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22/06/2026

Mastery Monday - What nobody tells you about the freestyle catch”

The catch is the most misunderstood part of freestyle — and the most powerful when set up correctly.

Most swimmers reach forward and immediately pull back with a bent wrist and a dropped elbow. They feel like they’re working hard. They’re actually grabbing nothing.

A perfectly connected streamline position allows your arm to form the ideal shape BEFORE you catch. Allowing you to press back against water, not sliding through it.

Perfectly synchronising this to your rotation is where your propulsion lives.

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15/06/2026

Mastery Monday - Ever wonder why you’re gasping after just one or two laps? It’s rarely about fitness — it’s about HOW you’re breathing.

The real game-changers:
→ Diaphragmatic inhales (not shallow chest breaths)
→ Never breath-hold — release continuous bubbles through your nose
→ Mindful air exchange, every single stroke

Next time you’re in the pool, pay attention to your inhale and exhale. Small tweaks here can transform your swim instantly — more distance, less fatigue, way more ease in the water.

Try it and let me know what you notice 👇

04/06/2026

Adventure day — taking everything we’ve been working on out into the open water. Clear blue, coral below, fish darting past, turtles gliding through. Staying focused on technique when the ocean is putting on a show like that? Easier said than done.

03/06/2026

Your arm recovery can make or break your shoulders. Your timing can make or break your speed. Your breathing position can make or break everything else.

Day 4 at Heron Island we fixed all three. And felt our more energy and power. water swimming

02/06/2026

You can’t think your way into a new stroke. You have to feel it.

Day 3 at Heron Island was all technique — flutter, rotation, streamline. Video analysis so the brain could finally see what the body was doing. Standing rehearsal to start making it real.

And then watching your fellow swimmers — and finding our own version of what they’ve got.

Learning through practice, observation and feeling.

📍 Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

01/06/2026

Body position. Forward energy. Open water sighting.

Then we went snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef and found turtles, sharks, rays, and more fish than we could count.

Day 2 of the SwimMastery Heron Island Camp. Not too shabby at all. 🐢

📍 Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

31/05/2026

Day 1 of Heron Island camp and what a beginning. We got to know each other over swimming stories and goals, then took to the water. We swam over reef in turquoise clarity with turtles, eagle rays, and fish for company, as the sun set and the full moon climbed above the ocean. Not@a@bad start to our week together 🥰

25/05/2026

Mastery Monday - Why do I sink when I try to breathe?

Every swimmer asks this. And the answer isn’t what you think.

Sinking when you breathe is almost never about your lungs or your fitness — it’s about what your head and hips are doing the moment you rotate to breathe. When your head lifts instead of rotates, your hips drop and your legs drag you under.

The fix? Keep one goggle in the water by looking directly next to you. Let the bow wave do the work.

This is the kind of detail we work on inside SwimMastery — because once you feel the difference, you can’t unfeel it.

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