CreateFit Bristol Swimming Articles

Anyone that has been on the receiving end of my front crawl swim coaching will no doubt be rolling their eyes after only reading the title of this article!  They will know how much I like to reinforce the reasons why it is essential to have fully extended arms on the reach while performing a good body rotation in order to swim with a strong, fluid, and effortless front crawl. But can everyone remember the reasons why this is encouraged? Unless regularly revisited, it’s likely

I know, I know, it’s not a very fashionable statement these days. I understand it’s all about being able to express your feelings and not bottle them up if we want any chance of living a happier life; however, when it comes to swimming, it could be very advantageous to not let our feelings show.  Let’s elaborate on the attention-grabbing title and run through what we really mean here. Feelings and emotions that we might experience before or during a swim should, of course, be

Swimming is full of jargon and confusing terms for mythical movements — many of which run contrary to what we would readily understand as the definition of a word. The best example of this is the most commonly used: the  catch . A term which, in swimming, has nothing to do with throwing or dropping anything. That’s a topic for another day though. Today, we are focusing on the elbow. Many of you will have heard of a  high elbow  and how it can be beneficial in your front crawl

"I can swim, I just can't do the breathing". Here’s a phrase the swim coaches at CreateFit have heard quite a lot over the years and something we hope to shed some light on. Whereas we understand what is really meant by saying this, the fact is, you have already mastered breathing in life and soon enough you will also have mastered swimming too. The challenge lies in how these two elements work and fit together while moving through an environment that feels as though it’s do