Vertical kicking is a challenging drill great for promoting an efficient flutter kick. Instead of kicking across the pool along the surface of the water, vertical kicking takes place in a stationary ...

Leg day doesn't have to consist of copious sets of squats at the gym. You can target this major muscle group and feel the burn in the pool, too. Whether you're using a kickboard or simply kicking on ...

Let’s get kicking. As Olympian and swim coach Gary Hall Sr. says, “If there is one skill that most differentiates the fast swimmers from the not-so-fast swimmers, it would be the strength of the kick.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — At the Flowing Wells Junior High School swimming pool, the swimmers on the team are hard at work. With each flutter kick or dive, the swimmers are getting stronger and more ...

One lap of the pool, one line of the speech. That's how Joe Flaherty taught Gabriella Brock to memorize a speech Theodore Roosevelt delivered in 1910. Stroke after stroke, followed by the same segment ...