Category: Technique
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Swimming Australia On Deck with Jacco Verhaeren – March 2014
Swimming Australia National Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren talks about what makes a good start – from ‘off the blocks’ to the ‘break out’.
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How to do the Double Entry Swimming Drill
Collegiate and Masters Swim Coach Doug Alban, MEd, CSCS explains and Swimmer Kyle Williams demonstrates the double entry swimming drill for freestyle swimmers and triathletes.
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The Race Club: Swimming Workouts – Dryland Stretching Exercises
“The best Swimming technique begins with a solid warmup – for more swimming workouts please visit www.theraceclub.com. Having a good dryland training program will work towards an increase in flexibility and improvement in strength especially in the smaller muscles that help achieve a more streamline shape in the water.”
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Matt Grevers on The Morning Swim Show
“Olympic and world champion Matt Grevers participated in a photo shoot with Swimming World Magazine, and he talks about his backstroke start and butterfly training.”
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Darian Townsend on the Morning Swim Show
“Olympic Gold Medalist Darian Townsend talks about the SwimmingWorld photo shoot for roll-over backstroke to breaststroke and butterfly turns.”
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U.S. Olympic Training Center Installs Endless Pools Elite Model
Read PR Web The Endless Pool Elite is the latest high tech addition to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, the flagship training center of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The facility’s aquatic center, used for instruction and development of Team USA’s world-class swimmers, triathletes and paralympians, now boasts the most advanced counter-current swimming…
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How do dolphins swim?
Read Digital Journal Dolphins swim by exerting minimum effort, according to a new study. This finding overturns an 80-year-old paradox that argues dolphins are not designed for swimming. By using bubbles in a pool, researchers have concluded that swimming dolphins generate thrust quite easily and have no need to compensate for their supposedly underpowered muscles. To show…
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Olympic swimmer Krayzelburg visits Skokie
See Skokie Review It’s the same sun over California as it is over Skokie. And a tanned Lenny Krayzelburg, four-time Olympic U.S. gold medalist from Los Angeles, was in his element Jan. 12 bringing summer gold to the wintry North Shore. […] “I’m very excited about opening our Learn to Swim Academy here in Chicago,…
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Stephanie Rice tips and videos on Instagram
See here on Instagram “Swimming followers!! Here’s another video for you… I will be doing tips and new videos all week. Timing of the pullout and breakouts are key in breaststroke… Make your dolphin kick powerful and recover your arms close to your body for minimum drag. Breaststroke is my weakest stroke, and I did…