SwimMastery in Effortless Swimming’s Podcasts
#339: Freestyle Mastery: Practical Tips for Perfecting Your Stroke with Tracey Baumann
2024 June 27 - 57 min
Join us on this episode as we sit down with Tracey Baumann, the co-founder of SwimMastery and author of 'The Swim Mastery Way'. With over 20 years of teaching and coaching experience, Tracy has worked with swimmers of all levels, from beginners to English Channel swimmers. In this podcast, Tracey shares her expert insights and cues from her book, offering valuable tips to help you become a faster and more efficient swimmer.
“The biggest hurdle for swimmers is our body makeup…”
Also available in a trunked YouTube version - NOTE! Only the first 32 min
#344: Finding Rhythm and Connection in your Freestyle with Tracey Baumann
2024 August 1 - 48 min
Today, we’re excited to welcome Tracey Bauman back to the podcast! She was a hit on episode 338, where we discussed making swimming more comfortable and efficient. In this episode, we’ll dive deeper into building a strong connection between your torso, legs, and arms, and the importance of good posture and alignment. We’ll also explore the benefits of experimenting with different kicking techniques, how body rotation affects propulsion, and finding the right balance between stroke rate and stroke count. Tune in now!
“The engine of your swim is your body's rotation, not the pull of your arms…”
Also available in a YouTube version
#355: How to Coordinate your Freestyle Stroke with Tracey Baumann
2024 October - 45 min
In this episode, we sit down with Tracey Baumann to explore swim stroke synchronization and body connection for a more efficient swim. We discuss six key synchronization points, the importance of feeling the water, and the role of joint mechanics in creating a powerful stroke. Tracy shares her coaching evolution toward focusing on technique and sensory cues, emphasizing the benefits of short-interval training. Tune in now!
“Swimming is Like a Waltz…”
Also available in a YouTube version
#362 : The Speed Equation with Tracey Baumann
2024 December - 42 min
Welcome to this week's episode of the Effortless Swimming podcast. My guest today is four time guest, Tracey Baumann. On this episode, we're talking about the speed equation, your combination of stroke length and stroke rate, and how to find that sweet spot for whatever distance or whatever effort you're doing.
This is really the art of it. This is the art of swimming where we want to develop good technique, but then in order to swim faster, we need to make sure that we maintain that technique. but we consider the stroke rate side of the equation. So on this episode, Tracy and I talk about how to find that sweet spot, some sets and some ways that you can practice this and find this in training and some ways that you can develop gears in your swimming.
If you find that you're stuck and you can't get faster and you've only got this one speed that you're always stuck in, how can you actually go about developing those different gears? So let's jump into the episode with Tracey Baumann.
“The Speed Equation…”
Also available in a YouTube version​