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FINA Points: Illogical and Impractical

For some swims, like Sun Yang’s 2011 World Championships race in the mile, FINA Points are showing skewed comparisons.

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Olympic Champion Rebecca Soni: The Mental Aspects of Peak Athletic Performance (Part 1 of 2)

RICH ROLL PODCAST WITH REBECCA SONI Rebecca Soni gets the Rich Roll treatment, nearly two and half hours of conversation…

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Improve Swimmer Hip Rotation, Symmetry and Rhythm with the Tech Toc

As most swimmers and coaches know, improving stroke efficiency often requires precise technique correction that calls for private instruction, underwater filming, but most of all, TIME.

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Brain-based movement learning for swimmers – TED x Video

Sean Hutchison, former U.S. Olympic coach and the inventor of IKKOS, explains his patented, brain-based movement learning system.

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SwimSwam Film Fest: Gone Swimming

I’m a swim film festival fan, and I love this swimming video produced by Maia Media, titled Gone Swimming.

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From a Swimmer’s Perspective: Air Quality

Contributor Lauren Perdue is a 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist and one of the most decorated swimmers in ACC History.

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Blucore introduces the Corsuit

For over three years now, swimmers have struggled to reach the times set during the era of the Supersuit. Now Blucore is doing something about it, with the release of the Corsuit.

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7 Butterfly Sets To Test Your Toughness

Seven butterfly sets from Bob Bowman to David Marsh to elites and fitness swimmers.

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Resistance Training: Try This Swim Parachute Set

Becoming comfortable with fatigue is a crucial part of the racing experience, particularly to swimmers who regularly compete in the 200’s of stroke. The added drag experienced while swimming with a Swim Parachute simulates this feeling to perfection, allowing you to provide real-time feedback in a training setting.

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Three Secrets of College Recruiting

#3 Update the coaches as you progress!

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2014 YISS Swim Invitational Recap

Courtesy of Jason Van Galder, Yongsan International School of Seoul: There were countless Personal Best times and huge improvements from…

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2014 Charlotte Grand Prix: Phelps vs. Lochte, The Importance of THE Rivalry

After the swimming world got to witness one of the most exciting races lat month at the Mesa Grand Prix…

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A Way To Build Long Course Endurance In Swimming

Courtesy of FINIS, a SwimSwam Partner. Featured Image: Anthony Ervin, Olympic Gold Medalist For some, the return of long course…

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Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: Underwater Freestyle Drill

This Swimming Tip video is courtesy of the Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by SwimOutlet.com, a SwimSwam partner. Olympians…

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5 signs you used to have a swimmers body

#2 – Stretch marks line your college swimming team tattoo.

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