Improving Strength in Water

Improving Pull/Push Strength & Max Power
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-Parachute Swim/Pull: Requires less arm speed backward to encounter much higher amounts of resistance on the entire pulling/pushing surface.
-Paddle: Increases surface area of hand to improve strength in the weakest muscles of the shoulder since the hand is furthest from the body during all pulling/pushing actions
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Improving Kick Strength & Max Power
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- Ankle Weights: Improve strength at beginning of each up & down kick on free/back/fly kick and the beginning of the kick in breast kick
- Elastic Ankle Band: Improve strength at the end of each up & down kick since resistance in the band is at it's greatest when the feet move apart, does not help with fly or breast kick though.
- Stiff bladed Fin: improves fly free and back kick through the entire range of motion on each up/down kick
- Stationary Kick: Improves free/fly/back/breast kick strength by requiring less speed to encounter more resistance
- Vertical Kickboard: same as stationary

Pool Toys

Ankle Weights
Tennis Ball (in hands)
Tether
Parachute
Bucket/Pulley
Hand Weights/Wrist Weights
Ankle Elastic Band
Brick (kick)
Stick (kick)
Medicine Ball (kick)
Paddles
Pull Buoy
Ball
Water bottle
Cup