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The Circle-Swimming Hack You Need to Survive Summer League Practice

No, this is not an advertisement. But when Folsom Wahoos Swim Team head coach Kathleen Kinsey sent me an email…

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The Push Paddle – NOT Just Another Paddle!

Typical paddles are great for pulling with, but we wanted something that would apply resistance from the top of the stroke in order to build a driving stroke that always pressed forward.

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See 1468 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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What’s the secret to winning a 50 Free Shoot-out? (Video)

Listen Margo Geer explain her strategy and successfully repeating as the TYR Derby Pro 50 Free Champ

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See 1466 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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Chadwick, Stewart on why San Diego is the Perfect Place to Swim (Video)

Michael Chadwick and Kendyl Stewart, explain what about swimming with David Marsh for Team elite in La Jolla, California makes the right mixture for elite athletes. 

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Beyond the Pancakes: How Does Todd DeSorbo Train Sprinters?

Training sprinters to be as fast as they possibly can comes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and philosophies. For UVA head coach Todd DeSorbo, it means going as fast as you can. All the time. 

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Comerford, Bilquist, & Apple on Being Newly Minted Pros (Video)

Quite a few athletes, having just wrapped up their collegiate careers in the NCAA, shared what the future holds for them moving forward in the sport as professionals.

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Vertical Arm Recovery in Butterfly

Recently, I wrote an article on the benefits of a more vertical arm recovery in butterfly, pointing to the techniques used by Rikako Ikee of Japan and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, as elite examples. The question is should we be teaching young swimmers the high vertical arm recovery in fly to them?

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Farida Osman, Dylan Carter, and more on Impact of Training in US (Video)

After each round, swimming announcer extraordinaire Sam Kendricks spoke with each athlete about where they are in their training

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SwimmersBest Drill of the Month: Open Water Sighting

SwimSwam thanks SwimmersBest for sponsoring “Drill of the Month.”  This is a SwimSwam recurring feature that brings drills and idea…

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Triathlon Training: How to Improve Your Swimming with Gerry Rodrigues

For over 30 years Gerry Rodrigues has been helping athletes improve their swimming leading to breakthroughs in their triathlon performances

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FINIS Set of the Week: Iron Man

This set can start on any interval, depending on how many yards you want to do.

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Practice + Pancakes: Jack Conger Topples Todd DeSorbo Power Set

I think most swim fans have wanted to see what the Conger/DeSorbo duo looks like from a training perspective. And it did not disappoint.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Brent Arckey & Sarasota YMCA Staff

The Sarasota Sharks won this year’s combined YMCA Nationals points title by 25.5 over Greater Spartansburg, including some key age group swims.

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