’t this be a consideration considering the arms produce approximately 85% of …
Strength Training Improves Swimming Starts, for some
Strength training and swimming have always been a debated topic. In fact, some argue that strength training and/or plyometrics are not beneficial for swimming performance. I personally performed a comprehensive strength training for swimming review and produced Dryland for Swimmers. However, new research is evolving and new research on how strength training improves swimming starts was recently published. Strength Training …
Does L-Citrulline Improve Swimming Performance?
Supplements with performance-enhancing claims are very common. But recently the supplement L-citrulline has received more attention, begging the question does L-citrulline improve swimming performance? Supplements augmenting nitric oxide are very popular. It has been postulated that augmenting nitric oxide (NO) synthesis through nutritional supplementation may improve muscular function, resistance to fatigue during exercise, and recovery processes after exercise. Enhanced NO …
Do Olympic Female Swimmers Pace Properly?
Watching any high-level swim meet and the casual observer would assume the Olympic female swimmers pace properly. However, many elite coaches will discuss how swimmer’s didn’t “swim their own race” or we’ve all heard coaches say “they went out too slow”. With all the hours of training and swimming do Olympic female swimmers pace properly? This sounds absurd at the …
The Social Kick Podcast #001 – Tell Us About Your Last Swimming Race
Dive into episode 1 of The Social Kick Podcast and learn about our swimming backgrounds, experiences, and join us as we breakdown our final “competitive” swimming races. We also dive into peak performance and discuss if we personally peaked during our swimming career. Lastly, we chat about the best races we’ve seen in person. Share your last swim with us, …
Swimmer Recovery
This week we had an interview on recovery for swimmers with Dr. Alessandro Piras from the University of Bologna. Here is a link to his Research Gate page and here is our review of the study we are reviewing on swimmer recovery. 1. How can one evaluate how much swimmer recovery is necessary after a race (heart rate, lactate, etc.)? …
Elite Swimmers Are Superior at the Swim Turn to Subelite Swimmers
The swim turn is usually divided into 5 distinct stages that include (a) inward-turn, (b) rotation, (c) push-off, (d) underwater, and (d) outward-turn. Past research suggests swimmers with higher peak forces have faster turn time, reduced wall contact time, and greater mean impulse than slower swimmers (Blanksby 1996; Chow 1984; Takahashi 1982). However, more modern research is needed to analyze …