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Pavel Sankovich Shares Tips and Tricks to Develop Elite-Level Underwaters

Sankovich delves into his focuses, his kick counts, and even a few of his favorite sets, including 3×300 descend that sound much easier than they are

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Emma Reaney: The More you Lean on Others, The Better Everything Else Will Be

Reaney notes the best year of her swimming was also the year she was in the best headspace and living with 4 of her teammates. 

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Olympic Coach Ben Titley Shares Theories on Removing Lactic Acid for Swimmers

Titley notes that if you ever see Swim Canada at a Pro Swim in the US, they will do a full swim set after their racing session

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Kristen Stege Describes the Upside of Switching From Sprinting to Distance

Stege takes us through her last year of swimming and why she has actually warmed up to distance swimming after adamantly opposing it as an age group swimmer

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Todd DeSorbo Breaks Down Epic Dual Meet Finishes for UVA Men’s & Women’s Teams

DeSorbo said that unusually enough, the UVA men’s team has made a habit of taking dual meets down to the last relay since his arrival in Charlottesville

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McKeown’s Coaching Staff Explains Methodology of 17-on, 4-off Training Cycles

We covered McKeown’s 21-day training cycles when we spoke with her, and now we get a behind-the-scenes look at why this training method works

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Florent Manaudou Reveals the Downside of Being a Superhero

Manaudou hits on training in France pre-Olympics, his free time outside of the water, and what he gained by taking a break after the 2016 Olympic Games.

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SwimSwam Viral Video of the Month – January: @yagirlmadz

This month’s video comes from Madison Sweeney, who shows us the drastic improvement she’s made in her diving from high school to college

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Morgan Scroggy on Making an Olympic Trials Final as the 41st Seed

Scroggy details what the Olympic dream meant to her as an athlete, and what the process of chasing it did for her 10 years removed from her swimming career. 

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Emily Escobedo Explains Pros and Cons of Unexpectedly Making the National Team

At the January Pro Swim in Richmond, she topped the field in both the 100 (1:07.11) and 200 (2:23.46) breast, going even faster than the likes of Lilly King

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Breaking Down the Decision to Have 2 Olympic Trials Meets in the US

We discuss whether this was the right decision, what led to this choice behind the scenes, and if there may be a better solution out there.

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SSPC: David Curtiss Explains 21.8 50m Free PR on Only 2 1/2 Weeks of Training

Curtiss had only been in the water for 2 1/2 weeks before the Pro Swim, being forced out of the pool for a month prior due to COVID restrictions

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