Livestream - The Catch Discussion - 2024

In this video, I discuss the importance of the catch. The catch is defined as about the first quarter of the pull. It's essential to start acceleration early in the pull and focus on pushing "down to the feet" instead of "Down to the bottom of the pool".

Hi! I'm John Ferrell. I swam competitively from the third grade until I graduated from BYU swimming on their team for 4 great years. I was a HS All American and first team all conference in the Mountain West Conference when at BYU. I have been private coaching since 2013 and been competing in Triathlons since 2019. Currently, I race with Team Zoot and am a member of Form Racing's Competition Team. I also am an ambassador for H20 Audio. I'm blessed to have a great eye for technique and if you want me to review your stroke for free, please email me on the email featured on the video.

I believe in swimming faster through better technique rather than grinding out massive amounts of yardage. For triathletes, their pool time is VERY limited during the week. I use dryland technique drills to augment pool time to help build muscle memory.

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