aXis Swimming http://www.axiswimming.com Amphibious eXercise for Improved Swimming Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:51:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.axiswimming.com/2012/01/250/ http://www.axiswimming.com/2012/01/250/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:51:06 +0000 Stephanie Turner http://www.axiswimming.com/?p=250

]]> http://www.axiswimming.com/2012/01/250/feed/ 0 aXis at Colorado Springs – Olympic Training Center http://www.axiswimming.com/2012/01/axis-at-colorado-springs-olympic-training-center/ http://www.axiswimming.com/2012/01/axis-at-colorado-springs-olympic-training-center/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:45:44 +0000 Stephanie Turner http://www.axiswimming.com/?p=243 Continue reading →]]> Listen and watch at Raphael Ruiz takes and amphibious athlete through the 90 degrees shoulder stretch.

90 Degree Partnered Shoulder Stretch

aXis coach Raphael Ruiz talks an amphibious athlete through a pull up, emphasizing a big, broad chest and shoulders pulled down and back.

The Correct Way to do a Pull Up

Listen to aXis coach David Marsh talk us through his amphibious chicken wing drill.

David Marsh\’s Amphibious Drill

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Team takes dry land exercises and transfers them into amphibious drills

Dry Land Elongated Spine to Amphibious Elongated Spine

Team Elite partners up to perform an orthopedically sound chest stretch with open communication.

Partnered Chest Stretch

Team Elite helps their partner get a hip flexor and quad stretch.

Partnered Hip Flexor and Quad Stretch

Listen to aXis coach Raphael Ruiz talk Team Elite through the fastest way of recovery.

Raphael Ruiz talks us Through Post Workout Recovery

 

 

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The Ylon-a Snorkel is now available to purchase at the Swim Team Store. Click the link below to place your order!!!

http://www.theswimteamstore.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=16610&idcategory=0

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Learn how to elongate a swimmer’s spinal position while drawing in! 3 different positions along with coaching cues!

 

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]]> http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/10/review-of-a-successful-year/feed/ 0 Relation from Dry Land to Aquatic http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/10/relation-from-dry-land-to-aquatic/ http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/10/relation-from-dry-land-to-aquatic/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:29:35 +0000 Stephanie Turner http://www.axiswimming.com/?p=218 Coach David Marsh list’s the aXis coaching cues in one of his swimmers.

1. Good Alignment

2. High Catch

3. Extended & elongated neck position

4. Nice rotation

What aXis Looks for in a Swimmer

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Creating an Aquatic Elongated Spinal Position

]]> http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/10/creating-an-aquatic-elongated-spinal-position/feed/ 0 Dry Land Saxon Lunge Followed by an Aquatic Drill http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/09/dry-land-saxon-lunge-followed-by-an-aquatic-drill/ http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/09/dry-land-saxon-lunge-followed-by-an-aquatic-drill/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:35:31 +0000 Stephanie Turner http://axis.tdcdev.com/?p=172 Coach Peter Verhoef helps swimmer through a saxon lunge

Saxon Lunge On Deck

Swimmers performing a saxon lunge and relating it to the water

Saxon Lunge & How it Relates to the Water

]]> http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/09/dry-land-saxon-lunge-followed-by-an-aquatic-drill/feed/ 0 Coach Peter Verhoef of Team Elite Talks Us Through an aXis Aquatic Drill http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/09/coach-peter-verhoef-of-team-elite-talks-us-through-an-axis-aquatic-drill/ http://www.axiswimming.com/2011/09/coach-peter-verhoef-of-team-elite-talks-us-through-an-axis-aquatic-drill/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:10:29 +0000 Stephanie Turner http://axis.tdcdev.com/?p=170 aXis Aquatic Drill with Snorkel

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