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Sports Science Topic - June 29, 2007

By Jonty Skinner to Articles | Jun 29, 2009 10:36AM | 7 comments 7 comments

How do you balance efficiency and stroke rate, and which is more important to key on in training to improve performance?


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Freestyle - Wrist Drag

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | May 12, 2009 12:00PM | 10 comments 10 comments

The standard approach for learning (or teaching) freestyle is to use a high-elbow recovery. We've already covered the most typical drill for learning a high-elbow recovery, fingertip drag, but sometimes that's still not enough. Just as with most teaching, to really start the process, you may have to dig a little deeper... literally.


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Freestyle - Single-Arm Variations

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Apr 28, 2009 11:00AM | 7 comments 7 comments

While we've focused on single-arm freestyle before, we gave only one side of the story. Since freestyle is the mainstay of swim training, here are three single-arm variations to help keep things interesting.


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Freestyle - 6-Kick Switch

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Jan 06, 2009 08:58AM | 13 comments 13 comments

Consistent, quick kicking, combined with a stable body roll, helps you move everything forward when you're swimming freestyle. This drill gives you enough time to work on both.


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Swimming Pic of the Week - November 4, 2008

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | Nov 04, 2008 08:03AM | 1 comment 1 comment

With election day upon us, balancing budgets may be at the top of people's minds, but what about balancing pull buoys? Here's a talented swimmer who can teach our elected officials a thing or two about balancing.



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