Professional Swimmer
Rebecca is a swimmer who represented Team USA in the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games. She is a 6x medalist at the Games, earning three gold & three silver medals. Along with her competitive results, she was most honored by her title of Team Captain for the 2012 London Games USA Women's Swim Team. She's the Co-Founder of RISE Athletes, a youth athlete mindset development program.
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1MAs Rebecca says, “a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer.” Find the fun with Rebecca Soni as you dive into her courses. Rebecca covers every element of the breaststroke technique, and breaks down multiple drills that will help you become more efficient and stronger in your pulling, kicking and timing.
2MIn this introductory lesson, Rebecca breaks down the breaststroke pull into 3 parts, and covers the overall technique of pulling.
3MTo improve your breaststroke pull, you have to increase the amount of water you can hold and pull with your forearms. In this lesson, Rebecca shows you a drill that will help you to do just that. Practice this drill a couple times a week to keep improving and building strength in your forearms.
2MIn order to be successful in your breaststroke pull, it is important that you understand your body position in the water. In this lesson, Rebecca demonstrates a drill that will help to keep your arms moving efficiently, regardless of what your lower body is doing.
2MIncreasing the speed you move through the water can help identify points of resistance within your pull. Maximizing the resistance of the water can help to strengthen your pull. Minimizing points of resistance you hit with your arms will create a smoother and faster stroke. In this lesson, Rebecca introduces a pulling drill in which you will use fins and a freestyle kick to propel yourself forward faster.
2MRhythm and tempo are essential to the breaststroke. In this lesson, Rebecca will show you how to perfect the timing of your pull. Rebecca used this drill herself in pre-competition warm-ups to help find her rhythm before racing.
2MYour kick is a big force generator in your breaststroke, but it isn’t only about power. Your kick should also be timed well with the rest of your stroke. In this lesson, Rebecca Soni breaks down the breaststroke kick and the best way to get the right amount of power and timing.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca breaks down the piston kick. This drill is all about the speed and foot turnout of your kick. Rebecca covers not only proper form, but also what success looks like when practicing the piston kick.
1MIn this lesson, Rebecca explains and demonstrates an early kick drill. The timing of your kick is essential, and having drills like this one where you can play around with timing can help to pull the different parts of your stroke together.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca covers one of her favorite drills, the Kick, Pull, Kick Drill. It is an important drill because it brings together your kick and pull to help solidify what the perfect stroke feels like.
1MHow do you make a 3 part pull work with a 2 part kick? In this lesson, Rebecca covers the timing of your kick and how it should fit into the rest of your stroke.
1MAs Rebecca says, “Timing is a great way to get in a flow with your body and also put each of the elements of your stroke in the optimal position.” In this lesson, Rebecca will cover the fundamentals of timing, and how to find that optimal position.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca covers a drill that will help you to find that feeling of falling forward. This drill is less about technique, and more about exploring this sensation of falling forward. You can then apply this feeling to your breaststroke, and how it feels to fall rather than push forward.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca once again focuses on this feeling of falling into your stroke. She demonstrates a drill that will help you to find this feeling, while also practicing that dive into the water with your breaststroke arms.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca explains and demonstrates an exaggerated breaststroke drill. In this drill, the exaggeration and pause at the top will help you to feel out the different components of your stroke, and further improve your timing.
2MBy doing these timing drills, and understanding where the resistance is in your stroke, you will be able to improve your timing and flow in your natural stroke. In this lesson, Rebecca gives an overview and recap of timing and how to use these different drills to keep improving.
3MBody awareness and core strength will help you to take all of the elements that Rebecca has covered, and put them together to improve your breaststroke. In this lesson, Rebecca explains the importance of body awareness and how to apply it to your breaststroke.
2MLearning how to engage your core and apply that to your breaststroke can help you to improve your breaststroke. In this lesson, Rebecca demonstrates how to engage your core and find the streamline position that is best for the breaststroke.
4MIn this lesson, Rebecca demonstrates how to work on core engagement out of the water. Working on your core strength will help you to have a stronger, more streamlined breaststroke.
2MIn this lesson, Rebecca demonstrates how to work on your core engagement in the water. Finding this core engagement while in the water will help to strengthen your core while in the water.
3MIn this lesson, Rebecca explains a drill that you can use to improve your body awareness, core engagement, and your timing. It is a difficult drill to master, and one that you can keep working on throughout your career.