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Daily Swim Coach Workout #169

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #168

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Karl Krug, Spartans Aquatic Club

There were a host of career-best times at the Spartans Aquatic Club’s Red vs Gold meet this month, despite the pandemic training layoff.

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Six Phases of the Freestyle Pulling Cycle: Early Recovery Phase

In the release phase, we start the magic of the relaxed wrist, which continues through the early recovery. 

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Daily Dryland Swimming Workouts #128 – Never Skip Leg Day

Today’s workout will be a leg day, focused mostly on your quads and glutes.

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FINIS Set of the Week: A Little Bit of This AND a Little Bit of That

This week’s set, coming from FINIS marketing coordinator Kat Wickham, has a little bit of everything and is designed for an aerobic pace.

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SwimSwam Podcast: Milo Cavic on How Aaron Peirsol Pushed Him to go for Gold

As Cavic walks to the ready room, he sees his childhood friend, Aaron Peirsol, who won a gold medal in the 100 back earlier in the meet…

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #167

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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Former WR Holder Jesse Vassallo Demonstrates His Team’s Open Water Safety Plan

1984 Olympian and former world record holder Jesse Vassallo made a YouTube video highlighting how his team is training safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #166

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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SwimSwam Podcast: Jessica Hardy on World Records in Practice w/ Soni, Efimova

Hardy claims to have never been beaten in practice by her USC breaststroke contemporaries and training partners: Rebecca Soni and Yulia Efimova.

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How Caeleb Dressel Deals with a Frustrating Swim Practice

Bad practices happen to us all. Here’s how the fastest swimmer on the planet adjusts when things aren’t going his way at practice.

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Swimming Strong Episode 3: Building A Foundation

Coach Mitch goes over the three things that make up a strong foundation: technical skills, training skills and training capacity.

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Teaching vs Training: A Coaching Guide

Injuries due to overuse are a common source of pain in competitive swimmers.

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