A Better Way to Teach Swimming Balance and Body Position
For the last 85 years, swim training has had plenty of tools to build fitness. The harder part has always been teaching what creates speed in the first place: body line, balance, and alignment that hold up under fatigue.
Dual Boards are built for that job. Unlike a traditional kickboard, Dual Boards are two compact foam flotation boards worn on each hand and forearm, giving swimmers a full range of motion while reinforcing a more natural, race-relevant body position. Instead of locking athletes into a single rigid posture, the split-board design helps them feel alignment, control their line, and build balance from the hands through the core and hips.
Isolating the Kick While Preserving Body Alignment
For coaches, that matters because balance is the foundation of everything you are trying to teach. When athletes are balanced, their hips stay higher, their core engages more naturally, and their kick connects to the rest of the stroke rather than operating independently. Dual Boards help swimmers isolate kick mechanics without sacrificing body position, making it easier to identify imbalances, apply corrections, and reinforce clean, repeatable movement patterns. Compared to a tired swimmer using a kickboard, whose hips may sink and head may rise, a swimmer using Dual Boards can maintain a more efficient body and head position while working on various kicking angles. Dual Boards support rotational kicking, changes in hand angle, and back kicking with improved connection.
The Boards integrate easily into warmups, drill segments, and body-position work and can be rotated through lanes without interrupting practice flow.
Athlete Spotlight: Mason Leach
Mason Leach, a swimmer at the University of Pittsburgh, began using Dual Boards in May of 2025, incorporating them into training and warmups to reinforce body position and alignment. Over time, the improved balance helped him keep his hips high, stay connected through the core, and carry those sensations into faster swimming. In October 2024, Leach swam a 50.34 in the 100 back and a 1:54.06 in the 200 back. In October 2025, after another season of focused training supported in part by tools like Dual Boards, he posted a 47.07 in the 100 back and a 1:44.47 in the 200 back.
Dual Boards are a versatile alignment tool for coaches building better body position across an entire roster, from four-year old swimmers to collegiate athletes. For coaches looking to learn more about team offerings and how programs are integrating Dual Boards into practice, visit Rip Current Sports.
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