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Maximizing Economy: An Essential Parameter for Triathlon Success, Part 3
04/09/08: Please click here for Part 1 and Part 2 of this (Read More)

Training for the Triathlon Swim: Is There A Better Way?
02/08/08: "How good is your worst repetition?" - Stephen Widmer


Back in March of 2007, I gave a presentation at a USA Triathlon coaches CEU clinic entitled "Training for the Triathlon Swim Using the Vasa Ergometer." The presentation gave me (Read More)

Chuckie V: Schooling Non-Fish
12/13/07: Swimming is a tough sport to master. Unless you're Australian. If you're like me, you're probably not an Aussie and swimming doesn't come natural to you. As it is, 90% of those from the land down under reside within a seashell's throw of water, so (Read More)

Aquatic Edge: Learning How to Let Go
08/09/07: People always ask me ... Karlyn, how can I become a better swimmer? I recommend: improve your technique, work on good body position, teach yourself to swim easy and finally ... learn how to breathe.

What do I mean, 'Learn how to breathe?' (Read More)

Mastering Rough Water
04/11/07: Open water swimming can require skills and techniques completely different from those used in a pool where lane lines flatten the water and currents or waves are not a factor. Your pool focus is mainly on repeating one perfect stroke after another (Read More)

Busting the Five Most Common Swim Faults
08/03/06: Hadyn Woolley names the five most important and most common swim faults that he sees in coaching. He tells you how they are holding you back and how you can stamp them out (Read More)

King of the Bays
06/19/06: Haydn Woolley outclassed a class field at the Auckland ocean swim King of the Bays, despite being out of competitive swimming for some time. Haydn tells xtri how he held off some of New Zealand's best swimmers for his win and names the three vital reasons why he took the race (Read More)

Benchmark your Progress
05/04/06: Have you just found out the hard way that you have been wallowing in a pool of lazy sessions, when you thought you were training hard and smart? Start putting that right by timing yourself and testing your technique. Haydn Woolley sets the exams for you (Read More)

The Paradox of Easy Swimming
03/27/06: If you think that swimming easy simply means taking a breather, you're probably just clocking up junk miles. Haydn Woolley explains the paradox of easy swimming (Read More)

Giving it a Bash
02/15/06: If you want to tri, but the swim is a mental hurdle - the open water, the thrash-and-bash of a big race start or that scary distance - swim maestro Hadyn Woolley can help you overcome your fears (Read More)

Round the Buoys
01/25/06: So you can't make a swim group, but you still want to hone your open water skills? Haydn Woolley offers the perfect round-the-buoys workout (Read More)

November 2005
11/11/05: A good catch is critical for a smooth and efficient swim stroke - but it is also one of the hardest elements of swimming to perfect. Swim guru Haydn Wooley has some great tips to nail the perfect catch (Read More)

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