Matt Kredich, Head Swimming Coach at the University of Tennessee, explains how to set up your swim stroke for an explosive pull to gain more power in your swimming. Coach Kredich often relies on the Vasa Trainer, equipped with the…
Dryland swim training with Vasa SwimErgs and Vasa Trainers has been essential to prepare competitive swimmers. It’s been a “go-to” training tool swim coaches and athletes have used to improve swimming technique since 1989. Several former and current US Olympic…
Vasa Lane 9 dryland swim training workout series with Coach Dan Daly Details on how to do the workouts: This workout listed below includes three distinct circuits—one for Power, one for Strength, and one for Endurance. You can do all…
Author: Tim Crowley When triathletes and open water swimmers think of Vasa, for many, it’s the Vasa SwimErg product that comes to mind. In 1990, Rob Sleamaker invented the Vasa Trainer Pro model and unveiled it to swimming coaches at…
This is part 3 in a series of blog posts where we ask important questions to successful coaches in the Vasa community. Here are their answers to an important question: What are the primary differences in how triathletes & open…
There are two primary skills that all triathletes and swimmers need in order to maximize their efficiency, power, and speed in open water, especially in the challenging conditions of a race. Wind, waves, currents, and crowds of athletes bumping, kicking…
Swimming Power: Technique Video Series for Faster Freestyle Swimming (part 4 of 5) Learn how to improve your freestyle swimming power, efficiency, technique, and endurance from Karlyn Pipes, swim technique expert coach and Masters Swimming multiple World Record holder.…
Faster Freestyle Swimming Technique Video Series (part 3 of 5) Learn how to improve your freestyle swimming technique, efficiency, power and endurance from Karlyn Pipes, swim technique expert coach and Masters Swimming multiple World Record holder. In this no-nonsense swim clinic, Coach…
Technique Video Series for Faster Freestyle Swimming (part 2 of 5) Learn how to improve your freestyle swimming technique, efficiency, power and endurance from Karlyn Pipes, swim technique expert coach and Masters Swimming multiple World Record holder. In this no-nonsense…
One of the most common questions we receive from athletes is this: “Can stretch cords or bands be as effective as swim training on the Vasa SwimErg?” While stretch cords and bands can be used for a limited set of…
It’s very fulfilling to learn about the successes of athletes and coaches resulting from training with Vasa products. After all, it is our mission to design and produce premium quality training equipment & support that improves athletic performance, functional fitness,…
We collaborated with Coach Karlyn Pipes to create an exciting online swim clinic – How to Improve Freestyle Swimming In Five Easy Steps for swimmers, swim coaches, and triathletes to benefit from her highly effective method of teaching better swim techniques.…
