by Coach Mat | 13 Jan, 2020
Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book (working title) Better Breathing In Freestyle. …no matter how skilled or not you are in breathing, before you can correct and control any of your breathing errors, you have to become aware of what breathing your body...
by Coach Mat | 22 Dec, 2019
Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book (working title) Better Breathing In Freestyle. I appreciate those of you cheering me on to get this out there. I’ve made a second draft on the first 75% and now working on the first draft of the last 25% which is the...
by Coach Mat | 16 Nov, 2019
[Here is an excerpt from my working draft of the forthcoming Better Breathing In Freestyle book. It’s going to be loaded with useful stuff you don’t commonly find in swimming books!] There are two main gases that your exercising body needs to deal with. It...
by Coach Mat | 30 Oct, 2019
Obviously, your brain handles all your daily breathing without the need for you to control it or even think about it. But do you know how you breathe in daily life? I mean, do you know which part of your body, which muscles do most of the work for each breath? Do you...
by Coach Mat | 26 Oct, 2019
You’ll see from time to time in elite swimming, especially in the shorter/faster events, that a swimmer may have a ‘gallop’ or ‘lope’ which is a slight up/down motion of their head and upper body during the stroke cycle. This gallop is...
by Coach Mat | 22 Sep, 2019
In this post I am continuing to answer questions received about breathing problems. You may like to view Answers to Breathing Questions #1 and #2. Breathing Deeply From The Belly W from Germany had quite a few questions on the topic of diaphragmatic breathing…...
